Alexander Bednov

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Alexander Bednov
Bednov in October 2014
Minister of Defence of the Luhansk People's Republic
In office 20 August 2014 – 26 August 2014
President	Igor Plotnitsky
Prime Minister	Igor Plotnitsky
Preceded by	Igor Plotnitsky
Succeeded by	Oleg Bugrov
Personal details
Born	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bednov (1969-08-29)29 August 1969 Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	1 January 2015(2015-01-01) (aged 45) Lutuhyne, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine[a]
Nickname	Batman
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Ukraine  Luhansk People's Republic
Branch/service	Militsiya
Unit	Batman Rapid Response Group
Battles/wars	War in Donbas

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bednov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бедно́в, Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович Бєдно́в; 29 August 1969 – 1 January 2015) was a former Soviet and Ukrainian militsiya officer and rebel commander of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic in Ukraine.^[1] He was the leader of the pro-Russian Batman Rapid Response Group. He was assassinated in Luhansk, with a debate among his supporters on who was responsible^[2] although on the day of his killing LPR "prosecutor's office" issued an official statement confirming "liquidation" of Bednov as "a head of a criminal organization".^[3]