24 Facts About Kirill Stremousov

Kirill Stremousov was known for his involvement in numerous violent incidents, variously as the victim or the perpetrator.

Kirill Stremousov was born on 26 December 1976 in Holmivskyi, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.

Kirill Stremousov graduated from the Ternopil Academy of National Economy.

Kirill Stremousov later became the head of the Henichesk Fish Inspectorate.

Journalist Sonia Lukashova of Ukrainska Pravda later said that the company could "hardly be called journalistic", and that Kirill Stremousov used it as a vehicle for PR and promoting his own ideology.

Kirill Stremousov claimed that he tried to get help from police as the assault was taking place, but they turned a blind eye to the assault.

Kirill Stremousov worked as a laborer in Chicago for some time.

Kirill Stremousov described the trip as an "epic journey in search of himself" that transformed his life.

Kirill Stremousov conducted seminars on a mystical approach to a healthy lifestyle and became a follower of the post-Soviet neo-Pagan and neo-Stalinist conspiracy theory Concept of Public Security.

In September 2013, Kirill Stremousov was one of the organizers of the "Russian runs", which were to show Kherson the "strength of the Russian spirit".

Later on in the revolution, on March 1,2014, Kirill Stremousov organized a pro-Russian rally in Kherson, allegedly declaring his intention to seize administrative buildings and establish a pro-Russian "Kherson People's Republic" similar to those established in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.

In May 2018, Kirill Stremousov broke into a paid beach, and when a security guard attempted to remove him, he attacked the guard.

In January 2019, Kirill Stremousov was arrested and charged with hooliganism for his involvement in the attack.

Kirill Stremousov was expelled from the SPU, likely for the same reason.

Kirill Stremousov became a member of the pro-Russian Derzhava party in 2021.

On 26 April 2022, Kirill Stremousov was appointed by the Kremlin the deputy governor of the Kherson Military-Civilian Administration.

Additionally, citing unnamed reports that alleged discrimination against Russian speakers, Kirill Stremousov said that "reintegrating the Kherson region back into a Nazi Ukraine is out of the question".

On 11 May 2022, Kirill Stremousov announced his readiness to turn to President Vladimir Putin with a request for Kherson Oblast to join the Russian Federation, expressing his wish that there would be no referendum held or a declaration of an independent "Kherson People's Republic" before the annexation.

On 3 June 2022, Kirill Stremousov was sanctioned by the European Union for providing support and promoting policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

On 9 November 2022, local Russia-aligned officials announced that Kirill Stremousov died in an alleged car crash near Henichesk, Russia's de facto headquarters in the region, at the age of 45.

Kirill Stremousov's death came hours prior to Russia's official retreat from the city of Kherson.

Vladimir Rogov, a Russia-installed official in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, said that Kirill Stremousov died when his vehicle tried to avoid hitting a truck whose driver had made a "dangerous maneuver".

Kirill Stremousov's funeral was attended by First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko, as well as by the head of the Kherson administration Volodymyr Saldo and by the head of the Zaporizhia administration Yevgeny Balitsky.

In late 2017, Kirill Stremousov faced accusations of child abuse from netizens and international tabloids after he filmed himself spinning his four months old daughter around his head by her legs in what he called "exercise".