They were anarchic petrolheads and now theyre the Russian president’s henchmen: meet the Night Wolves,Moscow’s most notorious motorcycle gangA rumble of artillery prompts the biker gang to pause inside their stronghold. It has been some time since the rebel-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, on the war-torn fringes of Europe, and has witnessed any frontline action. An explosion sends pulses racing. “Finally,” grins one of the men. “We’re going to fight.”
But, with a large gathering like a flash approaching, or the bikers soon put themselves back to work. After all,their stage is not going to build itself. Their magical oak tree stands unfinished; a phoenix costume needs its full, resplendent (brilliantly glowing) plumage.
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Source: theguardian.com