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Putin’s Angels: the bikers battling for Russia in Luhansk, East Ukraine. They were anarchic petrolheads and now they’re the Russian henchmen of Vladimir Putin - meet the Night Wolves, Moscow’s most infamous motorcycle gang.

Oleg and wolf mask. Super 35mm. December 2015 | Luhansk, east Ukraine.

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“The club was created to fight against the USSR, but in the end we started working with the state.”

Putin’s Angels: the bikers battling for Russia in Ukraine

They were anarchic petrolheads and now they’re the Russian president’s henchmen - meet the Night Wolves, Moscow’s most infamous motorcycle gang. Their base in Luhansk, east Ukraine, resembles a set from Mad Max. Inside their stronghold, the Night Wolves open up about the families they left behind.

[An accompanying article and selection of images was published in The Guardian Weekend Magazine here.]