Grisha

**Grigorii Aleksandrovich** **Korolev** (born April 4, 2006), better known as  **GrishaPutin**, **Grisha** or **ГришаПутин**, is a Russian YouTuber and Kick streamer who gained international attention for his provocative video game streams.

His content, which often delves into geopolitical scenarios, has sparked debates and reactions in international media. He is most known for his streams from the PMC Wagner Center, where he streamed various video games like Hearts of Iron 4 and Arma 3, usually imitating various scenarios relating to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

## Early career

Grisha started his career as a Twitch streamer, where he played Hearts of Iron 4 competitively. He garnered a following of up to 32,000 on Twitch and 22,000 subscribers on YouTube.

### Start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine Grisha was interviewed by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet At this point Grisha had no connections to Wagner, but he was largely ostracized from the western gaming community for his continued support of Russia.

## Wagner Center streams

Grisha first began streaming at the PMC Wagner Center on February 4th 2023 on Russian social media and streaming site VK. In one of these streams, he collaborated with "Zhmil", another youtuber and VK streamer.

### International media response

Grisha received widespread international media attention for his PMC Wagner Center streams, The Spanish newspaper El Mundo, Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten, along with many other news outlets, including from Estonia, Lithuania and Poland. The news outlets wrote about the seemingly "absurd" nature of the streams, with all of Europe being conquered virtually in a video game from the Wagner Center HQ.

### Hearts of Iron 4 streaming ban

After the Wagner streams began receiving attention in western media outlets, representatives from Paradox Interactive, the developers behind Hearts of Iron 4 began issuing DMCA strikes against GrishaPutin's Hearts of Iron 4 Twitch streams.

## Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky

Grisha was present at the Street Food Bar №1 café where military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was asssasinated. Grisha had narrowly avoided being caught in the explosion when he left the meeting a few minutes prior. His mother was still present at the café at the time of the explosion. He later personally met Prigozhin after he visited the bomb-damaged café.

## Post-Wagner mutiny and Prigozhin's death

After the Wagner Group mutiny, PMC Wagner Center was shut down and renamed to "Sea Capital." After this, Grisha's activities at the building ended.
Grisha made an appearance on the German TV ZDF program "Auslandsjournal", in a segment about the death of Prigozhin where he was interviewed about this topic, his relationship with Prigozhin and his streaming career.

## Gallery

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#### Grisha Memes

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## External Links

* https://kick.com/grishaputin
* https://youtube.com/@GrishaPutin
* https://vkplay.live/grishaputin
* https://t.me/GrishaPutin
* https://twitch.tv/grishaputin

## References

1. ↑ https://journalonbalticsecurity.com/journal/JOBS/article/115/info
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2023/03/02/63f933d2fdddff8fa68b4599.html
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.20min.ch/story/setzt-der-kreml-fuer-seine-ukraine-strategie-jetzt-auf-gamer-507713435236
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.15min.lt/esports-namai/naujiena/naujienos/paauglys-is-vagnerio-grupes-bustines-transliavo-treciojo-pasaulinio-karo-simuliacija-1200-2008284
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://tehnika.postimees.ee/7711534/wagner-lasi-teismelisel-arvutimangus-venemaa-ja-nato-soda-simuleerida
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/esportmania/inne/tak-rosja-moze-pokonac-nato-transmisja-z-siedziby-wagnerowcow/x7mh5l6
7. ↑ https://www.laregion.es/articulo/mundo/rusia-paga-streamer-recrear-guerra-otan-videojuego/202302231653081201178.html
8. ↑ https://journalonbalticsecurity.com/journal/JOBS/article/115/text
9. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/grishaputin
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@GrishaPutin
11. ↑ https://www.svd.se/a/4789B9/ryska-twitch-stjarnan-grisja-hata-inte-oss-vanliga-ryssar
12. ↑ https://t.me/centrwagner/205
13. ↑ Template:Citation
14. ↑ Zhmil - YouTube.
15. ↑ VK Play Live - новый горизонт стриминга (ru).
16. ↑ https://www.pcgamer.com/bizarre-propaganda-stunt-sees-teenager-stream-russia-vs-nato-grand-strategy-game-from-notorious-mercenary-groups-hq/
17. ↑ https://www.thegamer.com/russian-streamer-partners-mercenary-group-propaganda-stream/
18. ↑ https://games.yahoo.com.tw/news/grishaputindone-030026150.html
19. ↑ https://t.me/intelslava/46546
20. ↑ https://www.dp.ru/a/2023/01/25/Zdanie\_CHVK\_Vagner\_centr
21. ↑ https://www.zdf.de/politik/auslandsjournal/auslandsjournal-vom-30-august-2023-100.html