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It\u2019s not often someone gets to collect the bounty on their own head. Denis Nikitin was on Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s hit list. He still is, but now he\u2019s evading Russian hit squads using the Kremlin\u2019s own money. <\/p>\n
Related: Ukraine\u2019s new, drone-delivered weapon is basically a phallic claymore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Nikitin, also known as \u201cWhite Rex<\/a>,\u201d is not Ukrainian; he\u2019s Russian. But as the founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps<\/a> (RVC), he\u2019s fighting against the Putin regime in Ukraine. He has an entire battalion of like-thinking Russians who were the first to bring the fight to Russia. His RVC caught the attention (and ire\u2026 and likely envy) of Russian commanders in Ukraine when he successfully conducted a series of cross-border raids inside Russia in 2023. <\/p>\n Sadly, he was killed in a drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in December 2025. When the Russian Volunteer Corps confirmed it, Russian war bloggers and nationalist media personalities on state television and Telegram<\/a> exploded in joy. The Kremlin happily paid the bounty, money well spent.<\/p>\n