While performing OSINT monitoring of social profiles of ‘DPR/LPR’ militants we found another Russian contract soldier, who is a scout from the 291st separate artillery brigade and who joined an illegal armed formation of ‘Novorossiya’ in occupied Donbas.
During the identification and analysis of Aleksei Krivdin‘s VK profile (archive, photo album archive, contacts archive) we found the following information:
Aleksei Valeryanovich Krivdin, born on May 20, 1994, residing at Kuybysheva str., 5, apt. 7, Volzhsky (Volgograd Oblast, Russia), phone No. 89061687623.
A. Krivdin served in the 3rd air defense battery of the ‘Tor-M1’ air defense division of the 19th separate motorized rifle brigade (military unit No. 20634, Vladikavkaz, the 58th general army, Southern Military District, North Ossetia, Russia). He was transferred to the reserve as junior sergeant in June, 2013.
In October of 2014 Krivdin submitted documents for a 3-year contract to the military recruiting office of Volgograd. He applied for a position of a scout in the 291st artillery brigade (military unit No. 64670, Southern Military District, Troitskaya, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia).
As for December 4, 2014, A. Krivdin served as a contract serviceman in Caucasus.
In January of this year, Krivdin was sent to Donbas, to serve in ‘Oplot’, the 4th battalion of ‘DPR’.
Note: the process of signing a contract with the Russian army consists of several steps. The first and the most important one is to get a so-called ‘reference’ from a certain military unit with specification of the open vacancy. A candidate who has such ‘reference’ visits the local military office and fills in the application form for a 3-year contract in that military unit. Then the military office, based on the ‘reference’ and the candidate’s application, carries out the needed procedures (medical examination, profile filling in, etc) to enroll a soldier. Then contract serviceman is sent to the military unit location.
This is not the first case of mutation of the Russian contract servicemen to militants of ‘Novorossiya’. We have published several articles how the Russian soldiers become ‘DPR/LPR’ militants. One of the last cases was studied in this material – “Russian Contract Soldier from the 7th Base Fights as ‘DPR’ Militant“.
Also we would like to note that the units above – the 19th motorized rifle brigade and the 291st artillery brigade – have been mentioned for several times in the context of the ‘Rostov-Ukraine assignments’:
- 291st artillery brigade’s “Tour of duty” from Crimea to Donbass
- Snipers of the Russian 19th Brigade Enlisted in ‘Somali’ Terrorist Battalion
- ‘Drone Company’ of Russian 19th Motorized Rifle Brigade. A story of their Ukrainian ‘trip’
- 2S19 ‘Msta-S’ Self Propelled Mortar from North Ossetia at the Border with Ukraine
- Combat Crews of MLRS BM-21 “Grad” of the 19th Motorized Brigade Identified along the Border with Ukraine
The information about the Russian occupant A. Krivdin was added to the ‘Myrotvorets‘ database.
Original article by Irakli Komakhidze, translated by Oleksandr Klymenko
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13 Responses to “‘Novorossiya’ Militant’s Contract Was Finalized in Military Recruiting Office of Volgograd, Russia”
10/13/2015
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11/09/2015
Paratroopers of the 31st Brigade from Ulyanovsk As 'Patriot' Militants in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] proved by our previous investigations). The servicemen from the following units have been noticed: 291st artillery brigade (unit No. 64670, Troitskaya, Republic of Ingushetia), 7th military base (unit No. 09332, Gudauta, […]
02/01/2016
Contratistas de la 74a OMSBr de FR luchan encubierto en batallón de "LNR" "Hooligans" - InformNapalm.org (Español)[…] Brigada de artillería 291o (unidad militar No. 64670, Troitskaya, República de Ingushetia, Rusia) Base militar séptima (unidad militar No. 09332, Gudauta, ocupada Abjasia, Georgia) Brigada octava montaña de infantería motorizada (unidad militar No. 16544, Borzoi, República de Chechenia, Rusia) 23a brigada de infantería motorizada (unidad militar No. 65349, Samara, Rusia) 19a brigada de infanteria motorizada (unidad militar No. 20634, Vladikavkaz, Osetia del Norte, Rusia) Ahora podemos añadir aquí también la brigada motorizada independiente 74a de infantería militar que ahora sirve en el tercero ‘Huligan’ [Hooligan] batallón de la llamada “LNR” de “Novorossia”. […]
02/09/2016
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12/20/2016
Uppdatering: Novorossias reservarmé i Rostov län - InformNapalm på svenska[…] Stavropol Krai), 8:e separata alpina motoriserade skyttebrigaden (Borzoi, Tjetjenien), 291st artilleribrigaden (Troitskaya, Ingusjetien), 33:e separata alpina motoriserade skyttebrigaden (Maikop, Adygea), […]
02/25/2017
The Russian 74th Brigade's Contract Servicemen Fight in Donbas As Hooligans - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] 291st artillery brigade (military unit No. 64670, Troitskaya, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia) […]
04/30/2017
Tyulpan mortars for the Russian 291st Artillery Brigade which shelled Ukraine - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] ‘Novorossiya” Militant’s Contract Was Finalized in Military Recruiting Office of Volgograd, Ru… […]
04/30/2017
Ryska 291:a artilleribrigaden utrustas med Tyulpan bandkanon[…] Militants’ contracts are signed at a military recruitment agency in Volgograd […]
05/01/2017
La 291a Brigada de la artillería de DM del Sur de las Fuerzas Armadas de FR que está disparado a Ucrania fue enriquecida con los "tulipanes" - InformNapalm.org (Español)[…] ‘Novorossiya’ Militant’s Contract Was Finalized in Military Recruiting Office of Volgograd, Ru… […]
06/20/2017
Las 81 personas de la 291a brigada de la artillería: las órdenes criminales del Kremlin (Infografía) - InformNapalm.org (Español)[…] otoño de 2014, lo que condujo a la muerte de cientos de ciudadanos de Ucrania. Más tarde – “los viajes de negocios de Ucrania”, así como la participación de los artilleros del compuesto de Ingushetia en la guerra de […]
06/30/2017
Identified: Russian contract soldier of 291st Artillery Brigade in Novorossia illegal armed groups - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] of similar facts about several Russian military units: from Southern Military District – 291st Artillery Brigade (military unit 64670, Troitskaya, Republic of Ingushetia), 7th Military Base (military unit […]
10/08/2017
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10/13/2017
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