The Center for Journalist Investigations identified several militants of \u00abthe Margelov\u2019s battalion\u00bb.<\/b><\/p>\n
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\u00abI visited militants of voluntary battalion named after V.F.Margelov. Militants undergo medical treatment and rehabilitation in the military hospital of Sevastopol after fighting in Kherson region. Guys have good mood and willingness to come back to the front line\u00bb, as <\/span>wrote Basuk<\/span><\/a> in his telegram channel. He published photos of militants and helped us to find out their identities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So-called \u00abvoluntary battalion named after Margelov\u00bb has been <\/span>created<\/span><\/a> upon initiative of occupation \u00abgovernor\u00bb Volodymyr Saldo in occupied Kherson in October 2022. It seems that organization of \u00abvoluntary battalions\u00bb was launched from Moscow authorities, with the aim to involve local population into the war against their own country and confirm Kremlin narratives about \u00abcivic conflict\u00bb in Ukraine.\u00a0 These battalions were created on all occupied territories of the Ukrainian South and Crimea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00abSenator\u00bb Konstantin Basuk with Russian wounded militants in Sevastopol. Photo: social media\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n In Crimea, so-called <\/span>assault Cossack battalion \u00abTavrida\u00bb<\/span><\/a> has been formed by Russian \u00abCrimean head\u00bb Aksyonov. It is managed by his colleague Anton Syrotkin. Another unit is called <\/span>battalion \u00abLivadia\u00bb (BARS-30)<\/span><\/a>. Assault unit \u00ab<\/span>Convoy<\/span><\/a>\u00bb, headed by Prigozhyn\u2019s colleague Pikalov, has been part of this battalion. \u00ab<\/span>Battalion named after Sudoplatov<\/span><\/a>\u00bb has been set up on the occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region. It is \u00absupervised\u00bb by Russian \u00abgovernor\u00bb Balytsky.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As our investigation demonstrates, there are a few residents of Crimea and the Ukrainian South in these battalions. The majority of militants come from various Russian regionas as well as from occupied territories of Moldova and Georgia. The majority of wounded militants on Basuk\u2019s photos also came from Russia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Let us name those militants who would like to come back to the front and kill Ukrainians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Vadim Groshev, militant of \u00abMargelov\u2019s battalion\u00bb. Photo: social media\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n Russian citizen <\/span>Vadim Anatolyevich Groshev<\/b> (data of birth \u2013 26.02.1973), resident of the Russian city of Furmanov in Ivanove region, stands to the extreme left. His Russian taxpayer\u2019s code 372900348686, accounts in Russian social media: <\/span>\u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>\u041e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438<\/span><\/a>, phone number +79303409917.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Before 2015 he has been registered as an individual entrepreneur, with \u00abtaxi services\u00bb as business profile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Groshev is the former Russian paratrooper. He participated in the second Russian-Chechen war. One of his photo in social media was taken at the entrance to Chechen village of Shatoi. It seems he participated in the assault of the village in February 2000 when Russian troops attacked the village for almost one week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He is mentioned in book \u00abRazvedbat\u00bb of Valerii Kiselyov. He is presented in the book as senior radio intelligence person, who served in the 1<\/span>st<\/span> platoon of the 84<\/span>th<\/span> separate intelligence battalion of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Russia. He was submitted for Russian military award \u00abOrder of Courage\u00bb. Website of his secondary school reports that he received three military awards \u00abOrder of Glory\u00bb.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Aleksandr Motorikin in the hospital. Photo: telegram channels of Konstantin Basuk and Aleksandr Motorikin, and Russian social media \u00ab\u041e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043d\u0456\u043a\u0456\u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n Another photo demonstrates Russian citizen <\/span>Aleksandr Viktorovich <\/b>Motorikin<\/b><\/a>, 33 years old (he is sitting on a bed behind Basuk). He is the resident of the Russian city of Belgorod, graduate of local university of cooperation, economics and law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In 2011, Motorikin has been registered by the Russian taxation authorities as an individual entrepreneur (Russian taxpayer\u2019s code 312329992702), with \u00abregular passenger transportation\u00bb as business profile. In August 2022, Motorikin closed his business. In accordance with the Russian State Register of Legal Entities, Motorikin has been the director and owner of construction LLC \u00abSTK Master\u00bb\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n His personal data: date of birth 04.09.1989. Address:\u00a0 Belgorod, Gubkina street, 25, apt. 182, phone +79511417111, Motorikin\u2019s accounts in social media: <\/span>\u0412\u041a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u041e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043d\u0456\u043a\u0456<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Telegram.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Oleksandr Turev, militant. Photo: social media\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n The only Ukrainian citizen that we identified is <\/span>Oleksandr Viktorovych Turev<\/b>, born in Pustoviitove village of Poltava region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We do not know how Turev has been enlisted into the Russian \u00abvoluntary battalion\u00bb in Kherson region. We found his relatives in Pustoviitove village but did not contact them as they do not bear responsibility for crimes of Oleksandr Turev. We publish his personal and contact data for the Ukrainian law enforcement bodies:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Address: Sergii Vykhrystuk street, 19, Pustoviitove village, Globynsky raion, Poltavska oblast; taxpayer\u2019s code 3345808039,\u00a0phones: +380965196250, +380506892054. 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