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'''Russel "Texas" Bentley''' is an American who went to Ukraine in [[2014]] to fight for the so-called separatists in Donbas.<ref>https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Russell_Bentley</ref><ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russell-texas-bentley-putin-propaganda-ukraine-interview-1315433/</ref><ref>https://www.newsweek.com/who-russell-bentley-texas-man-pro-russia-ukraine-1683618</ref><br> | '''Russel "Texas" Bentley''' is an American who went to Ukraine in [[2014]] to fight for the so-called separatists in Donbas.<ref>https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Russell_Bentley</ref><ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russell-texas-bentley-putin-propaganda-ukraine-interview-1315433/</ref><ref>https://www.newsweek.com/who-russell-bentley-texas-man-pro-russia-ukraine-1683618</ref><br> | ||
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[[Sonia Smith]] for texasmonthly.com, in an overall unsympathetic article writes about his early life:<ref>https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/son-wealthy-businessman-foot-soldier-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking/</ref> | [[Sonia Smith]] for texasmonthly.com, in an overall unsympathetic article writes about his early life:<ref>https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/son-wealthy-businessman-foot-soldier-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking/</ref> | ||
{{QB|"He had led something of a swashbuckling life; he’d been an Army engineer based in Germany, a hard-partying musician in South Padre, a marijuana legalization activist in Minnesota and Alaska, and a drug trafficker on the run from the U.S. Marshals. In the early nineties, he’d even vied for a seat in the U.S. Senate."}} | {{QB|"He had led something of a swashbuckling life; he’d been an Army engineer based in Germany, a hard-partying musician in South Padre, a marijuana legalization activist in Minnesota and Alaska, and a drug trafficker on the run from the U.S. Marshals. In the early nineties, he’d even vied for a seat in the U.S. Senate."}} | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 18 September 2023
 Russel Bentley    (Soldier) | |
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| Born | 1960 Texas, United States |
| Residence | Donbass, Ukraine |
| Nationality | American |
| Interests | • 2014 Ukraine coup/Civil war • 2014 Ukraine coup |
Russel "Texas" Bentley is an American who went to Ukraine in 2014 to fight for the so-called separatists in Donbas.[1][2][3]
Biography
Sonia Smith for texasmonthly.com, in an overall unsympathetic article writes about his early life:[4]
"He had led something of a swashbuckling life; he’d been an Army engineer based in Germany, a hard-partying musician in South Padre, a marijuana legalization activist in Minnesota and Alaska, and a drug trafficker on the run from the U.S. Marshals. In the early nineties, he’d even vied for a seat in the U.S. Senate."
External links
- Interview with Simon Ostrovsky for Vice in 2015 - Meet the Texan Fighting for the DPR: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 107)
- CovertAction Magazine - Russel Bentley's author page
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References
- ↑ https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Russell_Bentley
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russell-texas-bentley-putin-propaganda-ukraine-interview-1315433/
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/who-russell-bentley-texas-man-pro-russia-ukraine-1683618
- ↑ https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/son-wealthy-businessman-foot-soldier-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking/
