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    Investigation Revealed Soldiers of the Russian National Guard Posted to the Pro-Russian Gangs in Donbas – InformNapalm

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    In early April 2016, international volunteer community InformNapalm published an article Russian Guard started its operations abroad long before it was formally established, which presented an example of the “Ukrainian mission” of a Russian contract soldier of the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry for Internal Affairs (Internal Troops (IT) have been reorganized into Russian National Guard, or Rosgvardiya, by Putin’s decree effective April 5, 2016). This is not the first nor the last Russian IT soldier recruited to the gangs in Donbas. Military missions of the servicemen of the Russian Guard and the Russian Armed Forces are regular and systematic, as confirmed by the new evidence obtained by our volunteers.

    Our OSINT operations brought to our attention the servicemen of the Internal Troops Brigade of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs serving on a rotational basis in illegal armed groups on the occupied Donbas territory.

    1. Mikhail Mikhailovich Sokolov, born on November 29, 1988 in the city of Novokuznetsk in Kemerovo region, Russia. One of his social network accounts indicates his actual place of residence: Alchevsk (Luhansk region, Ukraine). Social network accounts: “VK” (account archive, photo album, contacts), “VK” (account archive, photo album, contacts), “ОК“. Married to Alyona Melnik. Drives black BMW 5 series, registration number T332AX/142RUS. Phone: 89521706849.

    porHe did his compulsory military service in 2007-2008 in military unit No.52395, Chita region, village of Bada, in air force and air defense units.

    Since 2012, contract servicemen of the military unit No.6778 (386th battalion of the 46th Separate Operational Brigade, Chechnya) of the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Interior. He has a “combat veteran” status, his badge was issued based on the commander’s order No. 458 dated June 24, 2012.

    M. Sokolov was presumably posted to the so-called special operations battalion “Leshiy” of the illegal armed groups of “Novorossiya”.His first photos from Donbas are dated January 2016. They include a photo on the background of a monument with a self-propelled gun SU-100 in Alchevsk and photos from the front line.

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    2. Ruslan Sergeyev, born on September 26 in the city of Novokuznetsk, is the countryman and fellow serviceman of Sokolov. Social network accounts: “VK” (account archive, photo album, contacts).

    0He did his compulsory military service in 2011-2012 in the Airborne Forces of the Russian army. Since 2012, Internal Troops, contract soldier. For a while, until August 2014, he worked for the Russian Railroad in-house security service. Presumably, he serves in the same 46th Separate Operational Brigade of the Russian Interior Ministry (or in another Internal Troops unit). He was posted to the “Novorossiya” illegal armed group in September, 2014.
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    3. Igor Tarasov
    , born on December 08, 1992 in the city of Astrakhan, Russia. Social network accounts: “VK” (account archive, photo album, contacts).

    tarasovHe is presumably a soldier of the same 46th Separate Operational Brigade of the Interior Troops of the Russian Federation. From October 2014 to November 2015, he repeatedly took part in the so-called Ukrainian missions, including the assault on the Donetsk airport. At the moment, he back to his place of permanent deployment in the Russian Federation.

     

     

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    Besides the aforementioned servicemen, the personnel of illegal armed groups of “Novorossiya” stationed in Alchevsk includes Russian “volunteers”, who are in fact the representatives of the Russian special task forces reserve, officially unrelated to any of the units of the Russian army or Internal Troops:

    • Ruslan Shukurov from Yekaterinburg;
    • Aleksandr Boykov from Ust-Ilyinsk;
    • Mishanya Frank, a Neo-Nazi from Volgograd;
    • Aleksandr Kalashnikov presumably from Kursk.

    See also the previously published articles on the topic of “Russian Internal Troops in Donbas”:

    • Russian Guard started its operations abroad long before it was formally established April 13, 2016.
    • Servicemen of the Russian 15th Spetsnaz Squad ‘Vyatich’ fight for ‘DPR’ November 26, 2015.
    • How the Servicemen of the Russian 46th Brigade ‘Overpassed’ Ukraine November 05, 2015.
    • Servicemen of the Interior Ministry in Chechnya Identified on a ‘Ukrainian Mission’ May 30, 2015.
    • Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and Donbas, anything in common? April 20, 2015.
    • Reservist Trainers of Russian Internal Troops as Novorossiya ‘Volunteers’ February 23, 2015.

    This publication was compiled based on the OSINT-investigation of the InformNapalm international volunteer group.

    Author Irakli Komaxidze

    (CC BY) information specially prepared for InformNapalm.org site, an active link to the authors and our project is obligatory for any reprint or further use of the material.

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