Tag: Far-right

Ukraine Live Day 448: Heavy Fighting Near Peski, Stanitsa Luganskaya And Shirokino

May 11, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 436: One Civilian Killed As Fighting Intensifies

April 29, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 411: 3 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed, 2 Wounded By Shelling

April 4, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 403: 1 Civilian Killed, 1 Ukrainian Soldier Wounded In Fighting

March 27, 2015

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The Uneasy Reality of Antifascism in Ukraine

March 23, 2015

First published in German language in Beton International: Zeitung für Literatur und Gesellschaft (10 March 2015). For almost twenty years of Ukraine’s independence, the term “antifascism” used to have very limited currency in the established political discourse in Ukraine. Until 2010, “antifascism” was primarily used as a form of self-identification by an element of Ukraine’s […]

The Far-Right “International Russian Conservative Forum” to Take Place in Russia

March 10, 2015

The Russian fascist Rodina (Motherland) party that was founded by Russia’s current Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin is organising a large conference titled the “International Russian Conservative Forum” (IRCF) to be held in St. Petersburg on 22 March 2015. According to Kommersant‘s journalist Grigory Tumanov, the following European organisations are taking part in the conference: […]

German Die Linke Delegation Visits Right-Wing Terrorists in Eastern Ukraine

March 9, 2015

Originally published on February 19, 2015 Just two weeks after the leader of the pro-Russian right-wing terrorist organisation “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) Aleksandr Zakharchenko declared that Ukraine was run by “miserable Jews”, a delegation of the German party Die Linke visited the author of this anti-Semitic jibe and delivered what they called “humanitarian help”.   […]

Aleksandr Dugin and Greece’s SYRIZA Connection

January 28, 2015

Following the previous article on the far left/right coalition government in Greece, I was asked to provide more comments on the connections between SYRIZA and Russian fascist Aleksandr Dugin. First of all, a few words about Dugin himself (interested readers will find my longer piece on Dugin here, and a thesis on him by my colleague Andreas […]

Russian Fascist Aleksandr Dugin Gathering Intelligence on the French Military

November 28, 2014

A leaked report written by Russian fascist Aleksandr Dugin on 17 December 2013 (and published by the Anonymous International) suggests that he has been trying to gather intelligence on the French military circles. In his report, Dugin describes a closed meeting of the French association “Civisme Défense Armée Nation” (Citizenship, Defense, Army, Nation, CiDAN) that […]

The French Far Right Secure a €9m Loan From a Russian Bank Close to Putin

November 27, 2014

Update: As of writing this article the report was that National Front would receive a €9m loan from a Kremlin-linked bank. In a newer report, EU Observer is now reporting that the total amount of the loan may be €40. — Editors Writing for Mediapart, Marine Turchi reveals that the far right French Front National […]