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"...Russell Bentley, a pro-Kremlin American man who fought against Ukraine in 2014, was killed in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan claimed on Telegram on April 19. Bentley had previously been reported as missing.

Simonyan did not provide any details on his death, and the Kyiv Independent cannot verify the news.

Bentley, age 64, was a U.S. military veteran and self-identified supporter of Russian occupation forces in Ukraine.

Local occupation authorities claimed Bentley went missing on April 8 after a district in occupied Donetsk Oblast was shelled by Ukrainian troops. His wife reportedly told the Mash Telegram channel that he went to see if other residents needed help after the strikes and never returned.

Bentley's wife then claimed that he had been abducted by Russian soldiers amid allegations that he was spying for the U.S.

Bentley originally took up arms with Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine in 2014, fighting against the Ukrainian military during Russia's invasion of Donbas under the call sign "Texas," according to Russian state media.

Bentley then reportedly left the army to produce propaganda videos for Russia's state-owned Sputnik news agency and obtained Russian citizenship.

Rolling Stone released a controversial interview with Bentley in March 2022, where he described how he shifted his political beliefs toward communism.

Bentley was also a convicted felon in the U.S., having been charged with drug trafficking in the 1990s. He briefly served time in prison before allegedly escaping in 1999 and remained a fugitive for almost 10 years before he was recaptured and put back in prison.

In the Rolling Stone interview and other media appearances, Bentley referred to himself as an "information warrior" and repeated Russian propaganda talking points about Ukraine and the West..."

"..He was allegedly kidnapped, r-aped, then executed by the DNR's 5th Tank Brigade. He's been in Donbas since 2014, and in that era revenge killings between RU-backed terrorist groups were common. I wonder if this was settling an old score, or just paranoid Russians killing a friendly after accusing him of espionage.."

"..This is too rich not to share.

"U.S. Congresswoman Suspected of Having 'Russian Handlers' After Transcarpathia Amendment"

FROM THE ARTICLE: "Political pundit ‘Jay in Kyiv’ responded: 'The amendment that Marjorie Taylor Greene just proposed to sabotage the Ukraine bill is something that is such a nuanced Russian disinfo narrative that it could have only come directly from her Russian handlers.'

'The notion that Hungarians are being persecuted in Ukraine is insane BUT it’s being pushed by both Orban (who was promised a piece of Ukraine by Putin) and Russian disinfo machine. For an American to suggest this really confirms she is being handled.'".."

"..Fact check on the kremlin lies: Misgendering is not a crime in #Scotland. #Ukraine's electricity issues stem from russian attacks, not trade deals. #Olympic exclusions are a consequence of russian actions, not bias..."

"..You can tell the Old Testement is the product of a desert people, because when they tried to imagine the end of the world they went with “rained for forty days and forty nights”, which in Ireland is just called Spring.."

"..The accusation Arab nations would be responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, or are “degenerate”, for not taking in Palestinian refugees, is self-defeated by the fact that accusation comes from the nation that is both the cause for those refugees' existence and does not want to provide shelter to them either.

Additionally, the same argument was used by Nazi Germany about Jewish refugees not being able to leave Germany as less European nations accepted them [Source: Anne Frank Museum].

People not being able to flee from your war is not an argument against those people, but an argument against your war.."

That was a load of bullshite. No wonder Trump is leading.