The American who believed in Russia… until it killed him | Break the Fake

In Russian-controlled Donetsk, loyalty offers no protection – not even for those who devote their lives to promoting Kremlin narratives.

This is the story of Russell Bentley, an American communist who joined pro-Russian militants in 2014, spent years supporting the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and was ultimately tortured to death by the very system he defended.

In today’s episode of Break the Fake, Benjamin Lee explains how one of the DPR’s most devoted foreign supporters became its next victim – and what Bentley’s fate reveals about the realities inside Russian-occupied Donetsk.

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