Denis Nekrasov | |
Native Name: | Денис Некрасов |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1985 |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
Death Place: | Izium, Ukraine |
Nickname: | Dobry |
Allegiance: | Luhansk People's Republic |
Branch: | Prizrak Brigade Russian Imperial Movement |
Serviceyears: | 2014–2022 |
Unit: | Russian Imperial Legion |
Battles: |
Denis Ivanovich Nekrasov (15 January 1985 – 22 April 2022[1]) was a Russian nationalist and a leader of the Russian Imperial Movement, which has the goal of restoring the Russian Empire.
Denis Nekrasov was a nationalist activist. He was a member of the Russian Imperial Movement and its armed faction, the Imperial Russian Legion. In 2014, he took part in hostilities during the Donbass War with several members of the Russian Imperial Movement serving with the pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists of the Luhansk People's Republic, in the Prizrak Brigade. In February 2022, he reportedly formed his own unit in the war against Ukraine with Gariev and other members of the RIL, which reportedly actively participated in combat operations.[2] He was the right-hand man of Denis Gariev, a high-ranking member of the RIM organization.
On 18 April 2022, he replaced Denis Gariyev after he was seriously injured.[3]
On 22 April 2022, he died after his vehicle hit a landmine near Izium.[3] [4]