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Who was the ‘Donbass Cowboy’, the pro-Russian Texan who died in Donetsk?


Russell Bentley, a Texas native best known by his nickname “Donbass Cowboy,” died under mysterious circumstances near Donetsk. His death sparked a strong reaction in Russian ultranationalist circles, where Bentley had made a name for himself over the past ten years traveling through territories occupied by pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.

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