A new interactive investigation by RFE/RL reveals the inner workings of a secretive scheme by Russian military intelligence to recruit fighters for the Kremlin's war on Ukraine under the guise of a fictitious private military company.
The portal also reports on possible restrictions on persons associated with the Russian Imperial Movement, the Rusich club and the Union of Donbass Volunteers
Russian mercenaries have deployed to separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine to bolster defenses against Ukrainian government forces as tensions between Moscow and the West rise.