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1 posted on 04/25/2024 7:30:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Yaroslav Trofimov (born 1969) is a Ukrainian-born Italian author and journalist who is chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal. Previously he wrote a weekly column on the Greater Middle East, “Middle East Crossroads,” in The Wall Street Journal.


2 posted on 04/25/2024 7:36:17 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley

Russell Bonner Bentley III[1] (Russian: Рассел Бентли, romanized: Rassel Bentli; 1960 – April 2024), also known as Texas and the Donbass Cowboy, was an American man who served in Vostok Battalion and XAH Spetsnaz Battalion in 2014, 2015 and 2017 on the side of the Donetsk People’s Republic. He was a YouTuber until his channel was deleted in early 2022.[2][failed verification] He also worked for the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency as a war correspondent.[3] Prior to his activities in the Donbas, he was a marijuana activist and smuggler who was later convicted of drug smuggling and spent five years in prison.

Bentley, a self-declared communist, came to global attention in 2022[citation needed], with a series of statements, and videos, about his intention to “liberate Ukraine from Nazis”. By July 2016, he had been baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church.[citation needed]


3 posted on 04/25/2024 7:46:51 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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"sparks outrage"


4 posted on 04/25/2024 7:52:09 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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The Ruzzians raping, beating, and even murdering their own soldiers is a time honored tradition in the Ruzzian military called ‘dedovschina’.

No doubt our rezident Putinistas will be along shortly to tell you that intolerance of faggotry in the Red Army is bigotry. I’m sure we will also be told how this practice makes “men” out of Russian soldiers.

It also explains why 400,000 to 1,000,000 militay age Russian men fled Russia to avoid being conscripted into the world’s largest homosexual rape gang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina


5 posted on 04/25/2024 7:57:58 AM PDT by MeganC ("Russians are subhuman" - posted by Kazan 8 March 2024)
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Never heard of the guy and don’t remember any articles about him posted here.

Given that, why is he news now?

(rhetorical, we all it serves the purposes of the Neocons)


6 posted on 04/25/2024 8:18:17 AM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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Quite the snoozefest.


8 posted on 04/25/2024 8:28:32 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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Russell Bentley, a self-described “Donbass Cowboy,”


More like “Dumbass Cowboy”.


9 posted on 04/25/2024 8:29:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Before going to fight in someone else's war read, "Homage to Catalonia".

You do not know all the factions at play and will find yourself up a creek very easily.

And if you do not have a brave and smart wife who is inclined to pull you out, chances are, you are going to end up in a pickle.

13 posted on 04/25/2024 8:51:21 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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Maybe Tucker can go take his place.


16 posted on 04/25/2024 9:34:35 AM PDT by karbine (MAGA or die)
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Maybe Tucker can go take his place.


17 posted on 04/25/2024 9:34:46 AM PDT by karbine (MAGA or die)
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