Kidnapped and raped: the Russians killed an American who had fought on their side since 2014

I was in temporarily occupied Donetsk Russian and US citizen Russell Bentley with the call sign “Texas” was killed. He fought on the side of the so-called “DPR” and spread Russian propaganda. The Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan was personally involved in him and was worried about him.

Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko told < strong>24 Channel that the Russians got away with murdering Bentley. Because of this, Simonyan was left without her propaganda mouthpiece in the USA.

What is known about his death

According to Andryushchenko, he was kidnapped by the 8th Tank Brigade of the so-called “DPR”, then raped and killed.

LGBT people are prohibited in this country, this is extremism, which they first showed towards him, and then, apparently, they killed him for it,” noted the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.

He also added that it would be nice if Carlson Tucker came to do another interview in Donetsk about a US citizen who came to Putin’s propaganda and died “not very nicely.”

The Russians got away with it

At first, according to Andryushchenko, the Russians spread versions that he was allegedly killed by Ukrainian partisans, but then they finally confessed. In addition, Alexander Khodakovsky, who is responsible for the National Guard of the so-called “DPR,” wrote in his telegram channel that they would find and punish the killers, and then deleted this post.

All these Russian propagandists end up the same way. It's good that they can cope without us. Since they can get away with it, they need to do a better job,” noted the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.

Why Bentley was important to Simonyan

The foreign propagandist is the “pearl” of Russian propagandists. Russians have foreigners with Russian passports, but they are either wanted in their countries or are criminals. While their blogs can be shown in Russia, their blogs cannot be shown in their countries.

With Bentley the situation is different. He's from Texas, which means he's a Republican. Therefore, this was used quite successfully by the Russians even during the presidency of Donald Trump, because Bentley would have told the residents of Texas, as Trump’s main voters, about “Nazis in Ukraine” in clear language.

There is also the other side of the story: if this “pearl” can be killed so easily and no one will do anything for it, then what will those who watched Bentley think,” Andryushchenko commented.

He also added that for Russian propaganda this is a terrible and shameful story. Russian media people, especially Simonyan, will have to explain this not only to the Russians, or even Bentley’s wife, but also to the United States.

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