Background actors were reportedly recruited on social media and offered hired $7 and free merch to attend Vladimir Putin’s patriotic rally in Moscow.
Russian extras were recruited on social media platforms and offered money and free merchandise to pack out a patriotic stadium rally helmed by President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Wednesday, according to reports.
They were being offered 500 rubles, which is about $7, as well as free merchandise for their trouble. The patriotic celebration was attended by representatives of Russia’s military branches in dress uniforms, and featured rappers, pop and rock acts — and even a group of accordion players who entertained the crowd with patriotic songs.
Prigozhin released a redacted copy of what he said was Wagner’s official request to the defense ministry for ammunition.“This is one of the places where the bodies of those who have died are gathered,” Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, told a prominent Russian military blogger in an interview.
Besides releasing the grisly photo of his dead combatants, a defiant Prigozhin also released a redacted copy of what he said was Wagner’s official request to the defense ministry for ammunition with detailed tallies of shells used, requested and received.
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