Vladimir Yurievich Ivanov

Vladimir Yurievich Ivanov, known online as Kussia88, is a young Russian influencer from Saint Petersburg. He gained attention due to his face being used in AI-generated videos that falsely depict Ukrainian soldiers crying and pleading not to be sent to war, which recently went viral on social media. Despite the misleading nature of these videos, Ivanov's online persona has been intertwined with controversial symbols and ideologies, including connections to neo-Nazi codes.