{"id":11903,"date":"2017-09-19T18:38:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T18:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=11903"},"modified":"2017-09-19T18:38:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T18:38:38","slug":"corrupt-russian-general-gurulev-exposed-by-soldiers-of-russian-army-136th-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/corrupt-russian-general-gurulev-exposed-by-soldiers-of-russian-army-136th-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrupt Russian General Gurulev Exposed by Soldiers of Russian Army 136th Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The photos of award certificates in the social accounts of Russian servicemen help reveal their participation in war crimes outside of Russia. They also expose the corruption leading up to the top officers of the Russian army. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The experience of OSINT investigations by the international intelligence community InformNapalm shows that state and departmental awards function as some of the most important clues in the search for Russian war criminals. These are awards given \u2018for combat services\u2019, as well as unofficial so-called anniversary medals indicating the participation in military adventures of the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

From March 2014 to August 2017, InformNapalm volunteers collected more than 170 cases of official awards issued to Russian servicemen. Among them, there are over 116 medals and orders awarded for war crimes in the Donbas, 19 – for the occupation of the Crimea, 6 – for the invasion of Georgia and 30 – for the murders in Syria. Information on all awarded war criminals has been consolidated in a single database, and is also available as infographics<\/a> and videographics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the Kremlin has classified all the data of the Russian registry on awards since the beginning of the undeclared war against Ukraine, our lists serve as an evidence of Russian military participation in hybrid conflicts. They are already in demand of some international investigation organizations and competent services of other countries.<\/p>\n

In this publication, we show the recipient of a departmental medal of one of the units in the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. With his bragging about the award he exposed the deputy commander of the military district.<\/p>\n

Artyom Badambayev<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Born March 1 1989 in Saransk, Mordovia. In social networks: VK<\/a> (account archives 2015<\/a>, 2017<\/a>, album 2015<\/a>, 2017<\/a>, contacts 2015<\/a>, 2017<\/a>), OK<\/a> (the account has been inactive since 2009).<\/p>\n

We already spotted Badambayev in the past. In particular, his name under the number 25 was featured in OSINT-investigation<\/a> from December 17, 2015. There we provided the personal data of 29 servicemen of the 291st Artillery Brigade<\/strong> of the Southern Military District who were spotted in Syria. Soon after that publication, most of the listed persons deleted or edited their public accounts. However, in May 2016 Badambayev was back, boasting on his page about the awards that had been absent in his album previously:<\/p>\n