Andrew Tate joins Putin’s army during mad propaganda trip to promote Russia

The self-proclaimed misogynist and ‘manosphere’ influencer Andrew Tate is in Russia promoting Putin’s army alongside his brother Tristan, taking part in a carefully staged shoot

The controversial “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate has been promoting Putin’s military via his social media accounts while on a trip to Russia. The self-described misogynist was seen in military fatigues alongside his brother Tristan whose combat uniform clearly displayed the Russian white, blue and red tricolour.

The pair were apparently at a military training facility on a trip which coincided with Vladimir Putin’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum – the so-called “Russian Davos”. When the 39-year-old arrived in Moscow with his brother Tristan, 37, there was criticism from a lawyer for British women who are bringing a civil case against Andrew

There is also a criminal case in which Andrew and Tristan are accused the Tates of rape, assault and coercive control.

The footage showing them brandishing Russian weapons is only likely to add to the concern since it comes amid Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in which more than half a million people have been killed.

The footage plays the song Katyusha, which is strongly associated with the Soviet Union’s fight against Nazi Germany in World War II, and gives its name to a feared rocket launcher.

When the brothers arrived in Moscow a lawyer for the British women attacked the “extraordinary spectacle” of their friendly greeting in the Russian capital.

Tate and his brother both face criminal charges in England. Andrew faces a civil case brought by four women alleging sexual violence, assault and coercive control

The brothers have been also charged in Romania with human trafficking, rape and forming an organised criminal group.

This followed their arrest in December 2022.

There is an extradition warrant out for them but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is waiting for the Romanian case to be settled. They deny the charges.

When they arrived in Moscow, Matthew Jury, the British women’s solicitor at McCue Jury & Partners, told the Guardian there was nothing to stop British authorities seeking to extradite the men.

“By failing to secure Andrew Tate’s extradition, the British authorities have failed British women seeking justice as well as Britain’s wider interests,” he was quoted as saying.

“That failure has now produced the extraordinary spectacle of Tate travelling to Russia – a state that has decriminalised some forms of domestic violence – to be handed a new platform from which to attack Western values and amplify Putin’s propaganda to his millions of followers.

“For a government that repeatedly calls violence against women and girls a national emergency, and is consistently unable to confront Russia’s relentless attempts to undermine our values, communities and democracy, this is a profound national embarrassment.”

One of the women in the case described his visit to Russia as “deeply upsetting”.