{"id":7290,"date":"2016-01-08T14:23:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T14:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2016-01-12T11:35:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T11:35:30","slug":"jan08-mh17-kgb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/jan08-mh17-kgb\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy of Ancestors: Mother Is a Former KGB Staff, Son Is the Commander of the 53rd Brigade Which Downed MH17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another stage\u00a0in finding the guilty of MH17 crash and the increased attention\u00a0of the world society to the identification of the war criminals impelled OSINT investigators\u00a0to publish the new data\u00a0found within the boundlessness of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>While certain groups of investigators try to monopolize the sphere of open data intelligence and &#8216;classify&#8217; what was openly available, the other teams (including the <strong>InformNapalm<\/strong> community) follow the principle of &#8216;<strong>operational data extraction and making it public<\/strong>&#8216; in order to avoid moving the information into the\u00a0behind-the-scenes\u00a0games of the power players. Only the full openness and clear presentation of the research algorithms, which allow the general public to\u00a0assure oneself of transparency of the gathered materials, can provide a background for the\u00a0inevitability of punishment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The<\/strong> <strong>new OSINT investigation prepared by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NikolayMahno\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolay Mahno<\/a>\u00a0reveals information about the commander of the 53rd air defense brigade (military unit No. 32406, Kursk, Russia). According to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.censor.net.ua\/photo_news\/301774\/investigation_finds_flight_mh17_was_downed_by_russian_buk_manned_by_crew_from_53rd_kursk_antiaircraft\">one of the version of the investigation team<\/a>, the servicemen from this brigade can be involved in the killing of the\u00a0passengers\u00a0of flight MH17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/jan08-mh17-donbas-cross\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Russian Air Defense Officer Got a St. George\u2019s Cross IV Degree: Was It for MH17 or Ukrainian Su-25 and An-26?&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The restricted reports and anonymization of the information do not let exert public pressure on the direct customers and executors of the war crimes. It is important to ensure that the faces of the criminals are not hidden and the personal and biographic information of each subject is freely available. The Russian special services can erase any information about figurants in the Net and even physically eliminate the executor, but the data must remain at least as screenshots, photos or archives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background\u00a0information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name: <strong>Sergei Borisovich Muchkaev.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rank: colonel.<\/li>\n<li>Age: 39.<\/li>\n<li>Native town: Chebarkul (Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia). He also mentions Naro-Fominsk (Moscow Oblast) &#8211; it could be the former place of work.<\/li>\n<li>Education: Sergei graduated the St. Petersburg High Command School of Air Defense (formerly know as Leningrad Antiaircraft Artillery\u00a0School, &#8216;LATUZA&#8217;) in 1997.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"st-toggle\">\n<li class=\"\">\n<h3 class=\"toggle-title\">Education related facts and links to archives<i class=\"icon-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"icon icon-minus\"><\/i><\/h3>\n<div class=\"toggle-content\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"txt-content\">\n<p>Most of Muchkaev&#8217;s course mates\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2FQDC1v&amp;h=xAQGWTtdJAQHs_MTUd15Ks0KbuZ-oQshuKk0xHHaPV3BEfg&amp;enc=AZNe3D5E8o9AMuSCeanrlrxGG4gTApIaZDsZm1BraB0w5M24y3Cny74HWMMsH0jKOtNcLHi02db3F66TlohLnFWOi99onR21aTyRSKvYOGh0rtP7PVnqNMgukNy5MkHQeZIy_AoJiE3nwVftj0mOY6ltzRVcPaW_fS0Biix0LtfjNzX71pfMIVir3x6UGtbSFq7ULyDI8u516OLzQvxgT-4a&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>) are graduates of the St. Petersburg High Command School of Air Defense. Muchkaev is also a member of &#8216;LATUZA&#8217; [Russian abbreviation of the old school name] official group\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2FLPTNO&amp;h=eAQHLVmlaAQHT1bCWAg8krLT3roNfi8Pkm14ErZeTAZIq5w&amp;enc=AZOSPGlvnkaw3mQRJf7wsK9cKkovt5RxpSyUxQ7uLM6k-wpnvmI_e1IkJo5IoHUVf3xaNsv5kVLZKc-6Jr722RntB8a3zVFMI7eP9zAtrQqq8qE3aQU6UzR76IvKryqw15bPRt4ZqwB-06dRFs61kIzpsxxMtn-ZD_QnCay7knoMIrsd3A6B-ScveIEh6HNstODpxSo_cYLvqE2kAq8GhmNa&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>). The information about the academic\u00a0studies is also confirmed by his Facebook profile\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/0bXPm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>) which indicates the graduation year &#8211; 1997.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in its section about the 53rd air defense brigade of the Western Military District, has a\u00a0publicly available\u00a0reference to colonel Sergei Muchkaev. It says that colonel Sergei Borisovich Muchkaev has been the commander of the 53rd brigade since 2013. The date of MH17 tragedy fits this period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18546\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18546\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2-1.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"1198\" height=\"692\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"st-toggle\">\n<li class=\"\">\n<h3 class=\"toggle-title\">Additional links to the archives of the social profiles of colonel Muchkaev<i class=\"icon-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"icon icon-minus\"><\/i><\/h3>\n<div class=\"toggle-content\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"txt-content\">\n<p>This is the available to the public Odnoklassniki <a href=\"http:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/95995873731\">social\u00a0profile<\/a>\u00a0of colonel Muchkaev, where you can see photos from his &#8216;everyday&#8217; life (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/SRqQw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/SRqQw<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2FUlq95&amp;h=zAQGqF5jrAQH4iWiGOhuZNBmxZm1DyMQRvItydR2Ey0CKuQ&amp;enc=AZPvZ8fSsGYjpdcdI9oXEzjfmCsI4sAOp3jjVbrqwbCAtYTzV6rxtGwMGajWMqIx_v080NK2hT5OwzilmqiPn3qoP1QwZmIBiLUZB5ms7UQX1wmpllPlXPv5M6f7mk3gZh2_naRm9hZrRKCY5si0VxgCI76is7KZXJtLeKeZFUL8IQUBwMIlSjm3khgsTDIgBEEbhgxAMjmyEKbKDsRZ9kYz&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/Ulq95<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/zt4vk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/zt4vk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/BzowI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/BzowI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2Fe329r&amp;h=QAQHY_Uk0AQG7eb-LKY43hjjsRgwfMFYvpYtvkVc2S7SxZg&amp;enc=AZPzKOp3yB-7n-yKfENV9FpK1pJ2aMZm84lg6JXQ87rWHUxiR9ZOyiqaViOWFloiGvvYSv7l8e56005jmtninJbegBKAalAFYCW-BiVycgBnWRi0BVBGMz9x5ZZs8wlb2oVEu5woBHoReepSgCbmi2zSR5EBXiP7xhSRYHfOMfhMZUi34HIOf2-bXsyZt_tTQZOYQVWxwXgkNm2Tx3kvBUB_&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/e329r<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Archives of the profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/46xOt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/46xOt<\/a>, album: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/RdjG7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/RdjG7<\/a>, contacts: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZyBMF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/ZyBMF<\/a>, co-workers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2F5OzQP&amp;h=6AQGhY3_lAQFTNy3hxwJcPu35pz6rKtq8-iBEKDm6mmBtxw&amp;enc=AZPX12cF0LdfJmKAAR3lRz4gVAcK1Zqc4VSE3zSNcxznUUitvORLc36hIQy_C7g8vZeanGTkbZWVSIebpEhh2vJXO2oiwjYokyb5q27nG7LCIFAl-WqjLgv9xvMpgDvdW35S29I4SBKJ38K3dv7wKnzFuw07GDs7wvBxHBG5lm6Z55pcxVQ5xTddPH-CEAXvpaOJCkPlETQOPrZKphw-_Wxn&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/5OzQP<\/a>, course mates: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QDC1v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/QDC1v<\/a>, collegues: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2FyXzd3&amp;h=RAQFwN8E_AQGaAjIhBezNZ5bJi71Nf7e7_aUp39z8P_xLdQ&amp;enc=AZNsWgIK42xcjsMLbiMJ7QE3LEoNGwyM0W0dAZEgIjUshLxVMoukAT9e-b1tDQS7b1SYrbntmhvZGDyBYj9CK2oouJ1a2Lel-Fj8v212id6B0wB2rO4NQTsmcTs6h1Q1bT0GAgteRJIharND5uJY47OqtpixQrCo1OtzPtjToxEiIhHVsvbwPsaMSHElJNS-pRh57gBwODtLY41msEaXDQuT&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/yXzd3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>We have also found several mentionings of the colonel regarding the following events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>laying of the foundation stone of an Orthodox\u00a0church in the military unit (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/joWsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>), dated on August 11,\u00a02015<\/li>\n<li>A letter to the president of the Russian Federation from junior sergeant Ivan Krasavin, a contract serviceman from the military unit No. 32406 (Kursk), in which he reports about the poor state of affairs in the 53rd brigade\u00a0(direct\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pisma-prezidentu.ru\/page\/pravda-o-sluzhbe-v-vch-32406-kursk\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ymJ2m\" target=\"_blank\">archive<\/a>). Citation from the report of sergeant Krasavin:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;&#8230;Not long ago, according to an order by colonel Muchkaev S. B., the officers and contract soldiers had to spend their own money on generators to ensure power supply to the tent camp\u2026&#8221;<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Colonel is pretty cautious in the Net and does not post photos from the war. But the deep investigation resulted in finding out that most of his friends and contacts are the middle level commanders of the air defense troops.<\/p>\n<p>Also we posses\u00a0a set of background information and archives\u00a0about his closest relatives: mother, father and spouse. The\u00a0heritage\u00a0and twist of fate are the most interesting here.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"st-toggle\">\n<li class=\"\">\n<h3 class=\"toggle-title\">Afterword: Karma and legacy of ancestors<i class=\"icon-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"icon icon-minus\"><\/i><\/h3>\n<div class=\"toggle-content\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"txt-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BszlNfmIUAAOXGH.jpg-large.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18550\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BszlNfmIUAAOXGH.jpg-large.jpg\" alt=\"BszlNfmIUAAOXGH.jpg large\" width=\"152\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>It has been established that his mother Elena Vasilievna Muchkaeva (E. Muchkaeva-Popelo), was born in Dobele, (Latvia) on April 20, 1956, and lives now in Chebarkul (Russia).<\/p>\n<p>This woman of the old school modestly specifies KGB as a former place of work. A funny thing &#8211; this comrade from\u00a0KGB has birthday on the same day as Hitler &#8211; April, 20.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No wonder that such a &#8216;mother from the KGB&#8217;\u00a0brought up such a\u00a0son &#8211; a red brigade commander, suspected in\u00a0the terrorist attack and killing 298 passengers of the flight MH17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maybe the international investigation team should request the Russian side a possibility to interrogate the servicemen of the 53rd brigade concerning\u00a0their participation in the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>(CC BY 4.0)<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/18538-nasledie-predkov-53-zrbr-vs-rf\/\">Original article<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NikolayMahno\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolay Mahno<\/a>, translated by Stepan Grishin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another stage\u00a0in finding the guilty of MH17 crash and the increased attention\u00a0of the world society to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":7291,"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":[529,528,532],"tags":[69,123],"class_list":["post-7290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donbas","category-news","category-world","tag-donbas","tag-mh17"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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Only the full openness and clear presentation of the research algorithms, which allow the general public to\u00a0assure oneself of transparency of the gathered materials, can provide a background for the\u00a0inevitability of punishment.\r\n\r\n<strong>The<\/strong> <strong>new OSINT investigation prepared by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NikolayMahno\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolay Mahno<\/a>\u00a0reveals information about the commander of the 53rd air defense brigade (military unit No. 32406, Kursk, Russia). According to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.censor.net.ua\/photo_news\/301774\/investigation_finds_flight_mh17_was_downed_by_russian_buk_manned_by_crew_from_53rd_kursk_antiaircraft\">one of the version of the investigation team<\/a>, the servicemen from this brigade can be involved in the killing of the\u00a0passengers\u00a0of flight MH17.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/jan08-mh17-donbas-cross\/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Russian Air Defense Officer Got a St. George\u2019s Cross IV Degree: Was It for MH17 or Ukrainian Su-25 and An-26?\"<\/a><\/em>\r\n\r\nThe restricted reports and anonymization of the information do not let exert public pressure on the direct customers and executors of the war crimes. It is important to ensure that the faces of the criminals are not hidden and the personal and biographic information of each subject is freely available. The Russian special services can erase any information about figurants in the Net and even physically eliminate the executor, but the data must remain at least as screenshots, photos or archives.\r\n\r\n<strong>Background\u00a0information:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Name: <strong>Sergei Borisovich Muchkaev.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Rank: colonel.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Age: 39.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Native town: Chebarkul (Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia). He also mentions Naro-Fominsk (Moscow Oblast) - it could be the former place of work.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Education: Sergei graduated the St. Petersburg High Command School of Air Defense (formerly know as Leningrad Antiaircraft Artillery\u00a0School, 'LATUZA') in 1997.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[toggle]\r\n[toggle_item title =\"Education related facts and links to archives\"]\r\n\r\nMost of Muchkaev's course mates\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2FQDC1v&amp;h=xAQGWTtdJAQHs_MTUd15Ks0KbuZ-oQshuKk0xHHaPV3BEfg&amp;enc=AZNe3D5E8o9AMuSCeanrlrxGG4gTApIaZDsZm1BraB0w5M24y3Cny74HWMMsH0jKOtNcLHi02db3F66TlohLnFWOi99onR21aTyRSKvYOGh0rtP7PVnqNMgukNy5MkHQeZIy_AoJiE3nwVftj0mOY6ltzRVcPaW_fS0Biix0LtfjNzX71pfMIVir3x6UGtbSFq7ULyDI8u516OLzQvxgT-4a&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>) are graduates of the St. Petersburg High Command School of Air Defense. Muchkaev is also a member of 'LATUZA' [Russian abbreviation of the old school name] official group\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2FLPTNO&amp;h=eAQHLVmlaAQHT1bCWAg8krLT3roNfi8Pkm14ErZeTAZIq5w&amp;enc=AZOSPGlvnkaw3mQRJf7wsK9cKkovt5RxpSyUxQ7uLM6k-wpnvmI_e1IkJo5IoHUVf3xaNsv5kVLZKc-6Jr722RntB8a3zVFMI7eP9zAtrQqq8qE3aQU6UzR76IvKryqw15bPRt4ZqwB-06dRFs61kIzpsxxMtn-ZD_QnCay7knoMIrsd3A6B-ScveIEh6HNstODpxSo_cYLvqE2kAq8GhmNa&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>). The information about the academic\u00a0studies is also confirmed by his Facebook profile\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/0bXPm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>) which indicates the graduation year - 1997.\r\n\r\n[\/toggle_item]\r\n[\/toggle]\r\n\r\nThe\u00a0official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in its section about the 53rd air defense brigade of the Western Military District, has a\u00a0publicly available\u00a0reference to colonel Sergei Muchkaev. It says that colonel Sergei Borisovich Muchkaev has been the commander of the 53rd brigade since 2013. The date of MH17 tragedy fits this period.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18546\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18546\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2-1.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"1198\" height=\"692\" \/><\/a>\r\n[toggle]\r\n[toggle_item title =\"Additional links to the archives of the social profiles of colonel Muchkaev\"]\r\n\r\nThis is the available to the public Odnoklassniki <a href=\"http:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/95995873731\">social\u00a0profile<\/a>\u00a0of colonel Muchkaev, where you can see photos from his 'everyday' life (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/SRqQw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/SRqQw<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2FUlq95&amp;h=zAQGqF5jrAQH4iWiGOhuZNBmxZm1DyMQRvItydR2Ey0CKuQ&amp;enc=AZPvZ8fSsGYjpdcdI9oXEzjfmCsI4sAOp3jjVbrqwbCAtYTzV6rxtGwMGajWMqIx_v080NK2hT5OwzilmqiPn3qoP1QwZmIBiLUZB5ms7UQX1wmpllPlXPv5M6f7mk3gZh2_naRm9hZrRKCY5si0VxgCI76is7KZXJtLeKeZFUL8IQUBwMIlSjm3khgsTDIgBEEbhgxAMjmyEKbKDsRZ9kYz&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/Ulq95<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/zt4vk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/zt4vk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/BzowI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/BzowI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2Fe329r&amp;h=QAQHY_Uk0AQG7eb-LKY43hjjsRgwfMFYvpYtvkVc2S7SxZg&amp;enc=AZPzKOp3yB-7n-yKfENV9FpK1pJ2aMZm84lg6JXQ87rWHUxiR9ZOyiqaViOWFloiGvvYSv7l8e56005jmtninJbegBKAalAFYCW-BiVycgBnWRi0BVBGMz9x5ZZs8wlb2oVEu5woBHoReepSgCbmi2zSR5EBXiP7xhSRYHfOMfhMZUi34HIOf2-bXsyZt_tTQZOYQVWxwXgkNm2Tx3kvBUB_&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/e329r<\/a>).\r\n\r\nArchives of the profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/46xOt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/46xOt<\/a>, album: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/RdjG7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/RdjG7<\/a>, contacts: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZyBMF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/ZyBMF<\/a>, co-workers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2F5OzQP&amp;h=6AQGhY3_lAQFTNy3hxwJcPu35pz6rKtq8-iBEKDm6mmBtxw&amp;enc=AZPX12cF0LdfJmKAAR3lRz4gVAcK1Zqc4VSE3zSNcxznUUitvORLc36hIQy_C7g8vZeanGTkbZWVSIebpEhh2vJXO2oiwjYokyb5q27nG7LCIFAl-WqjLgv9xvMpgDvdW35S29I4SBKJ38K3dv7wKnzFuw07GDs7wvBxHBG5lm6Z55pcxVQ5xTddPH-CEAXvpaOJCkPlETQOPrZKphw-_Wxn&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/5OzQP<\/a>, course mates: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QDC1v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/QDC1v<\/a>, collegues: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.is%2FyXzd3&amp;h=RAQFwN8E_AQGaAjIhBezNZ5bJi71Nf7e7_aUp39z8P_xLdQ&amp;enc=AZNsWgIK42xcjsMLbiMJ7QE3LEoNGwyM0W0dAZEgIjUshLxVMoukAT9e-b1tDQS7b1SYrbntmhvZGDyBYj9CK2oouJ1a2Lel-Fj8v212id6B0wB2rO4NQTsmcTs6h1Q1bT0GAgteRJIharND5uJY47OqtpixQrCo1OtzPtjToxEiIhHVsvbwPsaMSHElJNS-pRh57gBwODtLY41msEaXDQuT&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/archive.is\/yXzd3<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[\/toggle_item]\r\n[\/toggle]\r\n\r\n<strong>We have also found several mentionings of the colonel regarding the following events:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>laying of the foundation stone of an Orthodox\u00a0church in the military unit (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/joWsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>), dated on August 11,\u00a02015<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A letter to the president of the Russian Federation from junior sergeant Ivan Krasavin, a contract serviceman from the military unit No. 32406 (Kursk), in which he reports about the poor state of affairs in the 53rd brigade\u00a0(direct\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pisma-prezidentu.ru\/page\/pravda-o-sluzhbe-v-vch-32406-kursk\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ymJ2m\" target=\"_blank\">archive<\/a>). Citation from the report of sergeant Krasavin:\r\n<em>\"...Not long ago, according to an order by colonel Muchkaev S. B., the officers and contract soldiers had to spend their own money on generators to ensure power supply to the tent camp\u2026\"<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nColonel is pretty cautious in the Net and does not post photos from the war. But the deep investigation resulted in finding out that most of his friends and contacts are the middle level commanders of the air defense troops.\r\n\r\nAlso we posses\u00a0a set of background information and archives\u00a0about his closest relatives: mother, father and spouse. The\u00a0heritage\u00a0and twist of fate are the most interesting here.\r\n\r\n[toggle]\r\n[toggle_item title =\"Afterword: Karma and legacy of ancestors\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BszlNfmIUAAOXGH.jpg-large.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18550\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-18550\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BszlNfmIUAAOXGH.jpg-large.jpg\" alt=\"BszlNfmIUAAOXGH.jpg large\" width=\"152\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>It has been established that his mother Elena Vasilievna Muchkaeva (E. Muchkaeva-Popelo), was born in Dobele, (Latvia) on April 20, 1956, and lives now in Chebarkul (Russia).\r\n\r\nThis woman of the old school modestly specifies KGB as a former place of work. A funny thing - this comrade from\u00a0KGB has birthday on the same day as Hitler - April, 20.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>No wonder that such a 'mother from the KGB'\u00a0brought up such a\u00a0son - a red brigade commander, suspected in\u00a0the terrorist attack and killing 298 passengers of the flight MH17.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[\/toggle_item]\r\n[\/toggle]\r\n\r\nMaybe the international investigation team should request the Russian side a possibility to interrogate the servicemen of the 53rd brigade concerning\u00a0their participation in the tragedy.\r\n\r\n(CC BY 4.0)\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/18538-nasledie-predkov-53-zrbr-vs-rf\/\">Original article<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NikolayMahno\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolay Mahno<\/a>, translated by Stepan Grishin<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290","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\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7303,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290\/revisions\/7303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}