E.N.O.T. Corp.

{{Infobox war faction

| name = E.N.O.T. Corp.

| native_name = Единые народные общинные товарищества

| native_name_lang = ru

| image = E.N.O.T. Corp logo.jpg

| caption = Logo of E.N.O.T. Corp.

| active = 2011–2019

| founder = Igor Mangushev{{Assassinated}}

| leaders =

| battles = {{tree list}}

| designated_as_terror_group_by = {{flag|Ukraine}}{{Cite news |date=6 February 2023 |title=Ukraine's Parliament Recognizes Wagner as Transnational Criminal Organization |work=Kyiv Post |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/post/11883 |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-date=25 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525172814/https://www.kyivpost.com/post/11883 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Проект Постанови про Звернення Верховної Ради України до Організації Об'єднаних Націй, Європейського Парламенту, Парламентської Асамблеї Ради Європи, Парламентської Асамблеї ОБСЄ, Парламентської Асамблеї НАТО, Парламентської Асамблеї ОЧЕС, урядів і парламентів держав світу про визнання російських приватних військових компаній терористичними організаціями |trans-title=Draft Resolution on Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine's Address to the United Nations, European Parliament, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, BSEC Parliamentary Assembly, and governments and parliaments of the countries of the world on recognition of Russian private military companies as terrorist organisations |url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=69267 |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=Verkhovna Rada |language=uk |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526024053/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=69267 |url-status=live }}

}}

E.N.O.T. Corp ({{langx|ru|ЧВК «ЕНОТ»|translit=ChVK «YENOT»}}; also frequently written as ENOT Corp) was a Russian private military company founded by Igor Mangushev.

It undertook mercenary work in Ukraine, Syria, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Etymology

E.N.O.T. is an acronym of the organisation's full name, {{langx|ru|Единые народные общинные товарищества|Yedinyye narodnyye obshchinnyye tovarishchestva|United People's Communal Partnerships}}. Enot (енот) is also Russian for raccoon, the animal the group uses as a logo.{{Cite web |last=Никитин |first=Дмитрий |date=2018-11-09 |title=ФСБ начала задерживать участников ЧВК E.N.O.T. |url=https://dailystorm.ru/obschestvo/fsb-nachala-zaderzhivat-uchastnikov-chvk-e-n-o-t |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Daily Storm |language=ru |archive-date=2023-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208145039/https://dailystorm.ru/obschestvo/fsb-nachala-zaderzhivat-uchastnikov-chvk-e-n-o-t |url-status=live }}

The organisation is sometimes known as the Yenot or Raccoon PMC.{{Cite web |date=6 Feb 2023 |title=Wife of neo-Nazi Russian army captain calls husband's wound "failed execution attempt" |url=https://theins.info/en/news/259156 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=The Insider |language=ru |archive-date=2023-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209010219/https://theins.info/en/news/259156 |url-status=live }}

History and activities

E.N.O.T. was founded in 2011{{Cite web |date=1997-04-05 |title="Еноты" в клетке |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/02/22/79661-enoty-v-kletke |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Новая газета - Novayagazeta.ru |language=ru |archive-date=2022-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830064845/https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/02/22/79661-enoty-v-kletke |url-status=live }} by Russian nationalist and Svetlaya Rus founder Igor Mangushev{{Cite news |last=Goble |first=Paul |author-link=Paul A. Goble |title=Russian Nationalist Group, Acting as a Private Military Company, Worries Kremlin |url=https://jamestown.org/program/russian-nationalist-group-acting-as-a-private-military-company-worries-kremlin/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Jamestown Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208212327/https://jamestown.org/program/russian-nationalist-group-acting-as-a-private-military-company-worries-kremlin/ |url-status=live }} to bring together various Donbas-based militias and give them a more official status and ability to process funds for fighter's salaries, pensions, and other social protections.{{Cite web |last=Tumanov |first=Grigory |date=2015-03-23 |title=Послевоенные действия |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2688561 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Kommersant Vlast |page=34 |language=ru |archive-date=2022-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821194523/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2688561 |url-status=live }} E.N.O.T. has undertaken armed activities in Ukraine, Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2012, the group provided military training at a gathering of right-wing militiamen to over 450 individuals, earning {{Currency|1500000|RUB|linked=yes}} (${{International dollars|1500000|RUS|year=2012|round=yes}} international dollars in 2012) over the course of the three-day event.{{Cite news |last=Полухина |first=Юлия |date=22 February 2019 |title="Еноты" в клетке: Как участники событий в Крыму и на Донбассе потеряли кураторов, деньги и свободу |language=ru |trans-title=“Raccoons” in a cage: How participants in the events in Crimea and Donbass lost curators, money and freedom |work=Novaya Gazeta |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/02/22/79661-enoty-v-kletke |url-status=live |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830064845/https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/02/22/79661-enoty-v-kletke |archive-date=30 August 2022}}

Since 2015, the group has been providing military training in camps in Serbia, Donbas and Belarus. Training camp participants include children aged between 12 and 18 from Russia, Montenegro, Serbia, Belarus, Transnistria, and South Ossetia. The Serbian training camp, operated by Bosnian War veterans, was shut down by the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2018 citing child abuse concerns. On 7 November 2018, in response to the training of children, Russia's Federal Security Service and police force arrested members of E.N.O.T., releasing them the following day.

E.N.O.T. brands itself in Russia as {{Lang|ru|русская православная община}} ({{Literal translation|Russian Orthodox community}}) and officially registered with the Russian Ministry of Justice in May 2016 as a non-profit organisation. The official purpose was stated as the promotion and protection of patriotic youth, although as of 2018, the group had not submitted any official reports on activities. Since 2015, E.N.O.T. has received support from the Russian government for activities in Syria and Karabakh. E.N.O.T. was active in the Russo-Ukrainian War and supported the war in Donbas.

=Disbanding=

The company was disbanded on order of its founder and leader Mangushev some time in 2019. Afterwards, the former leadership of the company would be persecuted by the Russian government. In 2021, E.N.O.T. treasurer Vladimir Morozov was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for extortion.{{Cite news |title=Суд в Туапсе приговорил идеолога ЧВК "ЕНОТ" к 10,5 годам колонии |language=ru |work=BBC News Русская служба |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-57664017 |access-date=2023-02-08 |archive-date=2022-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830064841/https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-57664017 |url-status=live }} In 2022, organisation leader Roman Telenkevich was sentenced to 13 years in prison for organising a criminal community, extortion, and threatening to kill or cause grievous bodily harm.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-23 |title=Суд приговорил главу ЧВК "Е.Н.О.Т." к 13 годам колонии строгого режима |language=ru |work=Радио Свобода |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/sud-prigovoril-glavu-chvk-e-n-o-t-k-13-godam-kolonii-strogogo-rezhima/31766276.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |archive-date=2022-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830095600/https://www.svoboda.org/a/sud-prigovoril-glavu-chvk-e-n-o-t-k-13-godam-kolonii-strogogo-rezhima/31766276.html |url-status=live }} In early February 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, founder Igor Mangushev was fatally shot in the back of the head at a Russian vehicle checkpoint in Kadiivka.{{Cite news |date=8 February 2023 |title=Умер командир подразделения Народной милиции ЛНР Мангушев |language=ru |agency=RIA Novosti |url=https://ria.ru/20230208/mangushev-1850499481.html |access-date=8 February 2023 |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208184546/https://ria.ru/20230208/mangushev-1850499481.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2023-02-08 |title=Notorious Russian nationalist Igor Mangushev shot dead in Ukraine |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64566582 |access-date=2023-02-08 |archive-date=2023-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208163919/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64566582 |url-status=live }} Following Mangushev's death, any remaining members still holding out were largely absorbed into other units and organisations.{{cite web |last1=Askew |first1=Joshua |title=Everyone is talking about Wagner. But who are Russia's other mercenaries? |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/everyone-talking-wagner-russias-other-050053244.html |website=Euronews |date=16 May 2023 |publisher=Yahoo! News |access-date=8 July 2023}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20170723010345/https://enotcorp.org/%d1%85%d0%be%d1%82%d1%8f%d1%82-%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%80%d1%83%d1%81%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b/ E.N.O.T. Corp.] - Official Website (2017 archive)
[https://www.instagram.com/enotcorp/?hl=en E.N.O.T. Corp]. - Instagram

Category:2011 establishments in Russia

Category:2016 establishments in Russia

Category:Military units and formations of Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Category:Organizations designated as terrorist by Ukraine

Category:Organizations founded by Igor Mangushev

Category:Paramilitary organizations based in Russia

Category:Private military contractors

Category:Pro-Assad factions of the Syrian civil war

Category:Pro-Russian militant groups

Category:Russian mercenaries

Category:Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war

Category:Separatist forces of the war in Donbas