#Española (Battalion)

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upbeat crane
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how much media coverage is there of Española? i think i read about them perhaps in Meduza in English, or elsewhere not already linked above

dense hatch
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The Sun and Daily Mail in the UK both ran articles on them a month ago but there hasn’t been a hole lot previous to that other than the Metro in early 2023. Surprising considering their link to high profile football clubs.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25830469/putin-private-hispaniola-army-neo-nazis-football-hooligans/amp/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13162975/amp/putin-oligarchs-espanola-pmc-wagner-rotenberg.html

https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/15/russian-football-hooligans-form-seperate-battalion-to-fight-in-ukraine-18445533/amp/

The Sun
Putin resorting to private army of neo-Nazis run by warlord 'The Sp...

PUTIN has resorted to recruiting Neo-Nazis and football hooligans to form his own private army – the ruthless Española group. By gathering die-hard football fans across Russia, the group̵…

Mail Online
Putin's childhood friends 'create their Wagner-like private armies'

Football hooligans in Russia have already been targeted to enlist in for Ukraine, but it would be the first time fans were classified as a separate private military company.

Russian football hooligans form separate battalion to fight in Ukraine

Hooligans are invited to ‘Get into the coolest adventures of your life with a real chance to come back alive from these scrapes,’ in Ukraine

upbeat crane
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ahhh yes, ok i recall these kinds of articles. i'd be curious if there's more that can be dug into about them, or new developments (i am very much not focused on the minuitiae of what Russian forces are doing etc)