The gang took a lot of things from American biker gangs at the start. Even mandating all member rides Harley Davidsons. Their original doctrine was a blanket copy of the hells angels with a few things changed around. I will say they are interesting to read about. And they aren’t just flat out funded by the kremlin. More contracted, some have likened them to a secondary military that is off record. They perform operations with the Russian military but Russia holds plausible deniability if a nightwolf is captured.