Name
Nightwolves Mc
Year of birth
1989
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Additional Information
Addresses:
Nizhniye Mnevniki, 110, Bike Centre, Russian Federation
Other information:
Type of entity: Motorcycle Group
Place of registration: Russian Federation
Justifications:
Nightwolves MC is a nationalist motorcycle club founded in Moscow in 1989 and headed by Alexander Zaldastanov, with approximately 45 chapters worldwide, including chapters in many Members States of the European Union. The Nightwolves MC has been actively involved in the Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine by publicly supporting the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the war against Ukraine in 2022, by actively spreading anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian propaganda and by fighting with or supporting pro-Russian groups in Ukraine following the annexation of Crimea and the Russian war against Ukraine in 2022. The group is linked to “Wolf Holding Security Structures”, a company that operates training camps for “self defence” in Sevastopol, providing military training.
The group is a key supporter of the Russian government, actively supporting Russian state propaganda in Russia, as well as in Europe and the Western Balkans, publicly denying Ukraine’s right to statehood and calling for the “denazification” as well as the “de-Ukrainisation” of the country, promoting the idea that Ukraine should be an integral part of Russia.
The group also has close links to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Russian government and has received state funding from the Kremlin between 2013 and 2015. The group has repeatedly shown its support for the military operation, in particular by sending some of its members as volunteers to the army. The Nightwolves are therefore an entity or body materially supporting actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Furthermore, it is an entity responsible for, supporting or implementing actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, as well as the stability and security in Ukraine.