More: Russian Nationalist Writer Creates Battalion To 'Liberate' Ukraine Prilepin in Chechnya He was an officer in the OMON paramilitary force, as the article says. Later, as a writer and activist, Prilepin was, for years, associated with the radical National Bolshevik Party (NBP) Prilepin and NBP leader Eduard Limonov But they had a bit of a falling out later, and went their separate ways. Limonov has his own fighters in Donbass, a whole International Brigade of the NBP, in fact But Prilepin's new battalion is not going to be affiliated with them in any way, apparently, he made that clear in the interview I read in a Russian newspaper. Also, as the article points out, he used to be against Putin, demanded he resign in 2010, and spoke at many protests against his fake reelection to Presidency in 2011 and 12 But after Putin retook Crimea, Prilepin, like many nationalists, quickly changed his tune. Guess they began to respect the dude, for making Russia great again or whatever lol He visited Donbass many times. Here, he is with the late, great Motorola (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsen_Pavlov) And here, recently, with Dejan "Deki" Beric, in middle, a famous fighter from Serbia, a sniper, who once took out six Ukrainian enemy snipers in one battle, among other things, a living legend of Donbass Don't know who the third guy is. He may have even joined battles before, during his visits. At least, he claims that, "when a rifle was handed to me, I used it", and this is corroborated by some witnesses. Now, he is in Donetsk, forming up his own battalion to fight the Ukrainians He is mostly taking local men, and some ladies too, I see with knowledge of the geography, terrain, and environment, and plenty of combat experience. He says he got a long line up back in Russia too, many guys want to join his new unit, but a battalion is all he needs, for now. May expand in future though lol This is why I respect Russian war hawks more than American ones... They, at least, put their money or even life, where their mouth is, walk the walk, as well as talk the talk. Many hardliners who screamed for war with Ukraine on Russian TV have ended up in Donbass, AK in hand... I wish Prilepin the best. He is a good writer, talented guy, even if a bit crazy. I hope he comes back from this thing in one piece. Although, IMHO, what he is doing is stupid and incredibly irresponsible. Imagine, having four small kids at home and you leave them and your wife behind to go fight in some relatively pointless war... War is best left to those who have no family to worry about them and mourn them, in my opinion... But, again, I wish him luck...
People that have no one that cares about them, or who they care about, are exactly the kind of people you don’t want fighting in a war, because they tend to do messed up stuff. Though him having been with the NBP points at him being strange enough to worry about anyway
Just saying that maybe you should have some "social network" or the feeling that there is someone you care about before you are sent out there to potentially kill someone, because it is one of those things that messes with your mind