Other material provided clues about’s Kozlov’s apparent activities in eastern Ukraine, under the guise of Krepchinsky.
In October 2016, for example, a 40-minute video surfaced online showing Krepchinsky giving an interview to the Russian state radio channel Vesti FM. In the interview, he recalled visiting the war-torn eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.
A reporter shared evidence – including photos, news articles, interviews, blog posts, and social media comments – with Truth Hounds, an open-source research group in Ukraine. Truth Hounds found that Krepchinsky was indeed a pseudonym used by Kozlov.
“Alexei Vitalievich Kozlov…
