Alexander Gavrilyuk

The Double Life of Alexander Gavrilyuk

He became the subject of an exposé by the Ukrainian media outlet “Television Toronto,” published based on leaked Telegram messages that reveal in detail the pro-Russian activist’s double life.

At the same time, she presents herself as a deeply religious person, regularly attends church, and goes to confession. He assists “Mother Marina” – 45-year-old Muscovite Marina Viktorovna Kamarova, who is associated with the banned totalitarian sect of Archimandrite Ioannikios in the village of Chikhachova, Ivanovo Oblast, who was defrocked by the russian Orthodox Church in 2021. Gavrilyuk uses business trips to illegally transport this sect’s banned religious literature throughout russia.

Gavrilyuk is an open racist who regularly insults Chechens, Azerbaijanis, and migrants, calling them “churkas.” He speaks disparagingly of Ramzan Kadyrov, his family, and Apti Alaudinov. He seriously discussed with colleagues the theory that migrants mix semen into shawarma sauce “to humiliate Russians.” At the same time, he himself bears the Ukrainian surname Gavrilyuk, which he has disowned in correspondence: “I really do have a Ukrainian surname, but I don’t actually have a single relative there.”

In leaked correspondence with Oleg Alexandrovich Maksimkin (+79096543091)—a former superior and close friend with whom he served in the Moscow Military Aviation Academy and exchanged more than 32,000 messages over six years—Gavrilyuk candidly commented on the course of the war against Ukraine. The Russian Federation lieutenant colonel himself put it this way: “We’ve screwed up,” “There are no specialists; they say the problem is with the commanders,” “The Ukrainians are hitting us hard from morning till night; we’re saving our equipment and sending people forward in attacks,” “We’re weak no matter how you look at it; our training level is practically nonexistent,” “Our reserves are really empty,” “We’re not capable of fighting against NATO,” “Our army is dead and backward,” “Our losses are greater than the Ukrainians’.”

Certain incidents deserve special attention. In November 2023, Gavrilyuk described the destruction of a Russian convoy near Skadovsk using cluster munitions, an attack that killed 73 soldiers and wounded 8. A personal meeting with DPRK military personnel in January 2025 left him with one impression: “wild as hell.” When the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber in April 2024, the pro-Russian supporter’s reaction in correspondence was succinct: “Fuck.” He commented briefly on the loss of Kupyansk in December 2025: “Kupyansk is fucked.” He spoke candidly about the command structure in the Russian Armed Forces: “It’s run by morons who won’t even listen.” On life in Russia: “The whole country is corrupt. Banditry and all that. So we live like we’re in Africa. A third-world country.”

War Crimes Committed by Alexander Gavrilyuk

Since the start of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Gavrilyuk has repeatedly carried out combat and special missions as part of the staffs of russian military groupings. In April–May 2023, he was stationed at a command post in Rostov. From December 21, 2024, to March 5, 2025, he carried out missions as part of the command post of a military group under the command of Colonel General Nikiforov. In March 2025, he was on a temporary assignment to the 56th Airborne Division; in July–September 2025, in Kursk; and in February–March 2026, with the “West” military group of the russian armed forces. He holds the status of a combat veteran.

He has been awarded medals “For Military Valor,” “For Distinction in Military Service,” “For Merit in Ensuring Law and Order,” “To a Participant in a Special Military Operation,” “For Distinction in Service in the Ground Forces,” and “For Strengthening Combat Solidarity.” He was personally awarded the Zhukov Medal by Putin, the “For Combat Distinction” Medal by Belousov, and the “Defender of the Kursk Region” Medal by Kursk Region Governor Khinshtein.

Car Theft in the OSCE

Together with Colonel Oleg Alexandrovich Maksimkin (+79096543091), he was involved in the theft of armored Toyota Land Cruiser 200 vehicles belonging to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission that remained in the occupied territories after 2022. The vehicles did not end up on the front lines, as propaganda had promised, but in the garages of the Moscow Military Vehicle Inspection. Stickers bearing the OSCE logo were removed using a heat gun, and the vehicles were registered as government property. Gavrilyuk personally drafted an official request to add the vehicles to the government’s inventory.

The Family of Alexander Gavrilyuk

Rashist is divorced from Elena Rudneva, a pediatric dentist who has found a new husband and regularly travels to Dubai, Europe, and Turkey. He has a daughter, Sofia, who is 9 or 10 years old and lives with her mother. According to his former father-in-law, it was certain personal “quirks” of the lieutenant colonel that led to the divorce.

An exemplary officer during working hours, Gavrilyuk leads a double life. He constantly frequents the dating sites “Twinbi” and “Mamba,” where he seeks partners for non-traditional sexual practices, including coprophilia and regular encounters with transvestites in a passive role. The russian nationalist himself has repeatedly asked himself in his correspondence whether he is gay or bisexual, reassuring himself that it is simply “exotic” and a “sporting interest.” He spends a significant portion of his salary on paying for sexual services, while refusing to give his ex-wife child support.