{"id":17174,"date":"2021-10-15T10:50:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=17174"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:57:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:57:24","slug":"identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in the aggression against Ukraine, were identified on 2 archived group photographs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>InformNapalm international intelligence community continues to identify regular Russian servicemen who took part in the hybrid aggression against Ukraine.\u00a0As of July 2021, InformNapalm has collected evidence against over<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/proofs-of-the-russian-aggression-informnapalm-releases-extensive-database-of-evidence\/\"><strong>2,630 Russian soldiers and officers<\/strong><\/a> <strong>in its OSINT investigations database. This OSINT investigation by InformNapalm adds new facts to the database. In this investigation we make public the identification data of the Russian servicemen of the former 17th MRB from Chechnya (military unit 65384, Shali village). In 2017, the brigade was reorganized into the 291st Motorized Rifle Regiment (MRR) as part of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Similarly to the recent identification of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-5-more-servicemen-of-the-18th-mrb-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\">5 servicemen from the 18th MRB<\/a> of the Southern Military District and <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/marines-of-the-northern-fleet-in-the-donbas-new-data-of-the-russian-military-personnel-fighting-in-ukraine\/\">8 servicemen from the 61st Marine Brigade<\/a> of the Northern Fleet, the starting point for the new OSINT investigation was a <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/brigada-kavkaz-28-09-14.jpg\">group photo of 22<\/a> Russian military men, which was taken during the Ukrainian deployment in the summer and autumn of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>There are 2 versions of this group photo: 21 people, with one photographer replacing with another. The photograph clearly shows the characteristic features of the Russian invading forces &#8211; non-standard uniforms and white identification armbands. The group photo was <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/2147-snezhnoe-skoplenye-bronetehnyky-y-boevykov\/\">published by InformNapalm<\/a> on October 13, 2014 (the photo itself was posted on social media by one of the servicemen on September 28, 2014 with the a geotag at the Kuibyshev raion of Rostov Oblast bordering Ukraine). In the course of the new investigation, this group photo, along with other pictures (see below) directly from the Donbas, was repeatedly found in the accounts of the persons listed below.<strong>\u00a0In total, 17 out of 22 war criminals were identified (+1 partially), including 4 officers among them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/22-1111-Copy-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/22-22222222-Copy.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Arman Bekinkaliev (Russian: \u0410\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d \u0411\u0435\u043a\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0435\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-3.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"370\" \/>\u00a0 Born September 7, 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Blagodarny, Stavropol Krai<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id418972274\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id418972274<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/nwIQM\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/557269765738\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/557269765738<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/T9XgD\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Rustam Galiev (Russian: \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043c \u0413\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0435\u0432) <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-1.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"371\" \/>Born: May 10, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Izhevsk.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p>VK (archives <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/zsK2X\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/BawvD\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/ZTFHV\">3<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Akhmed Magomedov (Russian: \u0410\u0445\u043c\u0435\u0434 \u041c\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3-1.jpg\" width=\"253\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Born: June 18, 1984 (possibly 1985).<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Neftekumsk, Stavropol Krai.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id489909674\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id489909674<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/LgoqI\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/177096733457\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/177096733457<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/nQRQn\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><em>[not identified]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/4-x.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>ontract soldier <strong>Anatoly Gostev (Russian: \u0410\u043d\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u0413\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5-1.jpg\" width=\"268\" height=\"382\" \/> Born March 31, 1988<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Nalidovo, Tver Oblast.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id203668304\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id203668304<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/tjm10\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id145127577\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id145127577<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/ivkDG\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/553667874928\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/553667874928<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/9RxEy\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Andrey Kulishenko (Russian: \u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439 \u041a\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6-1.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"355\" \/>\u00a0Born: December 1, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Leninsk, Volgograd Oblast.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/458977169769\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/458977169769<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/rhPBd\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/527541781483\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/527541781483<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/nQ7uM\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id198329045\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id198329045<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/1MYZu\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a particularly interesting selection of photos dated August 2014 from the Rostov Oblast bordering Ukraine and from the Donbas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6.1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Yakov Lopushkov (Russian: \u042f\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u041b\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0448\u043a\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-3.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"345\" \/>Born: <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/search?c%22section%3E=people&amp;c%20%5bbday%20%5d=1&amp;c%20%5bbmonth%20%5d=12\">August 17,<\/a> 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Leninsk, Volgograd Oblast.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id80682917\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id80682917<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/jwebh\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id225001681\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id225001681<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SeMCw\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/530568971074\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/530568971074<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/mDhVS\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Ruslan Apkhazishvili (Russian: \u0420\u0443\u0441\u043b\u0430\u043d \u0410\u043f\u0445\u0430\u0437\u0438\u0448\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0438)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/8-1.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"394\" \/>Birthday March 15, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Stavropol.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id102432298\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id102432298<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/5VRza\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/342395106613\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/342395106613<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2BAo1\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/8.1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are many interesting videos on his YouTube channel, including from the period of service in the 17th MRB in Chechnya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/gruzinsav26\/videos\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/gruzinsav26\/videos<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/MfL9C\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Sergey Cherdantsev (Russian: \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u0427\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0435\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9.1.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"364\" \/>Born: January 8, 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born &#8211; Polysaevo, Kemerovo Oblast<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id160714784\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id160714784<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/J0cRv\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id160643964\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id160643964<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/Wv8ZP\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/514972842909\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/514972842909<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/iJBum\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His album titled <em>Army<\/em> traces the timeline of the redeployment of the 17th MRB from Chechnya to Crimea (April 2014) and to the Donbas (September 2014). The album also contains <em>&#8220;photo 21&#8221;,<\/em> which we used to identify Russian war criminals.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Nikolay Malikov (\u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0439 \u041c\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/10.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"353\" \/>Born: January 14, 1969.<\/p>\n<p>Nezlobnaya village, Georgievsky Raion, Stavropol Krai<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/344098139827\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/344098139827<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/5iDXm\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/336277369028\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/336277369028<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/ZMBPx\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id229038839\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id229038839<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/IuzvJ\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>Contract <strong>soldier Alexander Kulishenko<\/strong> (Russian: <strong>\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041a\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e<\/strong>, nickname &#8220;Sanya-Kamaz&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/11.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"383\" \/>Born: December 1, 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born &#8211; Leninsk, Volgograd Oblast<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id478813993\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id478813993<\/a>\u00a0(archive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/0FBh8\">1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/ehJph\">2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/372530100283\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/372530100283<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/pj35Y\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/11.1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The selection of photos uploaded in 2018 is of particular interest. It records the summer and autumn Ukrainian mission of the 17th MRB in 2014. It also contains the <em>&#8220;photo 21&#8221;<\/em> with a slight difference: in the center instead of <strong>Anatoly Gostev<\/strong> (<strong>\u21165<\/strong>) there is <strong>Dmitry Kraft (\u211622).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Sergei Mironov (Russian: \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u041c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/12.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"355\" \/>Born: June 23, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born &#8211; Belovo town, Kemerovo Oblast<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/554433495992\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/554433495992<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/MWa9L\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/338048369794\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/338048369794<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/2z6ka\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"13\">\n<li>Contract <strong>soldier Shakhrat Turkmenov (Russian: \u0428\u0430\u0445\u0440\u0430\u0442 \u0422\u0443\u0440\u043a\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"360\" \/>Born: June 14, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in the village of Sharakhalsun, Turkmen Raion, Stavropol Krai.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/561371194898\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/561371194898<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/hMxel\">archive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id508552019\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id508552019<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/MLVS2\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li><em>[not identified]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/14x.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li><em>[not identified]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/15x.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16. Contract<\/strong> soldier <strong>Alexander Volokitin (Russian: \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/16.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"377\" \/> Born March 4, 1990<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Khanty-Mansiysk.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id448117402\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id448117402<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/4aGxn\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/499066976681\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/499066976681<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/onFYv\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id272606942\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id272606942<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/RNecG\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/16.1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The selection of photos uploaded in 2018 is of particular interest. It also features the 2014 summer and autumn Ukrainian mission of the 17th MRB. And it contains the <em>\u201cphoto 21\/2\u201d<\/em> as well, with a slight difference: in the center instead of <strong>Anatoly Gostev<\/strong> (<strong>\u21165<\/strong>), <strong>there is Dmitry Kraft (\u211622).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>17<\/strong>. Officer <strong>Artem Chaikin (Russian: \u0410\u0440\u0442\u0435\u043c \u0427\u0430\u0439\u043a\u0438\u043d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/17.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"355\" \/>\u00a0 Born: September 24, 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Kumylzhenskaya village, Volgograd Oblast.<\/p>\n<p>Education: A graduate of Yekaterinburg Higher Artillery Command School.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id66220130\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id66220130<\/a> (archive <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/09pPP\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/KiAn0\">2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id136029720\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id136029720<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/UAIHj\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li><em>[not fully identified]. Presumably<\/em> an officer, the name is <strong>Maxim.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/18.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"381\" \/>\u00a0Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id12025107\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id12025107<\/a><\/p>\n<p>the account has been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>No other data available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"19\">\n<li><em>[not identified]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19x.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"20\">\n<li>Officer <strong>Andrey Tukov (Russian: \u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439 \u0422\u0443\u043a\u043e\u0432).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"370\" \/>Born: December 15, 1989<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born in Kazan.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id147734276\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id147734276<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/BAzIK\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The account has been deleted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id272707772\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id272707772<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/wS4w0\">archive<\/a>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/571103202132\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/571103202132<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/I5F6A\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>He changed his name in social media to &#8220;Andrey Kazansky&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was identified earlier by the <a href=\"http:\/\/lostivan.com\/ivan\/527\">lostivan<\/a> project and listed in the Russian war criminals database <a href=\"https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/tukov-andrej\/\">https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/tukov-andrej\/<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fest.nhliga.org\/player\/view\/22881\">https:\/\/fest.nhliga.org\/player\/view\/22881<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He plays as a forward # 25 in the Daimohk hockey team. Qualification &#8211; amateur.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nhliga.org\/player\/view\/47211\">https:\/\/nhliga.org\/player\/view\/47211<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li><em>Presumably<\/em> officer <strong>Alexei Atomov<\/strong> (it is possible that his real second name is Gromov). Russian: <strong>\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u0439 \u0410\u0442\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0432<\/strong> (or \u0413\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0432)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"407\" \/>\u00a0 Born January 1, 1990,<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born &#8211; Chebarkul.<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id43713640\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id43713640<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/5iipv\">archive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id33985770\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id33985770<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/xKSMA\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li>Contract soldier <strong>Dmitry Kraft (Russian: \u0414\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0442)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/22.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"370\" \/>\u00a0 Born: November 25, 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Resides \/ was born &#8211; Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia<\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id241667630\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id241667630<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/Ml8Wi\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/507967470961\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/507967470961<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/5qMc8\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Present in the <em>&#8220;photo 21\/2&#8221;,<\/em> taking the place of <strong>Anatoly Gostev (\u21165).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is worth noting that this feature is just an episode in the row of investigations evidencing the participation of the military personnel of the 17th MRB in hostilities against Ukraine. Other groups and individual military men of this unit were identified in the following InformNapalm investigations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/17th-motorized-brigade-southern-military-district-russian-federation-ukraine\/\">The 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a02014-09-09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/tankman-russian-officer-17th-independent-motor-rifle-brigade-participated-armed-hostilities-donbas\/\">\u201cTankman\u201d: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas<\/a> 2014-10-13<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/inglourious-basterds-memorial-servicemen-17th-motor-rifle-brigade-shali-chechen-republic\/\">&#8220;Inglourious Basterds&#8221;: a monument to the soldiers of the 17th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Shali<\/a> 2015-02-06<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-17th-brigade-in-donbas-in-summer-2014-photo-proofs\/\">The 17th Brigade in Donbas in Summer, 2014. Photo proofs\u00a02015-04-27<\/a> 27.04.2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/officer-of-the-russian-17th-motor-rifle-brigade-awarded-order-of-courage-for-the-donbas-war\/\">Officer of the Russian 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade Awarded Order of Courage for the Donbas War<\/a>\u00a02015-06-18<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/2s19-msta-s-self-propelled-mortar-of-the-17th-brigade-near-novoazovsk\/\">2S19 \u2018Msta-S\u2019 Self-Propelled Mortar of the 17th Brigade near Novoazovsk<\/a>\u00a02015-08-12<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/feb10-hybrid-miner\/\">Another \u2018Hybrid Miner\u2019 from the Russian 17th Brigade<\/a>\u00a02016-02-10<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/donbas-17th-brigade\/\">Veterans of Donbas from the 17th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and their Orders of Courage<\/a>\u00a007\/12\/2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/f-cked-brigade-former-contract-soldier-17th-mrb-russian-army-video\/\">\u201cF#cked-up brigade\u201d \u2013 former contract soldier about 17th MRB of the Russian Army (Video)<\/a> 2016-10-07<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-outer-wrapper mt30\">\n<div class=\"main-wrapper container\">\n<div class=\"row row-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"page-wrapper twelve columns b0\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"page-wrapper twelve columns right-sidebar b0\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper eight columns b0\">\n<div class=\"page-content content\">\n<h5><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/%D1%81%D1%81.jpg\" width=\"104\" height=\"50\" data-src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/%D1%81%D1%81.jpg\" \/>The OSINT investigation was prepared by\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irakli Komaxidze <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>for InformNapalm <\/strong><strong>international volunteer community. <\/strong><strong>Translated by Julia Ponomarenko, edited by Artem Velichko.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Distribution and reprint with active link to the source is welcome! (Creative Commons \u2014 Attribution 4.0 International \u2014 CC BY 4.0) InformNapalm social media pages:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informnapalm24\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_informnapalm\"><strong>Twitter\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><strong>\/\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/informnapalm\"><strong>Telegram<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/InformNapalm_logo_07.png\" width=\"107\" height=\"47\" data-src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/InformNapalm_logo_07.png\" \/>InformNapalm<\/strong><strong>\u00a0does not receive any financial support from any country\u2019s government or large donors. Only community volunteers and our readers help us to maintain the site. You can also volunteer or support the development of the unique volunteer intelligence resource InformNapalm with your donations\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/informnapalm\"><strong>through Patreon<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"st-hook-after-single-article\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-single-element\">\n<div class=\"share_entry\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"footer-outer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"footer-wrapper container\">\n<div class=\"row\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":17175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[530,529,528],"tags":[653,745,47,167],"class_list":["post-17174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crimea","category-donbas","category-news","tag-17th-brigade","tag-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade","tag-chechnya","tag-russian-armed-forces"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine - InformNapalm.org (English)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in the aggression against Ukraine, were identified on 2 archived group photographs.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine - InformNapalm.org (English)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in the aggression against Ukraine, were identified on 2 archived group photographs.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InformNapalm.org (English)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-15T10:50:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-15T10:57:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"642\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"vasgri\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"vasgri\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"13 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"vasgri\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf\"},\"headline\":\"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-15T10:50:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-15T10:57:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\"},\"wordCount\":1464,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"17th Brigade\",\"17th Motorized Rifle Brigade\",\"Chechnya\",\"Russian Armed Forces\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Crimea\",\"Donbas\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\",\"name\":\"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine - InformNapalm.org (English)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-15T10:50:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-15T10:57:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf\"},\"description\":\"17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in the aggression against Ukraine, were identified on 2 archived group photographs.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg\",\"width\":642,\"height\":336},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"InformNapalm.org (English)\",\"description\":\"Latest News from Ukraine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf\",\"name\":\"vasgri\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5851afa9a0b73acb616f1433ce0c88213f283b6c8f0d65289e0763ccd1703343?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5851afa9a0b73acb616f1433ce0c88213f283b6c8f0d65289e0763ccd1703343?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"vasgri\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/author\/vasgri\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine - InformNapalm.org (English)","description":"17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in the aggression against Ukraine, were identified on 2 archived group photographs.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine - InformNapalm.org (English)","og_description":"17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in the aggression against Ukraine, were identified on 2 archived group photographs.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/","og_site_name":"InformNapalm.org (English)","article_published_time":"2021-10-15T10:50:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-10-15T10:57:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":642,"height":336,"url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"vasgri","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"vasgri","Est. reading time":"13 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/"},"author":{"name":"vasgri","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf"},"headline":"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine","datePublished":"2021-10-15T10:50:33+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-15T10:57:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/"},"wordCount":1464,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg","keywords":["17th Brigade","17th Motorized Rifle Brigade","Chechnya","Russian Armed Forces"],"articleSection":["Crimea","Donbas","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/","name":"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine - InformNapalm.org (English)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg","datePublished":"2021-10-15T10:50:33+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-15T10:57:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf"},"description":"17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in the aggression against Ukraine, were identified on 2 archived group photographs.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/17.jpg","width":642,"height":336},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-17-russian-military-men-from-the-former-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Identified: 17 Russian military men from the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade who participated in the aggression against Ukraine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/","name":"InformNapalm.org (English)","description":"Latest News from Ukraine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf","name":"vasgri","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5851afa9a0b73acb616f1433ce0c88213f283b6c8f0d65289e0763ccd1703343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5851afa9a0b73acb616f1433ce0c88213f283b6c8f0d65289e0763ccd1703343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"vasgri"},"url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/author\/vasgri\/"}]}},"post_src":"<strong>17 out of 22 Russian servicemen of the former 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), who participated in the aggression against Ukraine, were identified on 2 archived group photographs.\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>InformNapalm international intelligence community continues to identify regular Russian servicemen who took part in the hybrid aggression against Ukraine.\u00a0As of July 2021, InformNapalm has collected evidence against over<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/proofs-of-the-russian-aggression-informnapalm-releases-extensive-database-of-evidence\/\"><strong>2,630 Russian soldiers and officers<\/strong><\/a> <strong>in its OSINT investigations database. This OSINT investigation by InformNapalm adds new facts to the database. In this investigation we make public the identification data of the Russian servicemen of the former 17th MRB from Chechnya (military unit 65384, Shali village). In 2017, the brigade was reorganized into the 291st Motorized Rifle Regiment (MRR) as part of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSimilarly to the recent identification of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identified-5-more-servicemen-of-the-18th-mrb-who-participated-in-the-aggression-against-ukraine\/\">5 servicemen from the 18th MRB<\/a> of the Southern Military District and <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/marines-of-the-northern-fleet-in-the-donbas-new-data-of-the-russian-military-personnel-fighting-in-ukraine\/\">8 servicemen from the 61st Marine Brigade<\/a> of the Northern Fleet, the starting point for the new OSINT investigation was a <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/brigada-kavkaz-28-09-14.jpg\">group photo of 22<\/a> Russian military men, which was taken during the Ukrainian deployment in the summer and autumn of 2014.\r\n\r\nThere are 2 versions of this group photo: 21 people, with one photographer replacing with another. The photograph clearly shows the characteristic features of the Russian invading forces - non-standard uniforms and white identification armbands. The group photo was <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/2147-snezhnoe-skoplenye-bronetehnyky-y-boevykov\/\">published by InformNapalm<\/a> on October 13, 2014 (the photo itself was posted on social media by one of the servicemen on September 28, 2014 with the a geotag at the Kuibyshev raion of Rostov Oblast bordering Ukraine). In the course of the new investigation, this group photo, along with other pictures (see below) directly from the Donbas, was repeatedly found in the accounts of the persons listed below.<strong>\u00a0In total, 17 out of 22 war criminals were identified (+1 partially), including 4 officers among them.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/22-1111-Copy-1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/22-22222222-Copy.jpg\" \/>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Arman Bekinkaliev (Russian: \u0410\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d \u0411\u0435\u043a\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0435\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-3.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"370\" \/>\u00a0 Born September 7, 1987.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Blagodarny, Stavropol Krai\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id418972274\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id418972274<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/nwIQM\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/557269765738\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/557269765738<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/T9XgD\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Rustam Galiev (Russian: \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043c \u0413\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0435\u0432) <\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-1.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"371\" \/>Born: May 10, 1982.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Izhevsk.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\nVK (archives <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/zsK2X\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/BawvD\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/ZTFHV\">3<\/a>).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Akhmed Magomedov (Russian: \u0410\u0445\u043c\u0435\u0434 \u041c\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3-1.jpg\" width=\"253\" height=\"355\" \/>\r\n\r\nBorn: June 18, 1984 (possibly 1985).\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Neftekumsk, Stavropol Krai.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id489909674\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id489909674<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/LgoqI\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/177096733457\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/177096733457<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/nQRQn\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n \t<li><em>[not identified]<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/4-x.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"297\" \/>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n \t<li>ontract soldier <strong>Anatoly Gostev (Russian: \u0410\u043d\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u0413\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5-1.jpg\" width=\"268\" height=\"382\" \/> Born March 31, 1988\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Nalidovo, Tver Oblast.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id203668304\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id203668304<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/tjm10\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id145127577\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id145127577<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/ivkDG\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/553667874928\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/553667874928<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/9RxEy\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Andrey Kulishenko (Russian: \u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439 \u041a\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6-1.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"355\" \/>\u00a0Born: December 1, 1988.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Leninsk, Volgograd Oblast.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/458977169769\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/458977169769<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/rhPBd\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/527541781483\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/527541781483<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/nQ7uM\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id198329045\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id198329045<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/1MYZu\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere is a particularly interesting selection of photos dated August 2014 from the Rostov Oblast bordering Ukraine and from the Donbas.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/6.1.jpg\" \/>\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Yakov Lopushkov (Russian: \u042f\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u041b\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0448\u043a\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-3.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"345\" \/>Born: <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/search?c%22section%3E=people&amp;c%20%5bbday%20%5d=1&amp;c%20%5bbmonth%20%5d=12\">August 17,<\/a> 1990.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Leninsk, Volgograd Oblast.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id80682917\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id80682917<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/jwebh\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id225001681\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id225001681<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SeMCw\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/530568971074\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/530568971074<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/mDhVS\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"8\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Ruslan Apkhazishvili (Russian: \u0420\u0443\u0441\u043b\u0430\u043d \u0410\u043f\u0445\u0430\u0437\u0438\u0448\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0438)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/8-1.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"394\" \/>Birthday March 15, 1982.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Stavropol.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id102432298\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id102432298<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/5VRza\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/342395106613\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/342395106613<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2BAo1\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/8.1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere are many interesting videos on his YouTube channel, including from the period of service in the 17th MRB in Chechnya.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/gruzinsav26\/videos\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/gruzinsav26\/videos<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/MfL9C\">archive<\/a>)\r\n<ol start=\"9\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Sergey Cherdantsev (Russian: \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u0427\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0435\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9.1.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"364\" \/>Born: January 8, 1980.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born - Polysaevo, Kemerovo Oblast\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id160714784\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id160714784<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/J0cRv\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id160643964\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id160643964<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/Wv8ZP\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/514972842909\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/514972842909<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/iJBum\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/9.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nHis album titled <em>Army<\/em> traces the timeline of the redeployment of the 17th MRB from Chechnya to Crimea (April 2014) and to the Donbas (September 2014). The album also contains <em>\"photo 21\",<\/em> which we used to identify Russian war criminals.\r\n<ol start=\"10\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Nikolay Malikov (\u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0439 \u041c\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/10.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"353\" \/>Born: January 14, 1969.\r\n\r\nNezlobnaya village, Georgievsky Raion, Stavropol Krai\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/344098139827\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/344098139827<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/5iDXm\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/336277369028\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/336277369028<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/ZMBPx\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id229038839\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id229038839<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/IuzvJ\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<ol start=\"11\">\r\n \t<li>Contract <strong>soldier Alexander Kulishenko<\/strong> (Russian: <strong>\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041a\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e<\/strong>, nickname \"Sanya-Kamaz\")<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/11.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"383\" \/>Born: December 1, 1988.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born - Leninsk, Volgograd Oblast\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id478813993\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id478813993<\/a>\u00a0(archive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/0FBh8\">1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/ehJph\">2<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/372530100283\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/372530100283<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/pj35Y\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/11.1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe selection of photos uploaded in 2018 is of particular interest. It records the summer and autumn Ukrainian mission of the 17th MRB in 2014. It also contains the <em>\"photo 21\"<\/em> with a slight difference: in the center instead of <strong>Anatoly Gostev<\/strong> (<strong>\u21165<\/strong>) there is <strong>Dmitry Kraft (\u211622).<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<ol start=\"12\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Sergei Mironov (Russian: \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u041c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/12.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"355\" \/>Born: June 23, 1985.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born - Belovo town, Kemerovo Oblast\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/554433495992\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/554433495992<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/MWa9L\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/338048369794\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/338048369794<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/2z6ka\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"13\">\r\n \t<li>Contract <strong>soldier Shakhrat Turkmenov (Russian: \u0428\u0430\u0445\u0440\u0430\u0442 \u0422\u0443\u0440\u043a\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0432)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"360\" \/>Born: June 14, 1989.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in the village of Sharakhalsun, Turkmen Raion, Stavropol Krai.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/561371194898\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/561371194898<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/hMxel\">archive<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id508552019\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id508552019<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/MLVS2\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"14\">\r\n \t<li><em>[not identified]<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/14x.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"15\">\r\n \t<li><em>[not identified]<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/15x.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>16. Contract<\/strong> soldier <strong>Alexander Volokitin (Russian: \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043d)<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/16.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"377\" \/> Born March 4, 1990\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Khanty-Mansiysk.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id448117402\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id448117402<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/4aGxn\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/499066976681\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/499066976681<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/onFYv\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id272606942\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id272606942<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/RNecG\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/16.1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe selection of photos uploaded in 2018 is of particular interest. It also features the 2014 summer and autumn Ukrainian mission of the 17th MRB. And it contains the <em>\u201cphoto 21\/2\u201d<\/em> as well, with a slight difference: in the center instead of <strong>Anatoly Gostev<\/strong> (<strong>\u21165<\/strong>), <strong>there is Dmitry Kraft (\u211622).<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>17<\/strong>. Officer <strong>Artem Chaikin (Russian: \u0410\u0440\u0442\u0435\u043c \u0427\u0430\u0439\u043a\u0438\u043d)<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/17.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"355\" \/>\u00a0 Born: September 24, 1990.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Kumylzhenskaya village, Volgograd Oblast.\r\n\r\nEducation: A graduate of Yekaterinburg Higher Artillery Command School.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id66220130\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id66220130<\/a> (archive <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/09pPP\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/KiAn0\">2<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id136029720\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id136029720<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/UAIHj\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"18\">\r\n \t<li><em>[not fully identified]. Presumably<\/em> an officer, the name is <strong>Maxim.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/18.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"381\" \/>\u00a0Social media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id12025107\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id12025107<\/a>\r\n\r\nthe account has been deleted.\r\n\r\nNo other data available.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"19\">\r\n \t<li><em>[not identified]<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19x.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"20\">\r\n \t<li>Officer <strong>Andrey Tukov (Russian: \u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439 \u0422\u0443\u043a\u043e\u0432).<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"370\" \/>Born: December 15, 1989\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born in Kazan.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id147734276\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id147734276<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/BAzIK\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\nThe account has been deleted.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id272707772\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id272707772<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/wip\/wS4w0\">archive<\/a>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/571103202132\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/571103202132<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/I5F6A\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\nHe changed his name in social media to \"Andrey Kazansky\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe was identified earlier by the <a href=\"http:\/\/lostivan.com\/ivan\/527\">lostivan<\/a> project and listed in the Russian war criminals database <a href=\"https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/tukov-andrej\/\">https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/tukov-andrej\/<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fest.nhliga.org\/player\/view\/22881\">https:\/\/fest.nhliga.org\/player\/view\/22881<\/a>\r\n\r\nHe plays as a forward # 25 in the Daimohk hockey team. Qualification - amateur.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nhliga.org\/player\/view\/47211\">https:\/\/nhliga.org\/player\/view\/47211<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"21\">\r\n \t<li><em>Presumably<\/em> officer <strong>Alexei Atomov<\/strong> (it is possible that his real second name is Gromov). Russian: <strong>\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u0439 \u0410\u0442\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0432<\/strong> (or \u0413\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0432)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/21.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"407\" \/>\u00a0 Born January 1, 1990,\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born - Chebarkul.\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id43713640\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id43713640<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/5iipv\">archive<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id33985770\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id33985770<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/xKSMA\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ol start=\"22\">\r\n \t<li>Contract soldier <strong>Dmitry Kraft (Russian: \u0414\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0442)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/22.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"370\" \/>\u00a0 Born: November 25, 1981.\r\n\r\nResides \/ was born - Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia\r\n\r\nSocial media accounts:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id241667630\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id241667630<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/Ml8Wi\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/507967470961\">https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/507967470961<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/5qMc8\">archive<\/a>)\r\n\r\nPresent in the <em>\"photo 21\/2\",<\/em> taking the place of <strong>Anatoly Gostev (\u21165).<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>It is worth noting that this feature is just an episode in the row of investigations evidencing the participation of the military personnel of the 17th MRB in hostilities against Ukraine. Other groups and individual military men of this unit were identified in the following InformNapalm investigations:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/17th-motorized-brigade-southern-military-district-russian-federation-ukraine\/\">The 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a02014-09-09\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/tankman-russian-officer-17th-independent-motor-rifle-brigade-participated-armed-hostilities-donbas\/\">\u201cTankman\u201d: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas<\/a> 2014-10-13\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/inglourious-basterds-memorial-servicemen-17th-motor-rifle-brigade-shali-chechen-republic\/\">\"Inglourious Basterds\": a monument to the soldiers of the 17th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Shali<\/a> 2015-02-06\r\n\r\n\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-17th-brigade-in-donbas-in-summer-2014-photo-proofs\/\">The 17th Brigade in Donbas in Summer, 2014. Photo proofs\u00a02015-04-27<\/a> 27.04.2015\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/officer-of-the-russian-17th-motor-rifle-brigade-awarded-order-of-courage-for-the-donbas-war\/\">Officer of the Russian 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade Awarded Order of Courage for the Donbas War<\/a>\u00a02015-06-18\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/2s19-msta-s-self-propelled-mortar-of-the-17th-brigade-near-novoazovsk\/\">2S19 \u2018Msta-S\u2019 Self-Propelled Mortar of the 17th Brigade near Novoazovsk<\/a>\u00a02015-08-12\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/feb10-hybrid-miner\/\">Another \u2018Hybrid Miner\u2019 from the Russian 17th Brigade<\/a>\u00a02016-02-10\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/donbas-17th-brigade\/\">Veterans of Donbas from the 17th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and their Orders of Courage<\/a>\u00a007\/12\/2016\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/f-cked-brigade-former-contract-soldier-17th-mrb-russian-army-video\/\">\u201cF#cked-up brigade\u201d \u2013 former contract soldier about 17th MRB of the Russian Army (Video)<\/a> 2016-10-07\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"main-outer-wrapper mt30\">\r\n<div class=\"main-wrapper container\">\r\n<div class=\"row row-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"page-wrapper twelve columns b0\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"page-wrapper twelve columns right-sidebar b0\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"content-wrapper eight columns b0\">\r\n<div class=\"page-content content\">\r\n<h5><strong><img class=\"alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/%D1%81%D1%81.jpg\" width=\"104\" height=\"50\" data-src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/%D1%81%D1%81.jpg\" \/>The OSINT investigation was prepared by\u00a0 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irakli Komaxidze <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>for InformNapalm <\/strong><strong>international volunteer community. <\/strong><strong>Translated by Julia Ponomarenko, edited by Artem Velichko.<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<h5><strong>Distribution and reprint with active link to the source is welcome! (Creative Commons \u2014 Attribution 4.0 International \u2014 CC BY 4.0) InformNapalm social media pages:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informnapalm24\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_informnapalm\"><strong>Twitter\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><strong>\/\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/informnapalm\"><strong>Telegram<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\r\n<h5><strong><img class=\"alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/InformNapalm_logo_07.png\" width=\"107\" height=\"47\" data-src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/InformNapalm_logo_07.png\" \/>InformNapalm<\/strong><strong>\u00a0does not receive any financial support from any country\u2019s government or large donors. Only community volunteers and our readers help us to maintain the site. You can also volunteer or support the development of the unique volunteer intelligence resource InformNapalm with your donations\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/informnapalm\"><strong>through Patreon<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<div class=\"st-hook-after-single-article\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"page-single-element\">\r\n<div class=\"share_entry\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"footer-outer-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"footer-wrapper container\">\r\n<div class=\"row\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17174"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17194,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17174\/revisions\/17194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}