Tag: Rodina Party

Russia and Front National: Following the Money

May 3, 2015

A new leak of the text messages originating from a hacked smartphone of a high-ranking officer of Russia’s Presidential Administration sheds further light on the relations between the Russian authorities and their far-right allies in France. The hackers from the Anonymous International have disclosed thousands of text messages sent to and by Timur Prokopenko, deputy […]

Russia Update: 5,000 Rally in Novosibirsk Against Censorship of the Arts in Russia

April 4, 2015

Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. UPDATES BELOW Special features: – Alexey Navalny On the Murder of Boris Nemtsov –Theories about Possible Perpetrators of the Murder of Boris Nemtsov –Novaya Gazeta Releases […]

What Does the Fascist Conference in St. Petersburg Tell Us About Contemporary Russia?

On May 9, Russia will plunge into ritualized mass celebrations to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism in the “Great Patriotic War” (World War II). At the same time, on March 22, a few weeks before the celebrations, a Russian party with the presumably patriotic name “Motherland” (Rodina) held the International Russian […]

Russia Hosting Europe’s Neo-Nazis, Nationalists and Anti-Semites, Putin Supporters All

March 22, 2015

Staunton, March 21 — Even as Moscow denounces anything it views as a manifestation of fascism abroad and prepares to mark the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, the Russian authorities are hosting tomorrow a meeting of Europe’s neo-Nazis, extreme nationalists, and anti-Semites who share one thing in common – their unqualified support for […]