Dolna Krupa, Slovakia

Putin’s biker gang: A Russian biker gang with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin has set up its European headquarters at a former pig farm in Slovakia. The Night Wolves were invited there by Slovak nationalist Jozef Hambalek, who says the gang simply wants to open a military museum at the site. Many Slovaks are alarmed at the Russian presence, because the bikers played a key role in the covert invasion and occupation of Crimea in 2014 and have provided military assistance to pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine. Slovak President Andrej Kiska said the base is “a serious security risk” for Slovakia, a NATO member, because the Night Wolves are “a tool” of the Kremlin.