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Sabotage Assault Reconnaissance Group "Rusich"
Диверсионно-штурмовая разведывательная группа «Русич»
Patch of the Rusich Group featuring thekolovrat,a variant of the swastika
ActiveJune 2014 – present
CountryRussia
TypeInfantry
Rolesabotage and assault reconnaissance group
Sizea few hundred people[1]
Part ofArmy of the South-East
Wagner Group
ColoursWhite, gold, black
Engagements
Websitevk.com/dshrg_rusich
Commanders
Current
commander		Alexey Milchakov
Notable
commanders		Alexey Milchakov
Yan Petrovsky
Insignia
Flag
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TheSabotage Assault Reconnaissance Group(DShRG) "Rusich"(Russian:Диверсионно-штурмовая разведывательная группа «Русич»,romanized:Diversionno-shturmovaya razvedyvatel'naya gruppa «Rusich») is aRussianfar-right[2][3]andneo-Naziparamilitary unit[4][5]that has been fighting against Ukrainian forces in theRusso-Ukrainian War.Its co-founder and leader isAlexey Milchakovand operates within theWagner Group.[2][6]"Rusich" fought on the side ofpro-Russian militaryin theDonbas warfrom June 2014 to July 2015, and in theRussian invasion of Ukrainealongside Russian troops.[7]

History

The foundations of the Rusich group were laid in 2009, when a military training base was founded[8]byAlexey Milchakov,aneo-NazifromSaint Petersburg.[4][9]He had the nickname "Fritz" before being sent to theDonbas(there he changed to the call sign "Serb" ).[5][10][11]He took part in the Partizan paramilitary training program at theNovorossiyaAid Coordination Center (KCPN) run by the Russian Imperial Legion, a paramilitary arm of theRussian Imperial Movement.[12]Both Milchakov and the nominal commander of the Wagner groupDmitry Utkinserved in the76th Guards Air Assault Divisionof theAirborne Forces.[12]

According to Milchakov, "Rusich" consists of "nationalistRodnovers,volunteers from Russia and Europe ", operates as a" closed collective "and is a unit in which Russian nationalists receive combat training. The units turned out to be staffed by members of the GROM special unit, which is part of theFederal Drug Control Service.The brothers Konstantin and Boris Voevodin, for example, are Russian nationalists from St. Petersburg.[13]

Donbas war

The group has been fighting on the side ofpro-Russian separatistsin theDonbas warsince June 2014, conducting reconnaissance and sabotage operations behind Ukrainian lines,[14]and also played a significant role in several key battles at the beginning of the war.[15]

2014

In the summer of 2014, "Rusich" fought as part of theBatman Rapid Response Groupunder the Russian separatist commander Lieutenant ColonelAlexander "Batman" Bednov[16][17]and participated in the battles for theLuhansk Airport,nearNovosvitlivkaafter theArmed Forces of Ukrainehad cut the highway there, and placedLuhanskunder blockade.[10]They also took part in the battles near the city ofShchastia,Stanytsia Luhanska,in the assault on the village ofKhryashchuvate,in the occupation of the villages ofHeorhiivka,Velyka Verhunka,Lutuhyne.

One of the most well known operations of "Rusich" was the ambush of a column of the UkrainianAidar Battalionnear the villages ofMetalistand Tsvitni Pisky in theLuhansk Oblaston 5 September 2014, after a truce was supposed to have gone into effect.[5][18]Andriy Khvedchak, coordinator of the Volyn Maidan Self-Defense, said that on 5 September 2014, a part of the company of the Aidar battalion was ambushed in the same place whereNadiya Savchenkowas taken prisoner.[19]Detachments of "Rusich" and RRT "Batman" set up an ambush on the highway and attacked the retreating "Aidar". Part of the second company of "Aydar" (Volyn) was ambushed by Russian special forces. According to him, the ambushed fighters were killed.[20]On 6 September,Semen Semenchenkoreported that 11 soldiers were killed in an ambush "arranged by Russian special forces".[21]On the same day, information appeared that from 20 to 29 fighters of the battalion were killed in an ambush.[22]

Rusich published a video of an interrogation of Ivan Issyk, a member of the Aidar Battalion captured during the ambush. In the video, Issyk had akolovrat,a neo-Nazi symbol used by the Rusich Group, carved into his cheek. Five days later, Issyk, who by now had over 70% of his body covered in burns, was interviewed by the British pro-Russian propagandistGraham Phillipsin a hospital. Issyk's parents accused Phillips of violating journalist ethics. Several days later Issyk was abducted from the hospital and murdered. An autopsy showed that his internal organs were cut out and shuffled in his body, including fragments of his brain being put in his stomach.[23]

In the fall of 2014, Rusich took part in the battles at theDonetsk International Airportalong with theSpartaandSomalibattalions.

2015

The most famous losses are the death ofAlexander Bednov's personal guards in an ambush on January 1, 2015. A lesser-known story is about DShRG getting into the counter-base, during which the former Kyiv anti-fascist "Whiskas" died.[13]In January 2015, Milchakov announced that his unit was no longer subordinate to the leadership of theLuhansk People's Republic.Thus, Milchakov reacted to the information about the killing of the former commander of the Batman group, Alexander Bednov. The commander called theHead of the Luhansk People's RepublicIgor Plotnitskyand the government of the LPR “whore children” and said that his unit would fight “against them and against the Ukrainians”.[24]

In February 2015 Milchakov was included in theEU sanctions list.[25][26]

In 2015, together with the commanders of other groups, Milchakov and Petrovsky received a certificate of membership of the Union of Donbass Volunteers. Upon returning to Ukraine, the group was transferred to thePrizrak BrigadeofAleksey Mozgovoy.[12]At the end of March 2015, after being redeployed to theDonetsk People's Republicdue to persecution by the Ministry of State Security of the LPR, the group became part of the Viking battalion, where it took part in the battles aroundVolnovakha,near the villages of Belokamenki andNovolaspa.In mid-2015, the group was completely withdrawn from the Donbass.[27]

From 2015 to 2022

Upon his return from the Donbass, Milchakov engaged in combat training of teenagers in special camps in Russia. This was done in conjunction withright-wing radicalsfrom theE.N.O.T. Corp.private military company.[28]The online edition "Belarusian Partizan" calls the "raccoons" a group of Russian militants who took part in the war in Donbass from its very beginning, and that they are close friends with Milchakov. As the publication notes, since 2015, raccoon began its legalization in Russia. They received the status of a public organization and the full support of the state, regularly holding military-patriotic games-gatherings. The chief instructor of the organization, Roman Telenkevich, simultaneously headed the Union of Donbass Volunteers.[29]

In 2016, Milchakov, as a member of the "Union of Volunteers of Donbass", may have been presented with an award by theheadof theRepublic of CrimeaSergey Aksyonovin the presence of the then assistant to the President of the Russian FederationVladislav Surkov.Milchakov himself, however, was not shy in terms, criticizing the leadership of the LPR for this ostentatious “anti-fascism”on hisVKpage.[30]

Milchakov's deputy, Jan Petrovsky, is a former resident of Norway, where he lived and worked with a Norwegian associated with the far-right groupsSoldiers of OdinandNordic Resistance Movement.[31][32][33][34][30]The peculiar glory of the Russian in the conflict in Donbass, apparently, was the last straw for the Norwegian authorities, and he was finally recognized as a threat to national security. In October 2016, Norwegian police arrested Petrovsky and deported him to Russia.[35][36]

The group was one of the most mentioned in the negative connotation among the Ukrainian media and bloggers because of the photos of the killed soldiers of Ukraine and the stories that the group does not take prisoners.[37][38]In 2017, the military prosecutor's office of Ukraine accused Milchakov of involvement in the murder of 40 Ukrainian soldiers.[24]

In 2017, Rusich militants showed up inSyriaguarding the strategically important oil and gas infrastructure owned by Russian companies. On their (now inaccessible) Instagram account, the militants posted photos fromPalmyrain central Syria, where one of them poses in front of ancient ruins, raising his hand in aNazi salute.[12][39]An investigation byBellingcatanalyzed a 2017 photograph depicting a man in military uniform holding a severed human head near Palmyra. The investigation concluded the uniform was likely worn byAlexey Milchakov.[40]Bellingcat found that Rusich members On 17 October 2017, Rusich member Nikitin Alexander Vladimirovich (AKA “The Livonian” ) was killed in Syria.[41]

At the end of 2020, Alexey Milchakov said in an interview that the number of Rusich DShRG at that time was several dozen people, but “a lot of people come and they have to be weeded out”.[5]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

External videos
video iconCaptured Ukrainian soldier was beheaded by Russian war criminals from DShRG «Rusich»

The group returned to Ukraine at the beginning of April 2022, as the Russian invasion was underway.[42][43]Rusich's fighters were transferred to theKharkiv Oblastof Ukraine, where they were photographed near the village ofPletenivka[uk].[44]In 2022, the detachment and its commanders Alexey Milchakov andYan Petrovskywere included in the US sanctions list for their "special cruelty" in the battles in theKharkiv Oblast.[45][46]Rusich is affiliated with a coalition of neo-Nazi military groups taking part in theRussian invasion of Ukrainemade up ofRussian Imperial Movement,AWD RusslandandAAST,with some overlap.[47][48][49][50]

In April 2023, the Rusich Group posted a video on their Telegram channel showinga captured Ukrainian soldier being beheaded with a knife,together with a caption stating that many more are to come.[51][52][53][54]

In May 2023 Rusich posted on their Telegram channel how they had used drones to drop the banned poison gaschloropicrinon Ukrainian positions.[55][56]

In August 2023Yan Petrovskywas detained in Finland and Ukraine requested his extradition.[57]The Rusich Group issued an ultimatum to the Russian government that they will not participate in any combat in Ukraine until Russia secured the release of Petrovsky. The group had been fighting on the Robotyne-Verbove line, defending the sector from the2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive,with their absence likely exacerbating Russian tactical losses in the region.[58]

Ideology and symbols

Rusich emblem[59][60][61]featuring a combination of theKolovrat swastika,theBlack Sun,theAlgiz rune,theTýr rune,theribbon of Saint Georgeand theblack-yellow-white flag of the Russian Empire.

"Rusich" is described as afar-rightextremist[2][3]andneo-Naziunit.[62]According to Petrovsky, Rusich is "a Pan-Slavic, Pan-Scandinavian group."[63]

The following are used as symbols of the group: runes, in particularTiwaz(ᛏ)[42](meaning the god of military prowessTýr), the eight-rayedKolovrat,Valknut,andcode slogans.[5]Like manyRussian nationalists,they also use theRussian imperial flag(black-yellow-white tricolor), but reversed so that white is on top.

Milchakov became an influential figure among the neo-fascist youth in Russia. He is also one of the few who were not affected by arrests upon his return to Russia. According to Milchakov himself, his group does not even try to get into politics, no matter how insulting it is for decisions from above.[64]

In post on their Telegram channel on how to “solve the Ukrainian question,” they propose forcing Ukrainian women to serve as wives of Russian soldiers without any civil or human rights. In particular, they call for soldiers to be “given 2-3 girls each” aged 10 or below as sexual slaves “to solve the demographic question in Russia.” Further, they claim that "rape is not a crime" and "Ukrainian women dream about being raped by Russian soldiers".[65]

Foreign volunteers

Rusich has neo-Nazi volunteers from around Europe fighting in its ranks. Polish neo-Nazis from "Zadrużny Krąg - Slavic Division" led by former police officer Arwid Pływaczewski have joined Rusich.[66]At least one of the members of the Polish neo-Nazi group "Zadruga" fought as part of this unit.[13]Further, members of Rusich have previously been associated with theNordic Resistance MovementinFennoscandia,where Petrovsky has also sought to recruit people from. Petrovsky has a close relationship with the Finnish far-right.[67][68][33][31]Finnish volunteer group Karhu (Bear) joined and fought with Rusich when they were subordinate to Prizrak.[69][12][70]

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagTsar Alexander II's Flag of the Russian Empire (1858–1896)

See also

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