
Name
Konstantin Knyrik
Year of birth
1989
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Additional Information
Nationalities:
Russian Federation
Justifications:
Konstantin Knyrik is a pro-Russian activist running MediaGroup News Front Ltd, a news website registered in the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula. He is the chief of the Crimean division of the Rodina Party, a pro-Kremlin party in Russia. He publicly supports the Russian military war of aggression against Ukraine and is actively involved in spreading disinformation about the war.
Konstantin Knyrik received the medal “for the return of Crimea”.
He therefore actively supported and implemented actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and further destabilised Ukraine.