SICK STUNT
Putin fanatic holds up SKULL of ‘dead Ukrainian fighter’ during stage show and boasts he’ll drink from it
A VLADIMIR Putin fanatic has been filmed holding up the SKULL of a "dead Ukrainian fighter" during a stage show.
Igor Mangushev, 36, is said to be the leader of a pro-Russian political movement and private army with links to the FSB security service.
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The skull supposedly belonged to a slain fighter killed near the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine.
During a speech, deranged Mangushev held up the skull and said: “We’re alive and this guy is already dead.
"Let him burn in hell. He wasn’t lucky. We’ll make a goblet out of his skull."
The Russian mercenary went on to explain the reason why Putin's troops are being deployed to Ukraine.
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He ranted: "Why can’t there be any reconciliation?
"Ukraine must be de-Ukrainised. The Russian lands of Novorossiya must be returned back.
"We are not at war with people of blood and flesh. We are at war with an idea — Ukraine as an anti-Russian state.
"This is the tragedy of Ukrainian soldiers. We don’t care how many we have to kill them.
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"If we were at war with people we could make peace with them."
Holding up the skull, he said: "But we are at war with the idea, so all bearers of an idea must be killed like this guy."
When asked by an audience member if the skull definitely belonged to a soldier, Mangushev insisted: "This is definitely not a civilian, we killed him ourselves."
In his Telegram channel, sick Mangushev openly calls for the murder of civilians.
"We will burn your houses, kill your families, take away your children and raise them Russians," he posted.
Mangushev is supposedly fighting against Ukraine - but he is also the head of nationalist movement Light Russia and a creator of a private army ENOT, which is said to have links to the FSB.
His real name is Reimer, and he has a 14-year-old daughter.
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The chilling performance with a human skull violates the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and is a war crime in international law.
It's not clear when and where the footage was filmed.
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