Russia once again puts RVC commander Kapustin on wanted list
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has once again placed Denis Kapustin, the founder and commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), on its wanted list, just days after his staged “liquidation” in Ukraine.
As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by the Radio Liberty.
“The grounds for the search: wanted under an article of the Criminal Code <…>. Declared wanted again,” the ministry’s database states.
It is noted that Kapustin first appeared in the Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted database back in March 2023. In Russia, Kapustin has been sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment.
He was found guilty under articles on high treason, organizing a terrorist community, and training for the commission of terrorist acts, as well as in the case related to the incursion into Russia’s Bryansk region in March 2023.
According to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), he is also allegedly involved in preparing an assassination attempt on Konstantin Malofeev, an oligarch and founder of the propaganda TV channel Tsargrad.
Kapustin himself moved to Kyiv in 2017.
The Russian Volunteer Corps was formed in 2022 and consists of Russians fighting on Ukraine’s side.
In Russia, the organization has been designated as “terrorist” and banned.
As Ukrinform previously reported, on December 27 the Russian Volunteer Corps announced the death of its commander Denis Kapustin while carrying out a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia sector, reportedly due to a possible FPV drone strike.
On January 1, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence stated that a Russian special services operation to kill Kapustin had failed and that the RVC commander is alive.