The so-called E.N.O.T Corporation, a once lavishly-funded Russian “private military company” that helped Russia seize control of Crimea and fought in the Donbas, has run into trouble with Russian enforcement bodies, although not over its killings in Ukraine.
The Russian Investigative Committee claims that E.N.O.T men, under the leadership of two Russian FSB officers, took part in extortion and robbery in Russia, and many of them are now in custody over these charges. It seems likely, in fact, that this is a crackdown, not for criminal activities, but for their leaders’ conflict with their Kremlin administrators.
There are numerous illegal armed formations receiving suspicious amounts of funding, so the disappearance of E.N.O.T Corp. fighters and their “military-patriotic” camps teaching young kids how to kill may not make a significant difference. The criminal proceedings are useful, however, for the incriminating details already revealed.