27 Facts About Konstantin Malofeev

Konstantin Valeryevich Malofeev is a Russian media mogul and the chairman of the non-governmental and pro-monarchist organisation called the Society for the Development of Russian Historical Education "Double-Headed Eagle".

Konstantin Malofeev is the chairman of the media group Tsargrad, dedicated to Russian Orthodox Christianity and supporting Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Konstantin Malofeev is a co-founder of the international investment fund Marshall Capital Partners, member of the board of trustees of the non-profit organization Safe Internet League and chairman of the Saint Basil the Great Charitable Foundation.

Konstantin Malofeev's father Valery Mikhailovich is an astrophysicist and head of the laboratory for the Department of Plasma Astrophysics at the Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Konstantin Malofeev's mother Raisa Zinurovna is a programmer and general director of the St Basil the Great Charitable Foundation of which Malofeev is the chairman.

In June 2013, Dmitry Skuratov became the managing director of the Konstantin Malofeev associated Marshall Capital Partners fund.

Konstantin Malofeev began his career in 1996 in the investment bank Renaissance Capital and after it held various senior positions with Interros, MDM Bank and other investment banks and groups.

Konstantin Malofeev is the chairman of the board of directors of Tsargrad, a platform used by such people as conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and far-right political analyst Aleksandr Dugin.

In 2016, a non-profit foundation in Moscow was established for the Eurasian Dialogue with support from Konstantin Malofeev's Analytical Center Katehon and Andrey Klimov's Interdisciplinary Institute for Regional Studies which Klimov's wife Olga is a co-owner.

Konstantin Malofeev hired former Fox News employee Jack Hanick to help launch Tsargrad TV.

Konstantin Malofeev is the founder of the largest Russian private foundation, St Basil the Great Charitable Foundation and a member of the board of trustees of the January 2011 established non-profit partnership "Safe Internet League", and the Chairman of the supervisory board of College St Basil the Great, founded by him in 2007.

Konstantin Malofeev has faced multiple legal actions and sanctions due to his alleged involvement in violating US and EU sanctions.

Konstantin Malofeev's assets were seized as part of enforcement actions.

On 17 October 2012, Konstantin Malofeev announced his candidacy and on 18 November was elected to the Council of Deputies of Znamenskoye Rural Settlement of Ugransky District in Smolensk Oblast, winning a majority of the vote.

Konstantin Malofeev's election took place despite the Vyazem regional court in Smolensk having annulled Malofeev's candidacy and removed him from the ballot on charges of electoral corruption.

The court concluded that Konstantin Malofeev had offered to pay 500 roubles for each vote committed to him.

In 2007, VTB Capital plc, a subsidiary of VTB Bank began a legal case against Marshall Capital and Konstantin Malofeev concerning a loan by "Russagroprom" Ltd.

In July 2014, Ukraine opened a criminal case against Konstantin Malofeev; he was accused of financing "illegal military groups" in Eastern Ukraine who at the time fought against the Ukrainian army.

Allegedly, John "Jack" Hannick, who was a former Fox News producer that helped Konstantin Malofeev establish Tsargrad TV, supported Konstantin Malofeev's interests by evading sanctions.

The European Union, the United States and Ukraine have accused Konstantin Malofeev of trying to destabilize and financing separatism in Ukraine.

Konstantin Malofeev was the former employer of Alexander Borodai, the Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

Konstantin Malofeev was former employer of Igor Girkin, a former FSB colonel who provided security services to Konstantin Malofeev's visits to Kyiv and Crimea in the weeks before the annexation of the latter by Russia.

In May 2014, Konstantin Malofeev organized a meeting in Vienna with FPO, Ataka and Front National.

Konstantin Malofeev is the orthodox godfather of the children of Igor Shchyogolev who is the former Minister of Communications, an alleged KGB officer and now adviser to Vladimir Putin as his internet czar.

Konstantin Malofeev is involved in a number of projects, providing funding, both personally and through Marshall Capital.

In January 2007, Konstantin Malofeev co-founded St Basil the Great Grammar School, providing traditional Russian schooling.

Since 2011, Konstantin Malofeev has been chairman of the board of Saint Basil the Great Charitable Foundation and member of the board of trustees of the "Safe Internet League" non-profit partnership which created the original draft of Internet censorship law in Russia.