The party of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has its own private military company (PMC) called "Espanola." The Putin regime has intensified recruitment for this PMC.
This information is reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense on Telegram.
Putin's party, "United Russia," has acquired its private army. The so-called PMC "Espanola" was previously part of the "Vostok" battalion as a voluntary unit of Russian ultras.
Since 2023, the Putin regime has declared "Espanola" a private military company. With funds from "United Russia," active recruitment has begun for the PMC.
According to intelligence, they recruit ultras, Russian radicals, sympathizers of Nazi ideology, as well as ordinary civilians from impoverished "subjects" of the Russian Federation and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The latter, as noted by the Main Intelligence Directorate, are used in "cannon fodder assaults."
In recruitment centers for "Espanola" operating in the occupied Ukrainian territories, volunteers are promised 220,000 rubles per month for participating in combat actions against Ukraine. The contract is for a minimum of six months.
"They also entice potential recruits with insurance payments: minor injury - 1 million rubles, moderate - 2 million rubles, severe - 3 million rubles, death - 5 million rubles." notes the Main Intelligence Directorate.
