{"id":10221,"date":"2017-01-28T22:22:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T22:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=10221"},"modified":"2017-01-29T02:05:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T02:05:15","slug":"russian-tankman-gave-away-colleagues-from-the-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-in-donbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-tankman-gave-away-colleagues-from-the-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-in-donbas\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian tankman gave away colleagues from the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Donbas"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of soldiers of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade from Chechnya who were on active duty in Donbas was identified.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the beginning of January, InformNapalm international intelligence community published an article <\/a>about a recipient of the medal “For Courage” Maksim Ivanov, a Russian contract soldier of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military unit 65384, Shali, Chechen Republic) of the 58th Army from the Southern Military District, who participated in fighting in the Donbas during the summer-fall of 2014. In the course of a new investigation, evidence of participation of other tankmen\u00a0from this military unit in the undeclared war against Ukraine has been found.<\/p>\n

The main source of information in our investigation was Abdulhakim Nazarov, a tankman who has recently got transferred from Caucasus to an elite tank unit of the Western Military District. The analysis of Nazarov\u2019s accounts in social media let us identify his colleagues – Donbas “veterans” from the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade from Chechnya.<\/p>\n

1. Abdulhakim Nazarov<\/h1>\n


\nAbdulhakim Ahmutullaevich Nazarov was born 1988, from Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia.<\/p>\n

He is an experienced contract serviceman in the rank of Staff Sergeant. In 2012-2014 he served in a tank battalion of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military unit 65384, Shali, Chechen Republic, Southern Military District). Since the early 2015, he is a gunner<\/a> in the 8th Tank Company of the 6th Separate Tank Brigade (military unit 54096, the city of Mulyno, Western Military District).<\/p>\n

According to photos and comments in Nazarov’s accounts in social media, he participated in combat a with battalion tactical group of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade in the Donbas in summer-autumn of 2014. \u00a0After that “mission” he was awarded<\/a> the Russian Ministry of Defense Medal \u201cFor Distinction in Combat\u201d.<\/p>\n

His has accounts on VK<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the profile\u00a0one year\u00a0ago<\/a> and\u00a0active<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>) and\u00a0OK<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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It is noteworthy, that photos of the “Rostov-Ukrainian mission” from Nazarov’s account are dated September, 13-14, 2014 – the most fierce phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The photos were taken in the rest camp where the invaders posed in non-statutory uniforms with camouflaged tanks in the background (a more detailed analysis of these photos and identification of the tankmen\u00a0are presented below).<\/p>\n

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Though there were no geotags on the photos, we were able to pinpoint where and when the photos were taken. In particular, in two photos (1<\/a> and\u00a02<\/a>) we can see Nazarov and a young girl sitting on a MT-LB. The girl was further identified as\u00a0Alesya\u00a0<\/a>(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>) from the village of Kuybyshevo in Rostov oblast in close proximity to the Ukrainian border. Nazarov commented to the picture: “That was during the second trip”.<\/p>\n

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Identified tankmen of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade, the participants of the invasion of Ukraine in autumn, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Alexei Bogdanov<\/h1>\n


\nBorn on 08.27.1990 in Omsk. Graduated from Omsk Higher tank Command School in 2012.<\/p>\n

2013: an officer of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade tank battalion.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts: VK<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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3. Zulfar Galliamov<\/h1>\n


\nBorn in Tyumen. A contract soldier of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade tank battalion.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts: VK<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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4. Sergey Belyakov<\/h1>\n


\nA contract soldier of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade tank battalion.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts: VK<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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5. Sergey Kolchin<\/h1>\n


\nThe contract soldier of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade tank battalion.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts: VK<\/a>(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>), the slide<\/a>\u00a0with the Russian-terrorist forces white identification armband dated from the period of his last “Ukrainian mission” was found among his photos.<\/p>\n

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6. Dmitry Golovinov<\/h1>\n


\nBorn on 07.25.1992. From Dzerzhinsk of\u00a0 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Born in the village\u00a0 of Sakhanshina of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. 2014: a soldier of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade tank battalion.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts: VK<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Besides the mention above soldiers who were identified through Nazarov’s photos, we have found some other participants of the “Rostov-Ukrainian mission” of 2014, whose social media accounts contain direct and indirect evidence of their participation in the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

7. Valery Goloborobkin<\/h1>\n


\nBorn in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.<\/p>\n

2014: a soldier of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade. Awarded the\u00a0Order of Courage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts: \u041e\u041a1<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>),\u00a0\u041e\u041a2<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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8. Yury Ovsiannikov<\/h1>\n


\nBorn in the village of Yurino, Mari El Republic, Russia.<\/p>\n

An officer of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade. There is a series of photos in his album from the “Rostov-Ukrainian mission” of 2014, including a group photo <\/a>of Russian soldiers turned into local “miners” with a comment:\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPokrovskoe 10.14\u201d.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts: \u041e\u041a<\/a>\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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We have also detected the subjects of our previous investigation in the photos of Abdulhakim Nazarov.<\/p>\n

9. “Kirill Malinovsky”<\/h1>\n


\nHis real name\u00a0is Stas\u00a0Fatehov. Born in Nizhny Tagil. Graduated from the Kazan Higher Artillery Command School in 2009. An officer of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade.<\/p>\n

He appeared in our publications: \u201c\u2019Tankman\u2019: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas\u201c <\/a>from 2014 and \u201cRussian officer who lost the Order of Courage\u201d<\/a> from\u00a02016.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts: on VK\u00a0<\/a>(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>)\u00a0\u2013 under the nickname\u00a0\u201cNext Stirlitz\u201d, and on\u00a0\u041e\u041a<\/a> (archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>)\u00a0\u2013 under the nickname\u00a0\u201cKirill Malinovsky\u201d.<\/p>\n

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10. Yevgeny Rassadin<\/h1>\n


\nA contract soldier, tank driver from the 6th Separate Tank Brigade\u00a0 (military unit 54096, the city of Mulyno, Western Military District of the Russia).<\/p>\n

Appeared in the publication\u00a0\u201c\u2019Tank Biathlon 2014\u2019 of the Russia\u2019s 6th Tank Brigade in Donbas\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media accounts: VK1<\/a> social network\u00a0(archives of the profile<\/a>),\u00a0VK2 <\/a>social network\u00a0(archives of the\u00a0profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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The 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade appeared in 12 investigations of\u00a0 InformNapalm<\/strong>, mostly in those related to the invasion and fights in Donbas in summer-autumn 2014. But there are also evidence of contract soldiers from this brigade taking part in the war in Donbas in the later period:<\/p>\n