They called him “Texas” because even though he was fighting for “our guys,” he still wasn’t a Pure Russian™, something Putin fans from America who emigrate to Russia find is a common sentiment.

Anyway, good riddance.

Womp womp

On a Telegram channel previously run by him, Bentley’s wife, Lyudmila, said he had been “abducted” by Russian soldiers from a tank battalion, and called on them to let him go.

The self-declared communist joined pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine to fight Kyiv in 2014. He later also worked for the state-owned Russian news agency Sputnik and was given Russian nationality.

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The article makes the entire situation sound weird. His wife claims he was abducted by Russian soldiers and his battalion claims he was not killed from a Ukrainian attack.