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| birth_place = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]], U.S.
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'''Russell Bonner Bentley III'''<ref name="Independent">{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Kim |title=Ukraine crisis: Meet the foreign nationals fighting for the Donetsk People's Republic |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-crisis-meet-the-foreign-nationals-fighting-for-the-donetsk-people-s-republic-10514796.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=24 September 2015 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> ({{lang-ru|Рассел Бентли|Rassel Bentli}}; born 1960), also known as "Texas" and the "[[Donbas|Donbass]] Cowboy", is an American man who served in Vostok Battalion and XAH Spetsnaz Battalion in 2014, 2015 and 2017 on the side of the pro-Russian [[Donetsk People's Republic]] in occupied [[Ukraine]]. He was a [[YouTuber]] until his channel was deleted in early 2022.<ref name="newsweek">{{cite news | title=Exclusive: Russell Bentley, Texas Man in Russian Army, Says He's 'Liberating' Ukraine | website=[[Newsweek]]| date=3 March 2022 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/russell-texas-bentley-interview-pro-russia-donbas-ukraine-1684450| access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2024}} Prior to his activities in the Donbas, he was a marijuana activist and smuggler who was later convicted of drug smuggling and spent 5 years in prison.
'''Russell Bonner Bentley III'''<ref name="Independent">{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Kim |title=Ukraine crisis: Meet the foreign nationals fighting for the Donetsk People's Republic |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-crisis-meet-the-foreign-nationals-fighting-for-the-donetsk-people-s-republic-10514796.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=24 September 2015 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> ({{lang-ru|Рассел Бентли|Rassel Bentli}}; 1960 – April 2024), also known as '''Texas''' and the '''[[Donbas|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.<ref name="newsweek">{{cite news | title=Exclusive: Russell Bentley, Texas Man in Russian Army, Says He's 'Liberating' Ukraine | website=[[Newsweek]]| date=3 March 2022 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/russell-texas-bentley-interview-pro-russia-donbas-ukraine-1684450| access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2024}} He also worked for the Russian state-owned [[Sputnik (news agency)|Sputnik news agency]] as a [[war correspondent]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-04-19 |title=US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine reported dead |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/us-citizen-dead-russia-separatists-ukraine |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 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{{fact|date=April 2024}}, with a series of statements, and videos, about his intention to "liberate [[Ukraine]] from Nazis".
Bentley, a self-declared [[communist]], came to global attention in 2022{{fact|date=April 2024}}, 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]].{{cn|date=July 2023}}
By July 2016, he had been baptized into the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].{{cn|date=July 2023}}


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Bentley was born in 1960 in Austin, and grew up in [[Highland Park, Texas]] until he was eight. As a teenager, Bentley began to read leftist literature and became a socialist. At 16, he attended high school for one semester before dropping out. Bentley later got his [[General Educational Development|GED]], and at age 20, was convinced by his father to join the US Army. He served in the army for three years, and was stationed in Louisiana and Germany. After being honorably discharged from the army, he moved to [[South Padre Island, Texas|South Padre Island]] where he worked as a waiter.<ref name="smith">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Sonia |title=War of Words: Meet the Texan Trolling for Putin |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/son-wealthy-businessman-foot-soldier-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking/ |website=Texas Monthly |access-date=15 April 2024 |language=en |date=21 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="dickinson">{{cite web |last1=Dickinson |first1=Tim |title=The Bizarre Story of How a Hardcore Texas Leftist Became a Frontline Putin Propagandist |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russell-texas-bentley-putin-propaganda-ukraine-interview-1315433/ |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=15 April 2024 |date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
Bentley was born in 1960 in Austin, and grew up in [[Highland Park, Texas]] until he was eight. Bentley began reading leftist literature as a teenager and became a [[socialist]]. At 16, he attended high school for one semester before dropping out. Bentley later got his [[General Educational Development|GED]], and at age 20, was convinced by his father to join the [[U.S. Army]]. He served in the army for three years, and was stationed in Louisiana and Germany. After being honorably discharged from the army, he moved to [[South Padre Island, Texas|South Padre Island]] where he worked as a waiter.<ref name="smith">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Sonia |title=War of Words: Meet the Texan Trolling for Putin |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/son-wealthy-businessman-foot-soldier-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking/ |website=Texas Monthly |access-date=15 April 2024 |language=en |date=21 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="dickinson">{{cite magazine |last1=Dickinson |first1=Tim |title=The Bizarre Story of How a Hardcore Texas Leftist Became a Frontline Putin Propagandist |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russell-texas-bentley-putin-propaganda-ukraine-interview-1315433/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=15 April 2024 |date=3 March 2022}}</ref>


===Marijuana activism, drug conviction and imprisonment===
===Marijuana activism, conviction and imprisonment===
In 1990, Bentley moved to Minneapolis. Initially working as a lumberjack, he found it easier to sell marijuana instead. He became a marijuana activist, joining the [[National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws]] and the pro-legalization [[Grassroots Party]]. At age 30, he ran as a US Senate third-party candidate for the Grassroots Party in the 1990 election, gathering 1.65% of the vote. In the mid-90s, Bentley would also visit communist Cuba, where he was convinced switch from being a socialist into a communist.<ref name="smith" /><ref name="dickinson" />
In 1990, Bentley moved to Minneapolis. Initially working as a [[lumberjack]], he later sold marijuana instead. He became a marijuana activist, joining the [[National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws]] and the pro-legalization [[Grassroots Party]]. At age 30, he ran as a [[U.S. Senate]] third-party candidate for the Grassroots Party in the 1990 election, gathering 1.65% of the vote. In the mid 1990s, Bentley would also visit communist [[Cuba]], where he deepened his leftist convictions, becoming a communist himself.<ref name="smith" /><ref name="dickinson" /> In February 1996, Bentley's house was raided by the police and he was arrested for felony trafficking of marijuana. He received a sentence of five years and three months. Although he was supposed to be released at the end of 1999, in August 1999, Bentley escaped from prison. He lived as a fugitive until 2007, when he was captured and sent to a maximum-security prison to serve the remainder of his sentence. He was released from prison the following summer.<ref name="smith" /><ref name="dickinson" />
In February 1996, Bentley's house was raided by the police and he was arrested for felony trafficking. He received a sentence of 5 years and 3 months. Although he was supposed to be released at the end of 1999, in August 1999, Bentley escaped from prison. He lived as a fugitive until 2007, when he was captured and sent to a maximum-security prison to serve the remainder of his sentence. He was released from prison the following summer.<ref name="smith" /><ref name="dickinson" />


===Separatism===
===Pro-Russian activism===
By 2014, Bentley was working as an arborist in [[Round Rock, Texas]].<ref name="burton">{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-russell-bentley-texas-man-pro-russia-ukraine-1683618 |title=Who is Russell Bonner Bentley? Texas Man 'On the Front With Russian Troops' in Ukraine |date=1 March 2022 |access-date=2024-03-27 |publisher=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> Bentley left his life in the US, including a relationship with a yoga instructor, to join pro-Russian forces in [[Donetsk]] in Ukraine, motivated by a desire to combat Ukrainian forces.<ref name="dickinson" /> He arrived in Donetsk on December 7, 2014.<ref name="newsweek" /> He utilized crowdfunding platforms to finance his involvement in the [[Ukraine conflict]], setting up a [[GoFundMe]] campaign to finance his move to the Donbas on a self-described "Fact Finding Mission to Donbass".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-40647061 |title=The communist soldier using charity sites to fund his war |date=24 July 2017 |access-date=2024-03-27 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
By 2014, Bentley was working as an arborist in [[Round Rock, Texas]].<ref name="burton">{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-russell-bentley-texas-man-pro-russia-ukraine-1683618 |title=Who is Russell Bonner Bentley? Texas Man 'On the Front With Russian Troops' in Ukraine |date=1 March 2022 |access-date=2024-03-27 |publisher=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> Bentley left his life in the United States, including a relationship with a yoga instructor, to join pro-Russian forces in [[Donetsk]] in Ukraine, motivated by a desire to combat Ukrainian forces.<ref name="dickinson" /> He arrived in Donetsk on December 7, 2014.<ref name="newsweek" /> He utilized crowdfunding platforms to finance his involvement in the [[Ukraine conflict]], setting up a [[GoFundMe]] campaign to finance his move to the Donbas on a self-described "Fact Finding Mission to Donbass".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-40647061 |title=The communist soldier using charity sites to fund his war |date=24 July 2017 |access-date=2024-03-27 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>


===Military and political stance===
===Military and political stance===
Bentley decided to fight for the Donetsk People's Republic after being moved by the actions of Ukrainian forces.{{failed verification|date=April 2024}} He expressed a strong commitment to what he perceives as a "battle against fascism", driven by the desire to take a stand against what he saw as "injustices in Ukraine". ''[[The Independent]]'' wrote that his involvement highlights the complex motivations behind foreign participation in the conflict.<ref name="Independent"/>
Bentley decided to fight for the Donetsk People's Republic. He expressed a strong commitment to what he perceived as a "battle against [[fascism]]", driven by the desire to take a stand against what he saw as "injustices in Ukraine". ''[[The Independent]]'' wrote that his involvement highlights the complex motivations behind foreign participation in the conflict.<ref name="Independent"/>


===Disappearance===
===Disappearance and death===
According to the local Russian police and his wife, Bentley went missing on April 8, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=American missing in Russian-controlled east Ukraine, say local police |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-journalist-missing-russian-controlled-eastern-ukraine-say-local-police-2024-04-12/ |website=Reuters |access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref> On April 12, 2024, Russian media reported that he was missing in Donetsk. The [[Combatants of the war in Donbas#Vostok_Battalion|Vostok Battalion]] confirmed his death on April 19, 2024, via social media.<ref>[https://t.me/batalyon_vostok/306 Батальон Восток]</ref><ref name=":0" /> According to information that appeared on social networks after his death, Bentley was detained by men in military uniform (presumably{{weasel inline|date=April 2024}} soldiers of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade from DPR) while filming the aftermath of a Ukrainian bomb attack on a military unit, being mistaken for a spy, after which he was tortured and killed. [[Alexander Khodakovsky]], one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed DPR, demanded in his telegram channel that “those who killed Russell Bentley” be punished, but they quickly deleted their message.<ref>[https://meduza.io/news/2024/04/20/amerikanets-rassel-bentli-rabotavshiy-na-rossiyskuyu-propagandu-pogib-v-donetske-rossiyskie-tankisty-zaderzhali-ego-posle-udara-po-voennoy-chasti Американец Рассел Бентли, работавший на российскую пропаганду, погиб в Донецке.]</ref><ref>[https://war.obozrevatel.com/v-dnr-rossijskie-tankistyi-ugnali-i-ubili-izvestnogo-amerikanskogo-kommunista-foto.htm В "ДНР" российские танкисты выкрали и убили известного американского коммуниста.]</ref><ref>[https://www.unian.net/russianworld/rassel-bentli-ubit-v-donecke-veroyatno-rossiyskimi-soldatami-12610872.html В Донецке российские военные убили американца, воевавшего за "ДНР" с 2014 года]</ref><ref>[https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-20-2024 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 20, 2024] [[Institute for the Study of War]], April 20, 2024. Retrieved 21 April 21, 2024.</ref>
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According to the local Russian-controlled police, Bentley went missing on April 8, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=American missing in Russian-controlled east Ukraine, say local police |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-journalist-missing-russian-controlled-eastern-ukraine-say-local-police-2024-04-12/ |website=Reuters |access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref>


==Electoral History==
==Electoral history==
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| votes = 29,820
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Telegram|TXDPR}}
* {{Telegram|TXDPR}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cA9cGUGr00 Russell Bentley, VICE interview] on [[YouTube|Youtube]]


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Russell Bentley
Bentley in 2015
Born1960 (1960)
Austin, Texas, United States[1]
DiedApril 2024(2024-04-00) (aged 63–64)
Donetsk, Ukraine
AllegianceRussia
Service/branch
Years of service2014–2024
Battles/wars

Russell Bonner Bentley III[2] (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.[3][failed verification] He also worked for the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency as a war correspondent.[4] 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]

Biography

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Early life

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Bentley was born in 1960 in Austin, and grew up in Highland Park, Texas until he was eight. Bentley began reading leftist literature as a teenager and became a socialist. At 16, he attended high school for one semester before dropping out. Bentley later got his GED, and at age 20, was convinced by his father to join the U.S. Army. He served in the army for three years, and was stationed in Louisiana and Germany. After being honorably discharged from the army, he moved to South Padre Island where he worked as a waiter.[1][5]

Marijuana activism, conviction and imprisonment

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In 1990, Bentley moved to Minneapolis. Initially working as a lumberjack, he later sold marijuana instead. He became a marijuana activist, joining the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and the pro-legalization Grassroots Party. At age 30, he ran as a U.S. Senate third-party candidate for the Grassroots Party in the 1990 election, gathering 1.65% of the vote. In the mid 1990s, Bentley would also visit communist Cuba, where he deepened his leftist convictions, becoming a communist himself.[1][5] In February 1996, Bentley's house was raided by the police and he was arrested for felony trafficking of marijuana. He received a sentence of five years and three months. Although he was supposed to be released at the end of 1999, in August 1999, Bentley escaped from prison. He lived as a fugitive until 2007, when he was captured and sent to a maximum-security prison to serve the remainder of his sentence. He was released from prison the following summer.[1][5]

Pro-Russian activism

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By 2014, Bentley was working as an arborist in Round Rock, Texas.[6] Bentley left his life in the United States, including a relationship with a yoga instructor, to join pro-Russian forces in Donetsk in Ukraine, motivated by a desire to combat Ukrainian forces.[5] He arrived in Donetsk on December 7, 2014.[3] He utilized crowdfunding platforms to finance his involvement in the Ukraine conflict, setting up a GoFundMe campaign to finance his move to the Donbas on a self-described "Fact Finding Mission to Donbass".[7]

Military and political stance

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Bentley decided to fight for the Donetsk People's Republic. He expressed a strong commitment to what he perceived as a "battle against fascism", driven by the desire to take a stand against what he saw as "injustices in Ukraine". The Independent wrote that his involvement highlights the complex motivations behind foreign participation in the conflict.[2]

Disappearance and death

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According to the local Russian police and his wife, Bentley went missing on April 8, 2024.[8] On April 12, 2024, Russian media reported that he was missing in Donetsk. The Vostok Battalion confirmed his death on April 19, 2024, via social media.[9][4] According to information that appeared on social networks after his death, Bentley was detained by men in military uniform (presumably[weasel words] soldiers of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade from DPR) while filming the aftermath of a Ukrainian bomb attack on a military unit, being mistaken for a spy, after which he was tortured and killed. Alexander Khodakovsky, one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed DPR, demanded in his telegram channel that “those who killed Russell Bentley” be punished, but they quickly deleted their message.[10][11][12][13]

Electoral history

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1990 United States Senate election in Minnesota[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Paul Wellstone 911,999 50.49%
Ind.-Republican Rudy Boschwitz (incumbent) 864,375 47.86%
Grassroots Russell B. Bentley 29,820 1.65%
Total votes 1,806,194 100.00%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Smith, Sonia (March 21, 2018). "War of Words: Meet the Texan Trolling for Putin". Texas Monthly. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Sengupta, Kim (September 24, 2015). "Ukraine crisis: Meet the foreign nationals fighting for the Donetsk People's Republic". The Independent. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Exclusive: Russell Bentley, Texas Man in Russian Army, Says He's 'Liberating' Ukraine". Newsweek. March 3, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine reported dead". The Guardian. April 19, 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d Dickinson, Tim (March 3, 2022). "The Bizarre Story of How a Hardcore Texas Leftist Became a Frontline Putin Propagandist". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  6. ^ "Who is Russell Bonner Bentley? Texas Man 'On the Front With Russian Troops' in Ukraine". Newsweek. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "The communist soldier using charity sites to fund his war". BBC News. July 24, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  8. ^ "American missing in Russian-controlled east Ukraine, say local police". Reuters. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  9. ^ Батальон Восток
  10. ^ Американец Рассел Бентли, работавший на российскую пропаганду, погиб в Донецке.
  11. ^ В "ДНР" российские танкисты выкрали и убили известного американского коммуниста.
  12. ^ В Донецке российские военные убили американца, воевавшего за "ДНР" с 2014 года
  13. ^ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 20, 2024 Institute for the Study of War, April 20, 2024. Retrieved 21 April 21, 2024.
  14. ^ "Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1990".
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