Meet Russia’s latest ‘war hero’: A brigade commander accused of running a torture camp and ordering troops to execute their own comrades

Meet Russia’s latest ‘war hero’: A brigade commander accused of running a torture camp and ordering troops to execute their own comrades

The commander of the 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (formerly the Oplot Battalion), Colonel Ramil Faskhutdinov, has been named a Hero of Russia, the Defense Ministry announced.

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