's childhood friends in Russia are building their own private armies of football hooligans in the vein of 's , a local investigative site reported.Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, close allies of the Russian President, were reportedly introduced to a paramilitary group of fans called the Española battalion by its sponsor, Viktor Shendrik, as oligarchs prepare for a power vacuum and civil war if loses in Ukraine.Football hooligans have already been targeted to enlist in the armed forces, but it would be the first time fans were re-classified as a separate private military company with designs to expand recruitment.
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