There are lots of Russians in Azov, including the Russians-from-Russia. And Belarusians too.
(Among them an ex-KGB RB guy linked to dozens of racist murders of Caucasians and Central Asians in Russia as well as many other murders, including multiple beheadings, and a string of "suicides" in both Russia and Ukraine including several of his fellow Azov members, his whole story is totally ridicalous and he may be a double agent or whatever: https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/suspicious-deaths-around-azov-fighter-remain-uninvestigated.html)
There are lots of Russians in Azov, including the Russians-from-Russia. And Belarusians too.
(Among them an ex-KGB RB guy linked to dozens of racist murders of Caucasians and Central Asians in Russia as well as many other murders, including multiple beheadings, and a string of "suicides" in both Russia and Ukraine including several of his fellow Azov members, his whole story is totally ridicalous and he may be a double agent or whatever: https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/suspicious-deaths-around-azov-fighter-remain-uninvestigated.html)
The whole thing just sounds ridiculous. I mean, if he's a double agent, it would make perfect sense. I don't know what to believe.