For the past six years, a motorcycle club known as the Night Wolves, have been establishing a presence in Australia in support of Vladimir Putin.
Founded in 2015, the club says it now has 40 to 50 members around New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria.
Being described as a ‘proxy’ for the Kremlin, the Russian arm of the club is willing to conduct or support military operations at arms-length from the Russian government.