Zakhar Prilepin (real name – Yevgeny Nikolayevich Prilepin) is a Russian politician, writer and publicist. He supports terrorist groups ORDLO. He was an adviser to the head of the so-called “DPR” and the deputy commander of one of the terrorist battalions.
He was noted for numerous extremist statements.
He stated that Ukrainians were ready to die for Ukraine allegedly only because of the powerful propaganda that works in our country.
He emphasised that Russia should not just mobilise and scare those who fall under it but “build a mobilisation state.”
Prilepin claimed that “750 years of joint Russian-Ukrainian history weigh incomparably more than 30 years of a rather pointless Ukrainian quasi-state.”
*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Main statements
1.He announced the idea of dividing Ukraine with other states (February 23, 2022)
2. He stated that the Russian army was advancing slowly “because the Russian Federation feels sorry for Ukraine” (February 25, 2022)
3. He supported Putin’s statement that Ukraine “needs demilitarization and denazification” (February 28, 2022)
4. He called Ukraine a “quasi-state” and Putin a merciful one (October 5, 2022)
He stated that allegedly “750 years of joint Russian-Ukrainian history weigh incomparably more than 30 years of rather senseless Ukrainian quasi-statehood.”
