The May 22 terror attack on Belgorod region of Russia was carried out by the “Russian Volunteer Corps” (RVC) of Denis Kapustin (aka Nikitin). He is a longtime, known neo-Nazi who has been recruiting other neo-Nazis through fight clubs, street brawls and “white power” rock groups.
Prior to 2022, when Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense decided to arm his paramilitary group, Nikitin had run a clothing business out of Russia called “White Rex,” specializing in neo-Nazi insignia, such as the Nazi’s “Black Sun.” He chose to found his company on August 14, 2008—significant for its magical 14/08/08 code, a nod to the infamous white racist “14 Words,” combined with the ubiquitous and well-known homage to Hitler, “88.” (It stands for the 8th letter of the alphabet, hence, the “HH” for “Heil Hitler"). Nikitin is usually given short-shrift in Western media as a ‘football hooligan’ — but he himself admits that he’s not a fan that fights the other team’s fans. He attends football games simply to start rumbles, for the anarchy and the violence.
He had problems with Russian authorities and moved to Kiev in 2017, where he mixed his “white power rock” with fight clubs and mixed martial arts (MMA) events. His partner in his annual MMA in Kiev was Arseniy Bilodub, the lead ‘singer’ of the “hate-core band,” Sokyra Peruna, advertised as a “white power rock” group. Two of their “songs” are “Six Million Words of Lies” and “August 17th.” The former needs no explanation; the latter is an homage to Rudolf Hess, said to be the last of the Nazi leaders to die (yes, on August 17th). They have suffered for their “art,” as drummer Dmitry Volkov went to prison for his pogrom against the Brodsky Synagogue in Kyiv. Bilodub also founded a clothing business, “SvaStone,” also centered around marketing the Nazi “Black Sun” insignia.
One of Nikitin’s RVC members posted video shots of their escapade into Belgorod this week, where they wounded a dozen civilians and killed one border guard. He’s identified as Alexey Levkin. A buddy of Nikitin, he was the founder and lead ‘singer’ of the neo-Nazi black metal band M8L8TH, back in the mid-2000’s decade. His gang in Russia was convicted of desecrating cemeteries of ethnic minorities, attacking ‘foreigners’, and committing several murders. However, Levkin himself was institutionalized instead of jailed, being deemed mentally unstable. After his 2011 release, he founded a “WotanJugend” neo-Nazi group that celebrates Hitler as a hero. In 2014, he raised funds for weaponry for the Maidan coup in Kiev. In 2015, he left Russia, moved to Kiev and joined the Azov Regiment. In 2019, Levkin organized the “Asgardsrei music festival” in Kiev, run in conjunction with Nikitin’s MMA event.
