Russian oligarchs and state-owned companies are turning to a new kind of venture: running private military groups and training their own battalions for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Russian billionaire Viktor Shendrik, the head of the security department of Russian Railways, has reportedly been backing a detachment of Russian fighters made up of a group of football fans called “Espanyola,” according toEspanyola was first created last year, but Shendrik recently began sponsoring the group, sources told iStories.
But since then, video footage has surfaced on social media showing fighters from one such battalion, called Potok or “Torrent” battalion, fighting in Ukraine. Moscow reportedly sent the group to flank Wagner Group while it assaulted Bakhmut in Ukraine. Wagner founder Prigozhin had previously lambasted the other private militias that ventured into Ukraine’s front lines, criticizing them for lacking proper training.
The emerging trend of PMCs throughout Russia is key to Putin’s war plan moving forward, McFate told The Daily Beast.
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