On September 20, Russia’s Investigative Committee announced that Russell Bentley, an American pro-Kremlin fighter who participated in Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2014 and was killed under previously unclear circumstances, was tortured to death by Russian soldiers.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/vkpRZ
Seems he wasn’t a good enough fighter so they made him a talking head instead.
Sad to think that maybe he realized he was being used and that’s why they murdered him.