# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russell-bonner-bentley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:49:15.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russell-bonner-bentley"
name: "Russell Bonner Bentley"
slug: "russell-bonner-bentley"
description: "Russell Bonner Bentley III, also known as Texas and the Donbas Cowboy, was an American pro-Donetsk People's Republic/pro-Russia figure in the war in Donbas and Russian invasion of Ukraine, and a self-described \"information warrior\"."
tagline: "Pro-Putin militant and war correspondent of American origin in Donbass"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1960-06-20"
deathDate: "2024-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.78
  momentum:             3.72433377020533
  historical:           10.29285466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 184
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.russelltexasbentley.com"
sources:
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    title: "罗素·本特利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ръсел Бентли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley"
    title: "Russell Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley"
    title: "Russell Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley"
    title: "Russell Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley"
    title: "Russell Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley"
    title: "Russell Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley"
    title: "Russell Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Bentley"
    title: "Russell Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Бентли, Рассел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Расел Бентли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рассел Бентлі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump