Life was bad in childhood. His father, an official, hanged himself when Vladimir was 11 years old. His mother did not love him. As a teenager, Vladimir entered the Moscow Frunze University. He was lonely. He had one friend Yuri Volkov. Afterwards he joined the army, but was disappointed. He came under the command of Imran Zakhaev. Then he himself created the ultra-nationalist PMC group Konni