Alexey Milchakov

Alexey Milchakov
Alexey Milchakov
Native name	Алексей Юрьевич Мильчаков
Nickname(s)	"Serb", "Fritz"
Born	30 April 1991 (age 34); Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Luhansk People's Republic (2014–2015); Russia (2015–present)
Service / branch	Russian Airborne Troops; Army of the South-East (2014); ENOT Corp; Wagner Group
Unit	Rapid Response Group "Batman" (2014); DShRG "Rusich" (2014–present)
Commands	DShRG "Rusich"
Battles / wars	Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas; Russian invasion of Ukraine; ; Syrian Civil War; Second Lybian Civil War Western Libya campaign; ; Central African Republic Civil War;

Alexey Yurievich Milchakov (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Мильчаков, born 30 April 1991) is a Russian neo-Nazi, suspected war criminal and co-leader and co-founder of the Rusich Group, that operated from 2022 within the Wagner Group.^[2]

Milchakov first came to public attention in 2011, after he filmed himself torturing and decapitating a puppy and posted footage of it online.

He has been linked to atrocities in both Syria and Ukraine,^[2]^[3] including the participation in beating a man to death with a sledgehammer, and has been described as "the symbol of Russian neo-Nazis fighting in the Donbass".^[4]

As of 2022, he was sanctioned by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries.^[5]

^ "How Russian Fighters Train Serb Teens at 'Military-Patriotic' Camps". 19 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference rferl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Sheldon, Michael (23 January 2024). "The Man in the Matching Uniform: Investigating a Rusich Atrocity in Syria". bellingcat. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ Mareš, Miroslav; Laryš, Martin; Holzer, Jan (25 October 2018). Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin's Russia: Legacies, Forms and Threats. Routledge. ISBN 9780429953620. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ "ALONG THE SANCTIONED PERSONS: MILCHAKOV Alexey Yurevich". War & Sanctions. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[1] "How Russian Fighters Train Serb Teens at 'Military-Patriotic' Camps". 19 July 2019.

[rferl-2] Cite error: The named reference rferl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[auto-3] Sheldon, Michael (23 January 2024). "The Man in the Matching Uniform: Investigating a Rusich Atrocity in Syria". bellingcat. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[4] Mareš, Miroslav; Laryš, Martin; Holzer, Jan (25 October 2018). Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin's Russia: Legacies, Forms and Threats. Routledge. ISBN 9780429953620. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[sanctions-ua-5] "ALONG THE SANCTIONED PERSONS: MILCHAKOV Alexey Yurevich". War & Sanctions. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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