For the past six months, several pro-war Telegram channels have been calling on Russian-speaking residents of Europe to spy on NATO military sites and report their findings through a special bot. Recruits are instructed to photograph military bases and purchase local maps, guidebooks, and SIM cards to send to Russia. To uncover who’s behind the operation and how it works, a Novaya Gazeta Europe journalist posed as a potential recruit. Here’s what they discovered.