Vladimir Alexandrovich Kucherenko , better known by the pen name Maxim Kalashnikov (Максим Калашников), is a Russian writer, publicist, and political activist.
His writings focus on praising the Soviet Union and its political and economic system from a Russian nationalist perspective, criticizing the Russian government, and discussing the perceived NATO (particularly American) threat to Russia and the likelihood that this antagonism will result in a nuclear war between Russia and NATO.