FSB, “military action of a special nature,” and coercion: a criminal group from the Moscow area, led by former FSB lieutenant colonel and convicted murderer Poyarkov, was apprehended for demanding funds masquerading as collecting donations for the armed forces
A unit of military personnel participating in the "special military operation" was implicated in money extortion activities in the Moscow area, reportedly with the involvement of ex-FSB lieutenant colonel Sergey Poyarkov and an individual referred to as a "fake general" Vladimir Volkov