Andrey Morozov (milblogger) explained

Andrey Morozov (milblogger) should not be confused with Andrei Morozov.

Andrei Morozov
Native Name Lang:ru
Other Names:Murz
Birth Date:17 August 1979
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Russian
Occupation:Milblogger

Andrei Morozov (;[1] 17 August 1979 – 21 February 2024), known by the pseudonym Murz, was a Russian military blogger and a war correspondent.

Career

Andrei Morozov was born on 17 August 1979,[2] in Moscow.[3] Morozov had been taking part in the Donbas War since 2014. He ran a Telegram channel, to which more than 100,000 people subscribed. He was known for his criticism of the military leadership.[4] [5]

Morozov was the former leader of Red Blitzkrieg, a Russian Stalinist group. He fired four shots from a sawn-off shotgun towards the United Russia office on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow in March 2007.[6] Morozov took part in the attack on the Polish Embassy in Moscow. In 2008, found guilty of hooliganism, illegal possession of weapons, and calls for extremism, he was sentenced to three years in prison.[7] He was sentenced on 26 June 2008 and released on parole on 14 July 2009.[8]

He took part in the Battle of Debaltseve.[9]

From February 2022, Morozov was involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10] Morozov was a member of the "Coordination Center for Assistance to Novorossiya" from November 2015.[11] He was a serviceman of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Army.[12] He was also a guard sergeant in the 14th LPR Prizrak Armored Troops.[13] Around September to December 2023, he was a guest of the "Intelligence Questioning" project of Dmitry Puchkov.[14]

Death

On 18 February 2024, Morozov published a post in his telegram channel about Russian casualties during the Battle of Avdiivka. Two days later, on 20 February 2024, he deleted the post, claiming to have been forced into doing so by Vladimir Solovyov. The next day, on 21 February 2024, he posted a suicide note, blaming Solovyov, and killed himself with a firearm; he was 44.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21 February 2024 . Российский «военкор» Андрей Морозов (Мурз), предположительно, покончил с собой после травли пропагандистов Перед этим он рассказал, что Россия потеряла в Авдеевке 16 тысяч солдат . 21 February 2024 . Meduza . ru.
  2. Web site: Умер военный блогер Морозов . 21 February 2024 . ria.ru . 21 February 2024 . ru.
  3. Web site: 21 February 2024 . Автор провоенного Telegram-канала Андрей Морозов (Мурз) покончил с собой . 21 February 2024 . Югополис . ru . Морозову было 44 года, он уроженец Москвы, . Morozov was 44 years old, a native of Moscow,.
  4. Web site: 21 February 2024 . Военный блогер и критик военного руководства Андрей Морозов покончил с собой . 21 February 2024 . ФОНТАНКА.ру . ru.
  5. Web site: 21 February 2024 . Russian war blogger dies in apparent suicide after revealing Moscow's losses . 22 February 2024 . Independent . en.
  6. Web site: 22 February 2024 . События: В зоне СВО покончил с собой Андрей «Мурз» Морозов . 24 February 2024 . zavtra.ru . ru.
  7. Web site: 21 February 2024 . Военный блогер Андрей Морозов совершил самоубийство . 21 February 2024 . amp.rbc.ru . ru.
  8. Web site: Шевченко . Олег . 21 February 2024 . "Расстреляю сам себя": что ждет российских военкоров после скандального самоубийства "Мурза" . 21 February 2024 . WAR OBOZREVATEL . ru.
  9. Web site: 18 February 2016 . Хаос и бойня в Дебальцево . 22 February 2024 . gazeta.ru . ru.
  10. Web site: Лепехина . Евгения . Сочнев . Алексей . 21 February 2024 . Соратник Стрелкова Андрей Морозов с позывным «Мурз» покончил с собой . 21 February 2024 . Главные новости в России и мире . ru.
  11. Web site: О Координационном центре помощи Новороссии. Фонд помощи Донбассу. Центр помощи ЛНР . 21 February 2024 . kcpn.info . ru.
  12. Web site: 21 February 2024 . Покончил с собой российский военкор Андрей Морозов «Мурз». Перед этим он рассказал, что Россия потеряла в Авдеевке 16 тысяч солдат . 21 February 2024 . Зеркало . ru.
  13. Web site: 21 February 2024 . "Умер русский солдат. Точка": Не стало Андрея "Мурза". Небратья ликуют . 21 February 2024 . Tsargrad.
  14. Web site: 21 February 2024 . Умер Z-блогер Мурз. Что известно об Андрее Морозове? . 21 February 2024 . secretmag.ru . ru.
  15. Web site: 21 February 2024 . Писавший о потерях под Авдеевкой Z‑блогер Андрей «Мурз» Морозов покончил с собой; в предсмертном посте он жаловался на травлю . 21 February 2024 . Медиазона . ru.

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