Andrey Alexandrovich Pozdnukhov[1][2] (Russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Позднухо́в), better known by his stage name Bledny (born November 7, 1976, Tara, Omsk, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian rap artist, founder and member of the 25/17 group, and a former member of the Mercury group.

[3] In 1998, Pozdnukhov became a member of the Mercury group, which performed gangsta rap.

[4] At the end of 2012, Pozdunknov starred in a video aimed at drawing attention to discrimination against people with an HIV infection.

In 2022, they released the album, "Overcome" (Odolyen), featuring a cover of Soviet rock musician Viktor Tsoi's song "April"[rus][7] Pozdnukhov has been married twice.

He met his second wife when he was doing state practice in fine arts at the gymnasium, where she studied in the eleventh grade.