A Texan soldier fighting for Russia was killed in the spring, and Russia has said four Russian service members are to blame.
Moscow has charged four Russian service members with the death of Russell Bentley, a Texan fighting against Ukraine in the Donetsk People's Republic who was killed on April 8, according to the Russian government newspaper Rg.Ru.An investigation by the Russian Investigative Committee into the circumstances of his death found that Bentley, 64, was allegedly tortured and killed at the Petrovskaya mine by members of the Fifth Brigade, reported Astra Press, an independent Russian media outlet.
A friend of Bentley's wife, Lyudmila Bentley, confirmed to Astra Press that the American soldier died as a result of electric current torture, saying his heart couldn't withstand the electric shocks.Bentley's wife said they had arrived in Donetsk on 'personal business' on April 8 and had lived in the executive committee of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk for several years, Rg.Ru reported.
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