hanse_mina, In a joint new investigation, two divisions of Radio Free Europe — the Ukraine-based #Skhemy project and the Russian media #Sistema — uncovered an illicit military recruitment scheme run by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (#GRU). The military intelligence agency, it appears, is using a fictitious private military company, PMC #Redut (which translates as “Redoubt”), to recruit mercenaries for the war in Ukraine.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/10/13/why-does-gru-need-a-pmc