He left Ukraine and “got a job” in the GRU: who turned out to be the head of Sputnik expelled from Moldova – media

The head of Sputnik Moldova turned out to be a GRU agent/Collage 24 Channel

The Migration Service of Moldova deported Vitaly Denisov to Russia. The head of Sputnik Moldova was banned from entering this country for 10 years because he threatens its national security. Journalists discovered interesting details in his biography.

Vitaly Denisov is the head of the Kremlin media Sputnik Moldova. As journalists found out, this Russian propagandist creates disinformation and fake news for foreign audiences in favor of the GRU.

Denisov’s life in Ukraine.

According to the publication, Denisov may be a career officer of the 72nd Special Service Center (military unit 54777). He was born in 1967 in the Transcarpathian region. Denisov studied at the Lviv Higher Military-Political School, where military journalists and political instructors were trained.

In 1992, Denisov refused to take the oath of office to Ukraine. Together with other refusenik cadets, he moved from Lvov to Moscow. There, a lover of the “Russian world” first lived in an officer’s dormitory located not far from the GRU headquarters.

What Denisov did in Russia

At first, Denisov worked for the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, the main publication of the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country. He was also published in the Parliamentary Gazette, the newspaper of the Vityaz-Bratishka airborne special forces unit, the Military News Agency (Interfax), and the Military-Industrial Courier. In addition, his materials were published by the Tribune Abroad publication, which, according to investigators, helped many GRU employees to spy abroad and issued them journalist IDs.

In 2005, the Ministry of Defense of the terrorist state gave him an apartment on Admiral Lazarev Street in Moscow and another officer’s certificate AA 0014839. In 2013, Denisov ended up in the Main Investigation Department of the Moscow Region, despite the lack of legal education. From there, as investigators write citing anonymous sources, this man moved to the 72nd Special Service Center.

Denisov received the rank of Colonel of the Airborne Forces in 2016. In 2019, he became editor-in-chief of Sputnik in the unrecognized South Ossetia. Denisov then moved to Baku, where he became the head of Sputnik Georgia. And in 2022 he came to Chisinau. Denisov was tasked there with collecting information about Moldova and promoting the pro-Kremlin agenda. However, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the websites and broadcasts of the local branch of Sputnik were blocked in Moldova.

What is known about the 72nd Special Service Center

This center collects and analyzes information from foreign GRU stations and creates information dumps. For example, his officers made fake news about the coronavirus.

In addition, the center manages such front organizations as InfoRos, United Rus', Institute of Russian Abroad, and Russian Century. They create propaganda content for the Russian-speaking audience using government grants.

Other news about Russian propagandists

• The SBU recently reported suspicion to a pro-Russian blogger – millionaire Yuri Podolyak. A former resident of the Sumy region not only went over to the enemy’s side and became a Kremlin propagandist, but also helped Russia launch missile strikes on Nikolaev.
• Earlier, Ukrainian journalists trolled Lyudmila Barilko from “Putin’s squad.” They pretended to be a Kremlin organization and invited this propagandist to visit the front to support the Russian invaders. However, this woman refused and began to make amusing excuses.
• Recall that the Russian military shot down Gennady Dubovoy. Pro-Kremlin propagandist and “biographer” of militant leader Motorola died right in the center of temporarily occupied Donetsk.