Rodion Batulin (Радзіён Батулін) is the leader of a Pro-Ukrainian military unit called the Terror Battalion (previously aligned to the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment, now aligned to the Belarusian Volunteer Corps), he is reportedly affiliated with Sergei ‘Boatsman’ Korotkikh, a fellow Belarussian national and a figure in the National Corps party
The Kastus Kalinovsky Battalion was formed in March 2022 from members of the so-called “Belarus” tactical group, members of the Belarusian neo-Nazi organization White Legion, representatives of the Young Front movement, as well as Belarusian citizens who emigrated to Ukraine after the protests in the summer and autumn of 2020. As of mid-March, the Battalion included about 200 people.
The Battalion’s official video clearly shows the neo-Nazi tattoos of its members—the Black Sun tattoo on the elbow. The man on the right is the Belarussian neo-Nazi Denis “Kit”. The man with the beard on the left is the well-known neo-Nazi Rodion Batulin, a Latvian with Belarusian citizenship who came to Ukraine to implement his ideas. In the summer of 2019, he was noted for his participation in the attack on former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Batulin is a close friend of another famous neo-Nazi who was originally from Russia, but who lived in Belarus for a long time: Sergei “Boatsman” Korotkikh.
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