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A few years ago, we would have talked about the regiment of the nomenklatura. Today it is a special unit tailor-made for members of the Russian elite. The sesame of those who, out of "patriotic" conviction or political expediency, wish to participate, with limited risks, in the fighting in Ukraine and obtain the status that this confers on them. Kaskad - this is the name of this unit created last year - would have a hundred members and was based in February near Vouhledar, in Donbass, according to a report made at the time by the pro-Kremlin military reporter Semion Pegov. It is only recently that a corner of the veil has risen on this mysterious group, thanks to some testimonies and information published on Telegram channels like VchK-OGPU.
According to this source, the creator of Kaskad is Dmitry Sablin, a deputy of the presidential party United Russia. The elected official would have launched this initiative by reacting to the accusation against his son Anton...
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