
Fontanka found one of the alleged fighters of the Wagner PMC, who could participate in a hard murder in Syria, which fell on the video. As the publication notes, "in his free time, he brings up love for the homeland and self -development in schoolchildren." He himself denies his involvement in what happened.
According to Fontanka, the man is called Ruslan, he is 39 years old, he lives in Bryansk. He is a participant in hostilities in Chechnya, was wounded and received the status of a veteran.
The full namesake of Ruslan with the same date of birth went to Damascus in January 2017, writes Fontanka. He flew out of Rostov with a charter flight of the Syrian airline Cham Wings Airlines. Fontanka talked with friends of men who said that he was on a business trip in Syria and returned from there in 2017.
Fontanka also has passport data of a person flying to Syria, but it was not possible to confirm them in a conversation with Ruslan. Ruslan said that his passport was “wife somewhere”.
In a conversation with the publication, he said that he had never been in Syria, did not work in a private military company and was not related to murder.
At the end of the telephone conversation, the Fontanka and Ruslan employee agreed that in exchange for a photograph from Syria, he will send the last three digits of his passport. The result is in the correspondence on the messenger:
Fontanka managed to talk with Ruslan's friends. According to the publication, "they agreed with him in the field of patriotic education of children, preparing youth for military service and popularizing the Cossacks." He himself also confirmed that he was a volunteer in the Governor's Palace of Children's and Youth Creativity named after Gagarin in Bryansk: “Well, we play volunteers. At school competitions in orientation, tourism. We do not receive a salary. Well, children, 12 years old. They, for example, do not have enough teachers. Just think, stand for three hours until they overcome the obstacle strip. ”