In 2002, he founded a popular website vladimir.vladimirovich.ru, which contains humorous fake stories from the life of Vladimir Putin based on real events and current news.

In February 2008, the administration of LiveJournal froze the blog that Kononenko had been running for seven years for publishing an opinion that the UK should be bombed.

[2] In 2011, he repeatedly spoke favorably about 'doghunters' — representatives of the emerging subculture engaged in the destruction of packs of stray dogs.

[3][4] In December 2011, the website of the newspaper Vzglyad published an author's column by Kononenko, in which he criticized the organizers and participants of the rallies against election fraud.

[5] Kononenko died in Moscow on 14 May 2024, at the age of 53,[6] reportedly from severe bleeding due to esophageal varices,[7] a condition normally caused by cirrhosis.