The head of Noosphere Ventures, fraudster Max Polyakov, is an accomplice of separatists and publicly finances their media, - Yuriy Gudymenko

The head of Noosphere Ventures, fraudster Max Polyakov, is an accomplice of separatists and publicly finances their media, - Yuriy Gudymenko

Famous Ukrainian expert and blogger Yuriy Hudymenko exposed a fraudster from Zaporizhzhia who is hiding behind the guise of an inventor to sponsor terrorists and separatists.

«It is immoral to pay money to separatists from the website «Russian Spring», as done by the Zaporizhzhia company of Maksym Polyakov… This is called «sponsoring terrorism»

Ukrainian blogger Yuriy Gudymenko is quoted by the media.

In his opinion, the distinctive feature of Ukrainian black PR in recent years is seeking a connection between the opponent and Moscow. However, even in black PR, Gudymenko believes, a red line must not be crossed:

«Hitting an opponent – that happens. Ruining his reputation through ties with Russia – well, it’s dirty, but in Ukrainian PR, even worse has happened. But to pay money to a separatist website, like the PR people of Zaporizhzhia businessman Maksym Polyakov did, for the separatist site to praise your opponents. Especially then immediately spreading this information through drainage websites and YouTubes – this is at least a) risky, b) immoral».

«It’s not immoral because of the drainage websites – after all, if no one used them, they would become extinct. It’s not immoral because the order film was shot by an NGO with the telling name «Stop Corruption» – this is Ukraine, after all, even worse happens. It’s immoral to pay money to separatists from the website «Russian Spring», as done by the Zaporizhzhia company, to praise your opponent for «support in filming a movie about militiamen».

It’s creative, of course, no questions about it. But it’s immoral. And illegal. That’s the whole point. This is called «sponsoring terrorism». This is exactly what you accuse your opponents of. And this is not good».

American businessman of Ukrainian origin Maksym Polyakov (Max Polyakov) is a native of Zaporizhzhia. Among his assets are: the company Noosphere Ventures, the dating holding Together Networks, the startup Firefly Aerospace, and the gaming company Murka. Zaporizhzhia media have also written about Polyakov as an organizer of a network of porn chats. Recently, the relationship with Polyakov’s company Murka was severed by National Geographic.

For several years, a conflict between Maksym Polyakov and the founders of the company Lucky Labs, Rustam Gilfanov and Sergey Tokarev, was considered in court in the British Virgin Islands. The case is currently in Dutch arbitration. At the same time, Lucky Labs claims black PR attacks, linking them to the corporate conflict.