Foreign Policy Research Institute A Nation Must Think Before it Acts How Putin’s Favorite Biker Gang Infiltrated NATO

How Putin’s Favorite Biker Gang Infiltrated NATO

Foreign Affairs

Since Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, Europe has been on high alert against further Russian aggression, with military planners conducting joint exercises and calling for increased military spending. This summer, however, Moscow’s hybrid war on the West took an unexpected twist: a pro-Russian paramilitary established a base, disguised as a biker gang headquarters, a little over an hour from Bratislava, Slovakia—well within the borders of NATO itself.

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