> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://topcargo200.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Vitaly Shopaga - URL: https://topcargo200.com/625/ - Published: 2023-02-02T22:55:47.000Z - Updated: 2023-02-03T06:47:26.000Z - Author: Top - Tags: Wanted, 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, 58th Guards Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District *Division Deputy Commander* **Rank:** Colonel **Unit:** [42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division](https://topcargo200.com/tag/42gmrd), [58th Combined Arms Army](https://topcargo200.com/tag/58caa), [Southern Military District](https://topcargo200.com/tag/smd) **Cargo ID:** #625 ℹ️ Colonel Shopaga directly participated in the torture of several Ukrainian POWs and civilians. This is according to a Senior Lieutenant who served under him and has since fled the country. [You can find the full 2-hour interview (and transcript) here.](https://topcargo200.com/625-interview/) **Full Name:** Vitaly Pronasovich Shopaga **Russian Name:** Шопага Виталий Пронасович **Date of Birth:** August 24, 1977 **Education:** Irkutsk Higher Military Aviation Engineering School (graduated 1994) **Living in:** Khankala village, Oktyabr'skiy Rayon, Grozny, Republic of Chechnya, Russia **Social Media:** [VK.com](https://vk.com/id374242153) (using pseudonym Vitaly Ivanov), [OK.ru](https://ok.ru/profile/175538860139), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/vitaliy.shopaga/) *Vitaly is also a military diorama enthusiast. [You can find his work here](https://diorama.ru/authors/vshopaga/). His name there is "Vell77".* 0:00 / 1× --- ## Wife ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-6.png) **Full Name:** Elena Shopaga (Gerasimova) **Russian Name:** Елена Шопага (Герасимова) **Date of Birth:** January 8 1983 **Social Media:** [OK.ru](https://ok.ru/profile/176281256787) --- ## Daughter ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-7.png) **Full Name:** Valeria Shopaga **Russian Name:** Валерия Шопага **Date of Birth:** June 26 2003 **Social Media:** [OK.ru](https://ok.ru/profile/558804355840) Currently Living in Moscow --- ## Mother and Father ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-8.png) Posing in front of their new car **Full Name:** Maria Shopaga (Bulygina) **Russian Name:** Мария Шопага (Булыгина) **Social Media:** [OK.ru](https://ok.ru/profile/328334588036) Currently living in Mažeikiai, Lithuania ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-9.png) Posing in front of their new car **Full Name:** Pranas Shopaga **Russian Name:** Пранас Шопага ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-11.png) Pranas on Victory Day 2010 at the military cemetery of Mosedis village, Lithuania. It appears he retired as a Lt. Colonel. --- ## Sister ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-13.png) ℹ️ Anya has several OK.ru friends in Ukraine. We've contacted her to get her reaction to the actions of her brother, but have not yet gotten a response. We sincerely hope she does not condone his actions given the number of Ukrainians she still calls her friends. **Full Name:** Anya Shopaga **Russian Name:** Аня Шопага **Date of Birth:** September 7, 1986 **Education:** Baltic International Academy (*BMA* (*BSA*, *BKI*, *branch*)) **Social Media:** [VK.com](https://vk.com/id6953032), [OK.ru](https://ok.ru/profile/93656881045) Currently living in London ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-14.png) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-10.png) 2011 photo of Vitaly with his mother and his aunt in the Carpathians ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/625a.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/625b.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/625.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/625c.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/625g.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/625h.jpg) Vitaly also has a young son who we will not be profiling. However, given the following images, the boy looks destined for the list sooner or later. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/625e.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/625d.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-16.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-17.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-18.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/02/image-19.png)