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Russia’s Mercenary Army Is Using Pornhub to Recruit New Members

WAR-HUB

“Don’t whack off, apply for a job with the Wagner Group,” the ad says.

Victor Swezey
Victor Swezey
Visitors gather outside PMC Wagner Centre, which is a project implemented by the businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 4, 2022.
Igor Russak/Reuters

When convicted felons are not enough for your brutal mercenary army, who do you target next? Porn-watchers, if you’re Russia’s Wagner Group. Vladimir Putin’s guns-for-hire have turned to Pornhub for recruiting, posting a highly suggestive ad to get young Russian men off the couch and onto the blood-soaked battlefields of...

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Victor Swezey

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