Courts and Legal Actions

A court in Russian-controlled Donetsk on Monday sentenced four Russian soldiers for the April 2024 killing of American-born Russell “Texas” Bentley, a 64-year-old pro-Moscow propagandist and fighter. Two officers received 12-year terms and were stripped of rank, a sergeant got 11 years, and a fourth soldier received 1.5 years for concealing crimes, after the court found Bentley was beaten to death when they mistook him for a U.S. spy and his body was later destroyed in a car explosion.