{"id":3880,"date":"2015-04-06T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=3880"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:50:11","slug":"colonel-on-the-tour-or-how-vk-photo-gave-up-a-russian-intelligence-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/colonel-on-the-tour-or-how-vk-photo-gave-up-a-russian-intelligence-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonel on the Tour or How VK Photo Gave Up a Russian Intelligence Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo 1. Ukrainian tank<\/em><\/p>\n

Nobody attacked Russia in 2014, yet the Russian propaganda loves to use the WW2 rhetoric.\u00a0The\u00a0Russian soldiers and officers are afraid to tell about their adventures in Ukraine and share them only with friends and relatives via the social media. During 2014 Russian army transformed itself from ‘polite\u00a0men in green’ into the ‘shy’ ones.\u00a0On a photo above men in green examine the Ukrainian T-64 tank shot down in the vicinity of Debaltseve. One of them, a man with a\u00a0white bands on his arms, obviously acts as a guide for a man wearing colonel\u2019s insignia. Big day! Someone with such a title should be of a pretty high position in Novorossiya\u2019s hierarchy. For instance, impostors Basurgin and Givi have lieutenant-colonel shoulder insignia, and usurper Zakharchenko\u2019s rank is even lower \u2013 a major. Only Strelkov (Girkin) was a colonel. It means, colonels don\u2019t visit occupied Donbas very often. Although generals were also spotted among Russian mentors, the pictures with them don\u2019t appear very often.<\/p>\n

The third participant is even more surprising. While his figure is covered, he looks like usual militant. But when the colonel moves to the side, first and only question is: \u201cwhat is going on here?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo 2. Bodyguard<\/em><\/p>\n

Unknown colonel has not only a guide, but also a personal bodyguard, armed with noiseless sniper\u2019s rifle (VSS \u2018Vintorez\u2019), which are used by the Russian special military units. Both pictures were posted on the social media page of a man, hiding in VK social network under the ‘Street Workout’\u00a0nickname. The author of this page appears to be sufficiently motivated warrior of the Russian army, examining Rostov Steppe on the border with Ukraine and armed with a shorter modification of the\u00a0Russian basic Dragunov sniper rifle, SVD-S.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo 3. Scout<\/em><\/p>\n

Similarity of the uniform and, especially, shoes of a bodyguard of the touring colonel gives a clue, that the author of this page also participated in that tour as a bodyguard-photographer. This guess even deepens after watching the same soldier armed with the enlisted Russian noiseless carbine \u2018Val\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto 4. Val<\/em><\/p>\n

It is clear that nobody present in these photos was keen to show their activities in the territory of Ukraine. The author hidden by the nickname, no name, no last\u00a0name, no address. The connection to the Russian Army does not look convincing. As Soviet tradition says: \u201cYour Name is unknown. Your Labour\u2026\u201d<\/i> All this would worked, if there was no picture made in November 2014.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo 5.\u00a0Private<\/em><\/p>\n

Wicked deeds will not stay hid. Right side badge \u2014 Russian army, collar insignia \u2014 paratrooper, chevron \u2014 the 24th detachment of Special Forces GRU of the Headquarters of the Ministry of Defense (Chita Oblast). Now you are talking, bodyguard!<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto 6. Chevron<\/em><\/p>\n

Funny that even the name of the soldier was retrieved because of this uniform. Strip on the left has a last name Konshin<\/i> or Konishin<\/i>. We identified (presumably) even his birthplace using VK profiles of his friends. It is a village of Oshib in Perm Krai. There is even a village Konshina there. Was it worth hiding\u00a0under the nickname after all?<\/p>\n

And now we can think of the mysterious colonel, starring on the Ukrainian tank in the Ukrainian territory, escorted by the soldiers of elite detachment of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of RF ministry of Defense. Whom could the Russian army send under the cover of such specialists?<\/p>\n

I would make another assumption. This touring colonel really reminds a commander of the 45th Separate Guards Regiment of Special Operations, Colonel of the Guards Vadim Ivanovich Pankov.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"Photo 7. Colonel<\/em><\/p>\n

His credentials have a record: \u201cIn 2007 \u2013 Senior Officer of Reconnaissance Department of Airborne Troops Staff. Same year he was re-assigned as vice-commander of\u00a0the\u00a045<\/i>th<\/i> Separate Reconnaissance Regiment\u201d<\/i>.<\/p>\n

It seems, more paratroopers decided to improve their CV\u00a0at the expense of the suffering of the Ukrainian citizens. However, there is nothing kept secret that will not come to light, and justice will find everyone.<\/p>\n

Original article<\/i><\/a> by Al Gri, translated by Andrii Gryganskyi.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Ukrainian tank<\/em>\r\n\r\nNobody attacked Russia in 2014, yet the Russian propaganda loves to use the WW2 rhetoric.\u00a0The\u00a0Russian soldiers and officers are afraid to tell about their adventures in Ukraine and share them only with friends and relatives via the social media. During 2014 Russian army transformed itself from 'polite\u00a0men in green' into the 'shy' ones.\u00a0On a photo above men in green examine the Ukrainian T-64 tank shot down in the vicinity of Debaltseve. One of them, a man with a\u00a0white bands on his arms, obviously acts as a guide for a man wearing colonel\u2019s insignia. Big day! Someone with such a title should be of a pretty high position in Novorossiya\u2019s hierarchy. For instance, impostors Basurgin and Givi have lieutenant-colonel shoulder insignia, and usurper Zakharchenko\u2019s rank is even lower \u2013 a major. Only Strelkov (Girkin) was a colonel. It means, colonels don\u2019t visit occupied Donbas very often. Although generals were also spotted among Russian mentors, the pictures with them don\u2019t appear very often.\r\n\r\nThe third participant is even more surprising. While his figure is covered, he looks like usual militant. But when the colonel moves to the side, first and only question is: \u201cwhat is going on here?\u201d\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pic-2-telohran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"851\" \/><em>Photo 2. Bodyguard<\/em>\r\n\r\nUnknown colonel has not only a guide, but also a personal bodyguard, armed with noiseless sniper\u2019s rifle (VSS \u2018Vintorez\u2019), which are used by the Russian special military units. Both pictures were posted on the social media page of a man, hiding in VK social network under the 'Street Workout'\u00a0nickname. The author of this page appears to be sufficiently motivated warrior of the Russian army, examining Rostov Steppe on the border with Ukraine and armed with a shorter modification of the\u00a0Russian basic Dragunov sniper rifle, SVD-S.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pic-3-plastun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"816\" height=\"1088\" \/><em>Photo 3. Scout<\/em>\r\n\r\nSimilarity of the uniform and, especially, shoes of a bodyguard of the touring colonel gives a clue, that the author of this page also participated in that tour as a bodyguard-photographer. This guess even deepens after watching the same soldier armed with the enlisted Russian noiseless carbine \u2018Val\u2019.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pic-4-val.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" \/>\r\n<em>Photo 4. Val<\/em>\r\n\r\nIt is clear that nobody present in these photos was keen to show their activities in the territory of Ukraine. The author hidden by the nickname, no name, no last\u00a0name, no address. The connection to the Russian Army does not look convincing. As Soviet tradition says: <i>\u201cYour Name is unknown. Your Labour\u2026\u201d<\/i> All this would worked, if there was no picture made in November 2014.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pic-5-boez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1222\" height=\"1065\" \/><em>Photo 5.\u00a0Private<\/em>\r\n\r\nWicked deeds will not stay hid. Right side badge \u2014 Russian army, collar insignia \u2014 paratrooper, chevron \u2014 the 24th detachment of Special Forces GRU of the Headquarters of the Ministry of Defense (Chita Oblast). Now you are talking, bodyguard!\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pic-6-emblem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"604\" \/>\r\n<em>Photo 6. Chevron<\/em>\r\n\r\nFunny that even the name of the soldier was retrieved because of this uniform. Strip on the left has a last name <i>Konshin<\/i> or <i>Konishin<\/i>. We identified (presumably) even his birthplace using VK profiles of his friends. It is a village of Oshib in Perm Krai. There is even a village Konshina there. Was it worth hiding\u00a0under the nickname after all?\r\n\r\nAnd now we can think of the mysterious colonel, starring on the Ukrainian tank in the Ukrainian territory, escorted by the soldiers of elite detachment of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of RF ministry of Defense. Whom could the Russian army send under the cover of such specialists?\r\n\r\nI would make another assumption. This touring colonel really reminds a commander of the 45th Separate Guards Regiment of Special Operations, Colonel of the Guards <i>Vadim Ivanovich Pankov.<\/i>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pic-7-polkovnik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"1500\" \/><em>Photo 7. Colonel<\/em>\r\n\r\nHis credentials have a record: <i>\u201cIn 2007 \u2013 Senior Officer of Reconnaissance Department of Airborne Troops Staff. Same year he was re-assigned as vice-commander of\u00a0the\u00a045<\/i><i>th<\/i><i> Separate Reconnaissance Regiment\u201d<\/i>.\r\n\r\nIt seems, more paratroopers decided to improve their CV\u00a0at the expense of the suffering of the Ukrainian citizens. However, there is nothing kept secret that will not come to light, and justice will find everyone.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/7644-polkovnyk-na-ekskursyy-yly-kak-rossyjskogo-razvedchyka-sdala-byrka\"><i>Original article<\/i><\/a><i> by Al Gri, translated by Andrii Gryganskyi.<\/i>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3880","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3880"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5452,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3880\/revisions\/5452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}