RWA x Kelt: The Risks and Realities of Fighting for Russia
Added 2025-07-31 18:39:22 +0000 UTCHow do you join the Russian army, gain citizenship, avoid eternal contracts, and stay out of storm units?
In this episode, we speak with Kelt, a Scottish volunteer from the Pyatnashka Brigade, who went from starry-eyed artilleryman to jaded soldier of fortune in less than a year.
We don’t shy away from the darker realities of the war -- or the Russian army's rougher edges. This is a raw, unfiltered look at the risks foreign volunteers face, what traps to avoid, and what Kelt learned the hard way.
Previous episode ft. Kelt: https://www.patreon.com/posts/118181714/edit
00:00:00 - Kelt's last 9 months, legal problems, tfw no citizenship
00:11:03 - PMCs vs MoD contracts
00:25:10 - North Koreans taking over Kelt's position
00:31:00 - Kelt's ideological crisis & Russian identity
00:42:15 - On Derek Huffman's case
00:49:00 - Immigration hardships in Russia
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Comments
This episode was pretty cool. I like the darker themes, they are very grounding. I hope kelt is willing to share some stories in the future when it is safe to do so. I hope everything works out for him and his unit.
Char
2025-08-10 00:18:50 +0000 UTCDoesn't sound ideal. He seems to have fallen between two stools to use a colloquialism. I am very sympathetic to him, though part of me wonders how wise a move it was in the first place, and I would apply that concern towards any foreigner volunteering in wars between countries they are not from, always, it seems to me, going to be at a disadvantage?
Sean Gabriel
2025-08-06 17:57:14 +0000 UTC
