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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Bednov.

Alexander Bednov
Bednov in October 2014

Minister of Defence of the Luhansk People's Republic
In office 20 August 2014 – 26 August 2014
President	Igor Plotnitsky
Prime Minister	Igor Plotnitsky
Preceded by	Igor Plotnitsky
Succeeded by	Oleg Bugrov

Personal details
Born	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bednov (1969-08-29)29 August 1969 Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	1 January 2015(2015-01-01) (aged 45) Lutuhyne, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Nickname	Batman
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union Ukraine Luhansk People's Republic
Branch/service	Militsiya
Unit	Batman Rapid Response Group
Battles/wars	War in Donbas

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bednov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бедно́в, Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович Бєдно́в; 29 August 1969 – 1 January 2015) was a former Soviet and Ukrainian militsiya officer and rebel commander of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic in Ukraine. He was the leader of the pro-Russian Batman Rapid Response Group. He was assassinated in Luhansk, with a debate among his supporters on who was responsible although on the day of his killing LPR "prosecutor's office" issued an official statement confirming "liquidation" of Bednov as "a head of a criminal organization".

Death

Bednov commanded the Rapid Response Group "Batman" (also known as the Batman Battalion) until he was killed in an attack on his convoy on 1 January 2015. LPR "prosecutor's office" described the attack as an "arrest attempt" in relation to a criminal investigation against Bednov started on 30 Demember 2014.

Members of the group said that the attack was ordered by head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Plotnitsky. According to them, Bednov and his fighters were shot and killed "by order of Plotnitsky" because he was "ordered to sweep all intransigent commanders." Following this attack, the LPR arrested some of Bednov's men, and dissolved the battalion. Some of its personnel were dispersed into other LPR units, while Donetsk People's Republic field commanders Givi and Motorola invited former members to join their battalions.

After Bednov's assassination, Igor Girkin criticized the killing as a "murder" and "gangster ambush", and suggested that other commanders seriously consider leaving Donbas to Russia, as he did.