INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Four Russian soldiers have been arrested and charged with torturing and murdering Russell Bentley, a United States citizen who had fought
alongside pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine, Russian investigators said Friday.Bentley, a 64-year-old self-described communist from
Dallas, Texas, joined pro-Russia separatists in 2014 to fight against Ukrainian forces
Iordanov.According to investigators, three of the men tortured Bentley on April 8, leading to his death
not been disclosed, but his allies have speculated that he may have been mistaken for a spy
fellow servicemen, fought for the Donetsk-based Vostok battalion between 2014 and 2017 and became a Russian citizen in 2021.
