He also lived in Germany
Neo-Nazi fought against Putin – and dies in air strike
12/27/2025 – 7:23 p.mReading time: 3 minutes
Denis Kapustin, a neo-Nazi who also lived in Germany, has died in a Russian drone strike. He fought on the side of Ukraine against Moscow.
The commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps RDK, Denis Kapustin, who was fighting against Moscow’s troops, died in a Russian drone attack in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine. The RDK, which is fighting on the side of Ukraine against the Russian war of aggression, announced this on Telegram. The unit, consisting of Russian fighters, announced retaliation for the death of “White Rex”, Kapustin’s nickname. Kapustin most recently called himself Denis Nikitin.
In the past, the RDK had also advanced into Russian territory with fighters and heavy military technology during the war and had temporarily controlled towns there. Russia has classified the RDK as a terrorist organization. Kapustin, who was also considered an influential right-wing radical in European circles with his misanthropic statements about the “superiority of the white race,” was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in Russia.
In 2001 he came to Cologne with his family as a Jewish quota refugee, as “Spiegel” researched. However, his supposedly Jewish identity is obscure and would make his career as a violent Hitler admirer seem quite absurd. Kapustin learned about the desire for violence in the hooligan scene at 1. FC Köln. He later went into this world during his stays in Moscow, where the thug scene is probably much more brutal.
Kapustin also repeatedly stayed in Ukraine. There he established contacts in the notorious Azov movement. The regiment of the same name, which became world famous in the spring of 2022 for its tough defense of the steelworks in Mariupol, was considered a rallying point for Ukrainian neo-Nazis until 2014. With the militia’s integration into the Ukrainian army, most right-wing extremists are said to have left the Azov Regiment.
Kapustin uses martial arts as a connecting element for the neo-Nazis between West and East. In “mixed martial arts” clubs they train in street fighting for their hoped-for “Day X”, the collapse of the democratic order. “Athletes” from all over Europe network at tournaments and fights on the sidelines of right-wing rock concerts. Kapustin organizes these events under the name “White Rex” (White King), and there is also clothing with the print.
The logo of “White Rex” is a stylized Viking head in front of a “Black Sun”, which is reminiscent of a swastika and serves as an identification symbol for neo-Nazis. The brand’s T-shirts feature Nazi runes, which are banned in Germany, or the number 88 – a code for “Heil Hitler”. The name “White Rex” also refers to the racist ideology of the supposed superiority of a “white race”; This idea has also spread in Russia, even though the country itself fell victim to German racism during World War II.
