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An interview with Timur Abdurakhmanov, the commander of the Alga volunteer battalion of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Russian Federation, call sign "Shaitan," who was captured by the Third Assault Brigade during the liberation of Andriivka near Bakhmut. He is the only Russian combatant captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2023.
Abdurakhmanov moved to Andriivka from his command and observation post, thinking that his men were there. Instead, fighters of the 3rd Separate Mechanized Brigade had already entered the village and completely defeated the Alga volunteer battalion and two other battalions of the 72nd Brigade of the Russian Federation.
The occupier is from Dagestan, a major in rank, a hereditary military officer. He formulates his answers thoughtfully and cautiously, with the expectation of returning to Russia and continuing to serve in Putin's army.
He calls Russia his homeland and at the same time considers Imam Shamil, who led the liberation struggle of the peoples of the Caucasus against the Russian Empire, a national hero.
In the interview, he told us whether people in Dagestan support a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, what he thinks about how the authorities justify the attack, and whether he saw Nazis in Ukraine.
"I did not see it with my own eyes. I cannot talk about what I have not seen. I'm fighting here, but I didn't see any severed heads lying around, screwed to the Russian flag," he said.
According to the occupier, the main factor motivating Dagestanis to go to war against Ukrainians is money.
"The main motivation is monetary motivation, nowhere else in Dagestan will you earn 200 thousand, and here, with a great risk to life, but this opportunity exists," he explains and adds that he does not even consider the possibility of Dagestan declaring independence.
"Dagestan is a subsidized republic. Let's say we separate from Russia, for example, and what will we live on? A republic without its own economy, production, roughly speaking, we will not survive," the occupier believes.
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NAVIGATION:
00:00 beginning
00:40 The story of a prisoner and how he got captured
02:20 "I would not have surrendered if I had not been wounded"
04:10 About conversations among the occupiers about Ukrainian captivity
05:30 "We should not underestimate the enemy"
06:00 On the different approaches of the Russian and Ukrainian armies
07:20 About the protests in Dagestan
08:50 What is the motivation of Dagestanis to fight for Russia?
09:40 Why is Dagestan not a separate country?
11:00 "So we will separate from Russia, and then what will we live on?"
11:50 On the attitude towards the Kadyrovites
12:50 "The main motivation for Dagestanis to go to war is financial motivation"
14:00 On attitudes towards the wounded and dead
15:30 Attitude to the Wagnerians
16:20 On the rebellion of the Prigorodin
17:40 "I would not recognize Pryzhyn if he seized power"
18:40 On "freedom of speech" in Russia
19:40 "I do not support the war"
20:10 "I didn't have time to think about the death of Pryzhizhin and who killed him"
21:10 "The 2nd Chechen war started in Dagestan"
22:20 "Dagestan is my small homeland, and Russia is my big one"
23:30 "I treat nationalism with great respect, and I would do the same in your place"
25:40 "I understand that you want freedom and are fighting for your country, and I respect that."
26:40 On the end of the war and surrender
27:30 "The guys want to make money, what is there to hide?"
28:10 "If I see someone committing a crime in front of me, I will shoot them on the spot"
29:00 About the family
30:00 What would you like to tell your soldiers?
31:20 What would you do if you had an order but realized that it was criminal?
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