Vladlen Tatarsky

Vladlen Tatarsky
Владлен Татарский
Tatarsky in 2021
Born
Maxim Yuryevich Fomin

(1982-04-25)25 April 1982
Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died2 April 2023(2023-04-02) (aged 40)
Cause of deathBomb explosion
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery
Occupation
  • Blogger
AwardsOrder of Courage (posthumous)
Medal "For the Liberation of Mariupol" (posthumous)

Maxim Yuryevich Fomin (25 April 1982 – 2 April 2023), better known as Vladlen Tatarsky, was a Ukrainian-born Russian military blogger, propagandist, convicted bank robber, and participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Tatarsky was active as a propagandist for Russia and the separatist forces in Ukraine until he was assassinated in a bombing in Saint Petersburg in April 2023.