ATMODA 3.0 is being phased out
The liquidation process of ATMODA 3.0 organization started on July 1. The organization was formed during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The organization created the program “Selfie”, which the creators posted on YouTube and promoted on social media. The host was Vadim Alekseev, also known as Vadim Avva. A regular guest on the show was opposition politician Aldis Gobzems, who became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a part of the meeting of Aldis Gobzems with representatives of the Russian Party of Latvia Inna Gyori, Dmitry Prokopenko and the advocate for Russian schools, Degi Karaev.
The main focus of “Avva” with Aldis Gobzems was the “patriotic” distancing from the United States. This anti-Euro-Atlantic stance of Latvia was the common ground for these individuals.
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It's worth mentioning that Avva produced content with the assistance of businessman Nikolai Sirotkin (Nikolajs Sirotkins). The recording took place at the Studio 69 casino on Riga’s Tērbatas street.
As per Crediweb.lv, ATMODA 3.0 foundation was established in July 2020. It was founded by three well-known residents of Latvia: Andrejs Jakovlevs (Andrejs Jakovļevs), Vadim Alekseevs (Vadims Aleksejevs) and Aivars Bergers (Aivars Bergers).
Andrei Yakovlev managed the propaganda platform BALTNEWS.LV, where Vadim Avva regularly contributed.
In June 2018, Andrey Yakovlev announced his departure from BALTNEWS.LV. Nikolai Kabanov, a deputy of the Seimas from the Harmony party, reacted to this post and, being the former author of this platform, wished Andrey Yakovlev success.
It is important to note that in 2019, the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to block access to the Baltnews.lv website due to the violation of the rules of the EU Council Regulation of March 17, 2014, “regarding restrictive measures against actions that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”
On the National Archives page, there is a record of the State Security Committee (KGB) agent in the LSSR Andrey Yakovlev. In 1988, he, a member of the CPSU, was assigned to the 5th department (formed in 1967 to combat “ideological sabotage”) and given the code name “Alexanders”. Yakovlev denies signing the cooperation document. He also claims that he was unaware of his code name or the existence of a card in the Latvian KGB department.
Latvian courts do not consider an agent’s card as evidence of working for the KGB. However, former LSSR KGB employee Boris Karpichkov attests that he never had the so-called ballast.
“After each recruitment, there was a strict system of monitoring the work of each agent in the office,” Boris Karpichkov informed Kompromat.lv.
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Andrey Yakovlev owns RAKURS.LV. In June 2020, the State Security Service seized the property of the enterprise. But in November 2021, the sanctions were lifted.
In turn, Aivars Bergers is the founder of the CITA POLITIKA society, which also includes the well-known politician Sergei Dolgopolov.
In addition, for many years Aivars Bergers was a board member of the SASKAŅA party. But he gained scandalous fame in 2019, when a publication about him was published in the investigative publication Rebaltica.lv. In particular, it became known that, being a mega-donor to Consent, he received large transfers from offshore companies used in money laundering. This became clear as a result of the appearance of his name in the Laundromat. At the time of the transfers, he was a member of the board of the municipal enterprise Rīgas pilsētbūvnieks.
Now, according to Crediweb.lv, the shares of Aivars Bergers in two companies are under the sanctions of the State Revenue Service: ARIF GROUP and TĒRBATAS BIROJU NAMS.
In December 2020, Aivars Bergers left ATMODA 3.0, and Alexander Babkin (Aleksandrs Babkins) took his place.
Another founder of ATMODA 3.0, Vadim Alekseev, moved to Moscow after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after which he was seen in the Antifake propaganda show, which airs in the Russian Federation on Channel One.
Kremlin TV introduces him as a “journalist” and calls him “Abva”. Under this pseudonym, he is also known on the social network Facebook.
In 2020, he called on the people of Latvia to come out and support the opposition politician Aldis Gobzems.
“I know, I see that the current government is not only against the Russians, it is also for poverty. The first and second, as well as the distribution of material wealth in their own circle – this is what makes the Levits and the Karins strong, irreplaceable and our ill-wishers. These people are harming both us and their nation,” Abba wrote.
According to Crediweb.lv, on July 1, the liquidation process of the organization “ATMODA 3.0” began. Andrey Yakovlev, Vadim Alekseev and Alexander Babkin became liquidators.
