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Alexander Bednov | |
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![]() 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 29 August 1969 Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 1 January 2015 Lutuhyne, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine[a] | (aged 45)
Nickname | Batman |
Military service | |
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Branch/service | Militsiya |
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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]