Alabuga is a Special Economic Zone in Tatarstan, Russia, publicly branded through "Alabuga Polytech" and "Alabuga Start" as an educational and production hub. In reality, it is Russia's primary serial-production facility for the Iranian-designed Shahed-136 attack drone (rebranded "Geran-2" in Russia); the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) estimates current output exceeds 6,000 units per month. The site is under sanctions by the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom specifically for its role in Russia's military program. The assembly line is staffed by Russian teenagers in the "Polytech" program (some under 18) and by women aged 18–22 recruited from African countries under "Alabuga Start" with promises of hospitality work — AP and ISIS reporting documents that over 90% end up on drone assembly. Director General Timur Shagivaleev personally toured Russian state television through the facility; published footage shows thousands of completed Shahed drones. Interpol's Botswana bureau has opened an investigation into possible human trafficking. The "university" branding is the communications wrapper of a sanctioned weapons plant — engineered for sanctions evasion and cheap labor supply.
Since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, approximately 50,000 Shahed/Geran-type attack drones have been launched against Ukraine (Ukrainian Security Service, October 2025). The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has documented 253 civilian deaths and 1,524 wounded from these strikes, with over 1,600 criminal cases registered for attacks on civilian infrastructure. In March 2026 the average launch rate reached 208 strike drones per day, peaking at 948 launches in the 24 hours of March 23–24 (ISIS). On February 11, 2026, a Shahed struck a private home in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast — killing two one-year-old boys, a two-year-old girl, and a 34-year-old man, and wounding a pregnant 35-year-old woman. Earlier that month, in the same region, two-year-old twins and their father were killed. On March 24, 2026, a Russian strike on a 14-story residential building in Dnipro wounded nine people, including an 18-month-old boy. Each of these strikes was carried out by a weapon mass-produced at Alabuga.
On April 25, 2026, Twitch carried a Counter-Strike 2 esports tournament called the Alabuga Polytech Cup, organized by "Alabuga Polytech" — a college operating as a structural unit of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. The participating channels and the broadcasts themselves carried the organizer's branding: logos, promotional banners advertising "work and study" opportunities, and links to the college website. Streamers presented the project as an educational program for Russian youth — a technical college with stipends and career prospects. They did not mention that what is sanctioned by the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom is not a "university" but the entire industrial core of the SEZ — nor that, according to estimates by the Institute for Science and International Security, more than half of "Polytech" students are assigned specifically to the assembly of Shahed-136 attack drones. They likewise omitted that the facility is repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian strikes, including an April 2024 strike on a dormitory housing participants of the adjacent Alabuga Start program. Below is the list of channels banned by Twitch on April 25, 2026 following mass user reports, with platform links and public identification.
The goal of this campaign is to secure the permanent removal of the listed channels from the Western platforms on which they monetize their audiences alongside their participation in promoting a sanctioned entity. The 30-day suspensions issued by Twitch on April 25, 2026 are not a final measure but a technical response to mass user reports; once they expire, most channels will be automatically restored unless a second wave of pressure follows. The Alabuga Special Economic Zone is designated under the sanctions regimes of the United States (OFAC SDN, February 2024), the European Union (12th sanctions package, December 2023), and the United Kingdom (UK OFSI). This means that Twitch and any other company under U.S. or E.U. jurisdiction is legally prohibited from directly or indirectly providing advertising services to entities on these lists, including their associated brands. Platforms do not respond to moral arguments — they respond to legal and reputational risk. Reports must therefore be structured around sanctions exposure, violations of the platform's own rules (Twitch Off-Service Conduct Policy), and violations of paid-partnership disclosure requirements (U.S. Federal Trade Commission). Below are concrete addresses, forms, and templates. Reports from U.S., E.U., and U.K. citizens carry particular weight, as their regulators hold jurisdiction over the platforms in question.
Subject: Off-Service Conduct violation — channel [HANDLE] — promotion of OFAC-sanctioned entity To Twitch Trust & Safety, I am reporting Twitch channel [HANDLE] (URL: https://www.twitch.tv/[HANDLE]) for violation of Twitch's Community Guidelines, specifically the Off-Service Conduct policy and the prohibition on promoting violent extremism. On April 25, 2026, this channel participated in the broadcast and/or promotional support of the "Alabuga Polytech Cup" — a Counter-Strike 2 tournament organized by Alabuga Polytech, a structural unit of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (Tatarstan, Russia). The Alabuga Special Economic Zone is designated under sanctions by: — U.S. Department of the Treasury, OFAC SDN list (February 2024) — European Union, 12th sanctions package (December 2023) — United Kingdom, OFSI sanctions list Alabuga is the primary Russian production site for Iranian-designed Shahed-136 attack drones (Russian designation: Geran-2). The Institute for Science and International Security estimates production of more than 6,000 Shahed-type drones per month at this facility. According to data from the Ukrainian Security Service and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, these drones have been used in attacks killing 253 documented civilians and injuring 1,524 in Ukraine as of October 2025. By providing promotional services on Twitch — including branded banners, streaming the tournament under Alabuga branding, and redirecting traffic to Alabuga recruitment pages — this channel has acted as an advertising vector for a sanctioned entity engaged in the production of weapons used against civilians. Continued availability of this channel exposes Twitch (and Amazon, Inc.) to potential secondary sanctions risk under U.S. and EU sanctions law. I request that Twitch: 1. Convert the current temporary suspension to a permanent ban. 2. Review all monetization paid out in connection with Alabuga-branded broadcasts on this channel. 3. Apply the same policy uniformly to all participants of this tournament. Reference materials: — OFAC SDN listing: https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov — EU sanctions consolidated list (Council Regulation 269/2014): https://www.sanctionsmap.eu — ISIS report on Alabuga drone production: https://isis-online.org — Kyiv Independent investigation: https://kyivindependent.com — Associated Press investigation on Alabuga Start labor practices [Your name / pseudonym] [Country of residence — if EU, US, or UK, state explicitly]
Subject: Channel kick.com/[HANDLE] — sanctions exposure (OFAC, EU, UK) and Off-Platform Conduct policy violation To Kick Trust & Safety, I am submitting this report regarding channel kick.com/[HANDLE] in accordance with the procedure described at https://help.kick.com/en/articles/8539253-submitting-a-report. Category: Off-platform conduct / Illegal activity / Promotion of sanctioned entity. Summary of conduct: The channel operator participated, on or around April 25, 2026, in the broadcast and promotional support of the "Alabuga Polytech Cup" — a Counter-Strike 2 tournament organized by Alabuga Polytech, a structural unit of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (Tatarstan, Russia). The Alabuga Special Economic Zone is designated under sanctions by: — U.S. Department of the Treasury, OFAC SDN list (February 2024) — European Union, 12th sanctions package (Council Regulation amending 269/2014, December 2023) — United Kingdom, UK OFSI sanctions list Alabuga is the primary Russian production site for Iranian-designed Shahed-136 attack drones (Russian designation: Geran-2). Estimated output exceeds 6,000 units per month (Institute for Science and International Security, October 2025). These drones have caused 253 documented civilian deaths and 1,524 injuries in Ukraine as of October 2025 (Ukrainian Office of the Prosecutor General). The channel operator was banned from Twitch on April 25, 2026 for the same conduct. Migration of monetization activity to Kick following removal from Twitch creates direct sanctions exposure for Kick operations and for any payment processors handling subscription and tip revenue from this channel. I request that Kick: 1. Suspend the channel pending review under the Off-Platform Conduct provisions of Kick Community Guidelines. 2. Audit subscription, tip, and ad revenue flows through this channel for potential OFAC/EU sanctions compliance issues. 3. Apply the same standard uniformly to other channels migrating from the same banned cohort. Supporting evidence and full case documentation: [accountability site URL] [Name / country of residence — please specify if EU, US, or UK]
Subject: Possible secondary sanctions exposure — Alabuga SEZ promotional activity on U.S. platforms To OFAC Compliance, I am writing to bring to your attention a potential pattern of secondary sanctions exposure involving Twitch (Amazon, Inc.) and other U.S.-jurisdiction platforms. On April 25, 2026, multiple streamers — many monetized through Twitch's Partner Program — broadcast and promoted the "Alabuga Polytech Cup," a tournament organized by Alabuga Polytech, a structural unit of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (designated on the SDN list, February 2024). Promotional activity included: — Branded tournament broadcasts on twitch.tv — Banners and links directing viewers to Alabuga recruitment programs (Alabuga Polytech, Alabuga Start) — Monetized streams (subscriptions, bits, advertising) running in conjunction with the sanctioned entity's branding While Twitch issued temporary 30-day suspensions to approximately 17 channels on April 25, 2026, the underlying compliance question remains: revenue flows passed through U.S. payment infrastructure during the period when sanctioned-entity promotion occurred. A full list of channels and archived evidence is maintained at [accountability site URL]. I am submitting this not as a formal complaint but as a tip for your review of potential compliance issues at Twitch / Amazon relating to OFAC obligations. [Your name / contact, optional]
Subject: Possible violation of Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014 — provision of advertising services to a sanctioned entity (Alabuga SEZ) by a U.S.-headquartered platform with EU operations (Twitch / Amazon) To DG FISMA — sanctions enforcement, I am submitting this report concerning a possible violation of EU restrictive measures, specifically Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014 as amended by the 12th sanctions package (December 2023), under which the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) is designated. Conduct: On April 25, 2026, the Twitch platform (operated within the EU by Amazon's European subsidiaries) hosted a Counter-Strike 2 esports tournament titled "Alabuga Polytech Cup," organized by Alabuga Polytech — a structural unit of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. The broadcast carried promotional banners, recruitment links to Alabuga programs (Alabuga Polytech, Alabuga Start), and brand imagery throughout the event. Approximately 17 streamers participated, generating a combined audience reach of nearly 5 million subscribers. The streams were monetized through Twitch's Partner Program, which routes subscription, "bits," and ad revenue through Twitch / Amazon financial infrastructure operating within EU jurisdiction. This conduct constitutes a possible "making available" of economic resources, indirectly, to a designated entity within the meaning of Article 2(2) of Regulation 269/2014, by way of providing advertising services and revenue-generating broadcast infrastructure. Documentation: Full case file with archived broadcasts, screenshots of branding, list of channels, and primary-source verification of Alabuga's sanctions designation and military function: [accountability site URL] Key external sources: — Institute for Science and International Security, monthly Shahed-136 production analysis: https://isis-online.org — Associated Press, investigation into Alabuga Start labor practices (2024) — Kyiv Independent, on Interpol investigation into Alabuga recruitment for human trafficking indicators (April 2025) I am submitting this report so that the Commission may assess the information and refer it, where appropriate, to the relevant national competent authorities — in particular those of Member States in which Amazon EU sàrl and Twitch's European entities are domiciled (Luxembourg, Ireland). [Name and country of residence — for the named-email channel] [Or: anonymous submission via Integrity Line]
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