Aleksei Relke

Aleksei Relke is a commander of the pro-Russian militant group Army of the South-East.

Along with Valery Bolotov, he participated in attack on the SBU headquarters in Luhansk on April 6, 2014. Relke was detained by local SBU on April 5, 2014. However, during the attack on SBU headquarters the chief of militsiya in Luhansk Oblast Volodymyr Huslavsky requested the chief of SBU to sign a release for Relke.

On May 16, 2014 Relke was again arrested by Kiev special group of MVS and SBU. Some Russian mass media claimed that Relke was not arrested. On September 14, 2014 the Ukrainian side released 73 insurgents among which was the commander of Army of South-East Aleksei Relke.