Ilya Bogdanov is a Russian officer, an employee of the FSB, as well as a writer and blogger. Known for the fact that in 2014 he sided with Ukraine during its armed conflict with Russia in the east of the country.
Biography
Ilya Bogdanov was born in 1988 in Vladivostok. He studied at secondary school No. 39, then entered the Khabarovsk Border Institute, graduating in 2010 with a law degree. After receiving his education, he was admitted to the FSB as an operative. He took part in the Dagestan counter-terrorism operation. He was transferred to the service in the FSB border control in the village of Khunzakh, and in 2013 - in the Primorsky Territory. As befits a security officer, does not disclose information about the family, personal life.
In 2014, Bogdanov exercised control over the conservation of marine biological resources in the Primorsky Territory. During the same period, he actively monitored the situation in Ukraine, its armed conflict with Russia in the east. Ilya decided to move to Ukraine, where he voluntarily joined the battalion of the National Guard "Donbass", and then became a member of the "Right Sector" corps, in which he took part in several military operations against Russian troops. For the successes he was appointed commander of the 7th platoon of the Right Sector.
Military operations in Ukraine
Ilya Bogdanov took part in the liberation of Ilovaisk, led the defense of the Donetsk airport and the village of Peski. He also conducted intelligence activities in Verkhnetoretsky, carried out diversionary attacks on the territory of various settlements in the DPR. Bogdanov’s actions were supported by the Ukrainian government and its president Petro Poroshenko personally, who granted Ilya Ukrainian citizenship and work in 2015.
For some time Bogdanov was actively interested in a political career, joined the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party, but failed to get into the regional Rada. Having stopped military operations, he got a job in one of Kiev car service centers, and in 2017 opened the Pyan-Se Bar cafe with a Korean menu. At the same time he was fond of blogging and actively covered various aspects of his life on social networks.
