article_snippet.sent: Vladimir Putin   rides a Harley Davidson trike next to Night Wolves leader Alexander Zaldostanov in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, in 2011 . '
article_snippet.sent: Some Russian bikers who are not members of the Night
article_snippet.sent: The Night Wolves leader Alexander Zaldostanov, known as the surgeon, leads a procession of bikers out of Moscow as The Night Wolves leader Alexander Zaldostanov, known as the surgeon started the memorial run on Saturday .
article_snippet.sent: A flag bearing the image of Stalin is seen as Night Wolves bikers gather in Moscow ahead of the memorial run .
article_snippet.sent: their left Moscow on Saturday with tattooed leader Alexander Zaldostanov leading a column of bikers waving red flags with portraits of Stalin and the wartime slogan 'For the Motherland!
article_snippet.sent: The Night Wolves are closely linked to President Vladimir Putin, who has joined the bikers several times at rallies, riding a Harley-Davidson trike, and called them his 'friends.'
article_snippet.sent: The Night Wolves biker group was founded in 1989, just before the fall of the USSR, and has around 5,000 members across the former Soviet Union.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Night Wolves biker gang are pro-Putin, and the Russian leader has ridden with The Night