Mina Hanse<p>In a joint new investigation, two divisions of Radio Free Europe — the Ukraine-based <a href="https://nafo.uk/tags/Skhemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skhemy</span></a> project and the Russian media <a href="https://nafo.uk/tags/Sistema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sistema</span></a> — uncovered an illicit military recruitment scheme run by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (<a href="https://nafo.uk/tags/GRU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GRU</span></a>). The military intelligence agency, it appears, is using a fictitious private military company, PMC <a href="https://nafo.uk/tags/Redut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Redut</span></a> (which translates as “Redoubt”), to recruit mercenaries for the war in Ukraine. </p><p><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/10/13/why-does-gru-need-a-pmc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">meduza.io/en/feature/2023/10/1</span><span class="invisible">3/why-does-gru-need-a-pmc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nafo.uk/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://nafo.uk/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>