Gurulyov became commander of this regiment in June 2002 and rose to serve as 131st Division chief of staff at Yasnaya in December 2003.

[1][6][7] During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he made it clear that in case of a world war, Russia would bomb London before Warsaw, Paris or Berlin.

"[11] In April 2023, he came up with the idea that Putin's regime should reintroduce the Stalinist terror of the 1930s against the "enemies of the people" inside Russia.

Today, no matter who says what, whatever fairy tales they are telling, a bullet to the forehead is the sole salvation for Yevgeny Prigozhin.

"[14] In July 2023, Gurulyov published a voice message by Major General Ivan Popov, who commanded the 58th Combined Arms Army.

"[16] In October 2023, on the public television channel Russia-1, Gurulyov called for the isolation and extermination of all Russian citizens who disagree with the policies of Vladimir Putin.

[18] In June 2024, he suggested that Russia should attack the Netherlands with nuclear weapons in order to harm energy supply to Europe.

[20] On 8 August, he said in a television interview that the Russian military knew about the planned Ukrainian invasion of Kursk a month before it happened but "from the top came the order not to panic, and that those above know better.