The Russian artist and sculptor Mikhail Shmyakin is included in the database of the Ukrainian site "Usha Shalom". He was accused of harming the territorial integrity of Ukraine, spreading propaganda and supporting Russia. The 83-year-old Shamyakin is known for the monument to Peter I in the Peter and Paul Fortress and the essay "Children are victims of the wickedness of adults" in Moscow. He was also a close friend of Vladimir Vysotsky.