21/09/2023 08:00
The Guardian
Notorious former football hooligan Denis Nikitin runs a controversial unit actively engaged alongside Ukraine forcesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesDenis Nikitin arrived for an interview at a Kyiv restaurant with a pistol strapped to his side and flanked by two armed bodyguards. It would not have been a surprising sight in wartime Ukraine but for one detail: Nikitin is Russian.Before Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine last year, Nikitin was known as a notorious Russian nationalist, who built links between far-right groups across Europe and was once a major figure on Russia’s football hooliganism scene. Continue reading...
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