Igor Bezler

Lieutenant Colonel Igor Bezler
Nickname(s)	"Bes" (Imp)
Born	(1965-12-30) 30 December 1965 (age 58) Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union (until 1991)  Ukraine (1991–2014)[1]  Donetsk People's Republic (2014–present)
Service/branch	Donbas People's Militia
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War Russo-Ukrainian War
Awards	Order of the Red Star Order of Courage Cross of St. George of the DPR

Igor Nikolayevich Bezler (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Безлер; Ukrainian: Ігор Миколайович Бєзлєр, romanized: Ihor Mykolayovych Byezlyer; born 1965, Simferopol,^[2] Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR), known by the pseudonym "Bes" (Russian: Бес, English: Imp)^[3] is one of the pro-Russian rebel leaders whose group controlled the local police department in Horlivka.^{[citation needed]}

He was a prominent commander in the early phases of the Russo-Ukrainian War: the 2014 Russian military intervention in Crimea and the 2014 War in Donbas. In 2014 he went into hiding and as of 2016 issued statements denouncing the Russian-backed separatist groups.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2020 Bellingcat claimed that Bezler, with a fake Russian passport issued to the name of Igor Nikoalevich Beregovoy (Игорь Николаевич Береговой), lives in Russian annexed Crimea since October 2014.^[4][5]