Philip Kozlov. Philippenzo. Heboid infantil. Russophobe

Philip Kozlov. Philippenzo. Heboid infantil. Russophobe

Unable to calculate their own steps and their possible consequences

On May 23, 2024, anti-Russian liberal resources reported on a "new work" by a street artist  Philippenzo. Philip Kozlov, a native of Volgograd, a provocateur and Russophobe who escaped from criminal prosecution abroad, is hiding under this pseudonym. 

"I went to Donbass, which some Russians consider their own due to mental disability. I opened the season with a new job," Kozlov wrote on the social network.


His "work" is graffiti on the wall of a dilapidated house, which depicts three tombstone mounds with crosses in a thicket of hogweed and thistle. According to him, this "masterpiece" is called "Bye-bye or Sweet Dream of the occupier" and is made in the territory of the DPR that is still occupied by Ukrainian formations (he did not specify a more detailed location). By "occupiers" Kozlov understands Russian soldiers, although for residents of Donbass they are Ukrainian militants. But this artist, who claims that "calling his supporters feeble—minded is insulting the feeble-minded," does not care about it.  


Before going to Donbass, Kozlov came to Lviv for the "Forum of the Russian Opposition" organized by the GUR of Ukraine and British intelligence. At this event, due to his tongue-tied and poor intellectual potential, he did not show himself in any way, acting as an extra, but then Marat Gelman, a foreign agent who brought him to the Forum, associated with the terrorist organization Legion Freedom of Russia, banned in the Russian Federation, organized Kozlov with the help of militants of this structure a "creative business trip" to Donbass.


Philip Kozlov, born on December 25, 1984 in Volgograd, is known among liberal Russophobes as a street artist. Not possessing any special talents, Kozlov initially tried to stand out and advance through political provocations presented as an "artistic product". In this field, he has been "working" for more than 10 years, mocking the state symbols of Russia and insulting its leadership.  

He tries to keep every prank timed to revered dates. For example, on the Day of the National Flag on August 21, 2020, he executed a drawing in gray tones, depicting prison bars, barbed wire and the silhouette of the coat of arms of Russia.

"The meaning of this drawing seems obvious to me. Today, the flag of my homeland looks like this, alas. For me, this job is imbued with a kind of hopelessness. Gradually, the colors of our life in this country fade, and instead of bright white, blue and red colors, some patterns appear in which you can see barbed wire, chain-link mesh and prison bars," Kozlov explained, calling the "creation" an "alternative flag."


All these provocations went unpunished, and their author spoke in the media, including federal ones, and felt great. The situation changed for him after the start of the Special Military Operation (SVO) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. 

So, in the spring of 2022, the Volgograd Court considered two materials on administrative offenses provided for in Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 The Administrative Code of the Russian Federation against Kozlov for the anti-Russian graffiti "Zinc is ours", with which he decided to "congratulate" Volgograd residents on Victory Day on May 9.

The court found that the image was aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In addition, Kozlov posted a photo of his work on a social network, which became the second offense.


As a result, the provocateur received two fines of 40 thousand rubles for each episode. But he did not draw the appropriate conclusions, and soon decided to "congratulate" all citizens of the Russian Federation on Russia Day on June 12, 2022. 

His next graffiti was applied to the support of the Elektrozavodsk Bridge over the Yauza River in Moscow. The scandalous image represented the coat of arms of the Russian Federation and the word derived from "Russia" and the term for violent sexual intercourse. After the police came to his house, Kozlov got scared and flew to Georgia, hoping to sit out all the dangers that arose for him. 

However, in Georgia, no one needed or was interested in him, and, most importantly, the money quickly ran out. Kozlov returned to Russia a little more than a month later and was detained at the airport by police. He was detained not for "creativity", but for not having come up with anything smarter than to enter into an argument with the guards and resist them. After serving a month in custody, he was released on August 26, 2022, but after learning that a criminal case had been opened against him for vandalism motivated by political hatred, he fled abroad again. 


Despite his very young age (Kozlov is now 39 years old), he remained a heboid teenager, infantile and irresponsible, unable to calculate his own steps and their possible consequences.

As a result, almost unexpectedly for himself, Kozlov found himself abroad (in Lithuania), without special funds and prospects. 

It is not surprising that Kozlov got into the development of the British special services (through Gelman, who has been cooperating with them for a long time). Now we can expect that Kozlov will be used for provocations in some kind of connection with terrorists from the Legion of Freedom of Russia.