Denis Kapustin (militant)

Denis Kapustin
Denis Kapustin
	Kapustin in 2023
Native name	Денис Евгеньевич Капустин
Nickname(s)	White Rex
Born	6 March 1984 (age 40); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Rank	Commander of Russian Volunteer Corps
Commands held	Russian Volunteer Corps
Battles/wars	Russian invasion of Ukraine 2023 Bryansk Oblast raid; 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions; 2024 western Russia incursion; ;

Denis Yevgenyevich Kapustin (Russian: Дени́с Евге́ньевич Капу́стин; born 6 March 1984), commonly known as Denis Nikitin (Дени́с Ники́тин) or by his nom-de-guerre White Rex (Uayt Reks, Уайт Рекс), is a Russian-German neo-Nazi^[1]^[2] activist, former football hooligan, and militant. Kapustin became a subject of a Schengen Area-wide entry ban since spring of 2019. After moving to Ukraine, he founded the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) in 2022 and is the group's leader.^[3]

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"Denis Kapustin". Anti-Defamation League. 22 May 2023.
- "Der Neonazi-Krieger" (in German). Der Spiegel. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2023. The neo-Nazi is officially registered on the ground floor of a grey apartment building. Nikitin, who was born in Moscow, spent his youth here.
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^ "РЕЙД "РДК" НА БЕЛГОРОДЩИНУ ВЫЗВАЛ ПАНИКУ В РОССИИ — ISW". zn.ua. 23 May 2023. ^*"Alleged 'terrorist' attack in West Russia fuels hard-line pressure on Putin". The Washington Post. 3 March 2023.

[ADL-1] "Denis Kapustin". Anti-Defamation League. 22 May 2023.
"Der Neonazi-Krieger" (in German). Der Spiegel. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2023. The neo-Nazi is officially registered on the ground floor of a grey apartment building. Nikitin, who was born in Moscow, spent his youth here.

[2] "Der Neonazi-Krieger" (in German). Der Spiegel. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2023. The neo-Nazi is officially registered on the ground floor of a grey apartment building. Nikitin, who was born in Moscow, spent his youth here.

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

[Strelkov-3] "РЕЙД "РДК" НА БЕЛГОРОДЩИНУ ВЫЗВАЛ ПАНИКУ В РОССИИ — ISW". zn.ua. 23 May 2023. ^*"Alleged 'terrorist' attack in West Russia fuels hard-line pressure on Putin". The Washington Post. 3 March 2023.

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