# Russell Bonner Bentley

> pro-Putin militant and war correspondent of American origin in Donbass

**Wikidata**: [Q111469300](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111469300)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/russell-bonner-bentley


## References

1. [Source](https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/son-wealthy-businessman-foot-soldier-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking/)
2. [Source](https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6662238)
3. [Source](https://www.crimea.kp.ru/daily/26771.7/3803555/)
4. [Source](https://www.5-tv.ru/news/379129/dobrovolec-izssa-ovojne-vdonbasse-eto-vojna-certa-protiv-boga-zabudusee-celovecestva/)
5. [Source](https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/russell-bentley-russian-propagandist-death/)
6. [Source](https://www.mk.ru/politics/2022/04/02/amerikanskiy-veteran-rassel-bentli-rasskazal-pochemu-poekhal-zashhishhat-donbass.html)
7. [The Bizarre Story of How a Hardcore Texas Leftist Became a Frontline Putin Propagandist](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russell-texas-bentley-putin-propaganda-ukraine-interview-1315433/)
8. [Source](https://ria.ru/20240419/bentli-1941137035.html)
9. [Source](https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240427-who-was-the-donbass-cowboy-the-pro-russian-texan-who-died-in-donetsk)
10. [War of Words: Meet the Texan Trolling for Putin](https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/son-wealthy-businessman-foot-soldier-vladimir-putin-russia-hacking/)
11. [Source](https://lenta.ru/news/2024/04/12/v-donetske-propal-amerikanskiy-zhurnalist/)
12. [Source](https://www.gazeta.ru/army/news/2024/04/19/22828838.shtml)
13. [US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine reported dead](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/us-citizen-dead-russia-separatists-ukraine)
14. [Who was the 'Donbass Cowboy', the pro-Russian Texan who died in Donetsk?](https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240427-who-was-the-donbass-cowboy-the-pro-russian-texan-who-died-in-donetsk)