but in ramaz�* head, it was not that simple. he told his mother that he had friends in ukraine and that the worst outcome would not be to die... ..but to shoot at people who are like him. in late september, ramaz left his home. together with other men, he travelled more than 2,000 kilometres to a military base in the region of primorye. there, hejoined an elite unit — the black berets from the 155th marine brigade. ukrainian authorities accused some of these men of war crimes in bucha at the start of the war. this brigade is championed by primorye�*s governor, 0leg kozhemyako. governors like him facilitated the mobilisation across russia.