(This article originally appeared in Norwegian in Verdens Gang.) By Anton Shekhovtsov. Russia seems to be getting serious about building an international alliance of extreme right parties that would aim at undermining the liberal democratic consensus in the West. In addition to providing financial support for parties such as France’s Front National and using extreme right activists and politicians as tools of … Continue reading Russian building international alliance of far-right parties and organizations
Constitution of Donetsk People’s Republic: Russian nationalism, clericalism and capitalism
The essence of the whole project of Donetsk People’s Republic can be put in one paragraph , taken from the end of the preamble of the Constitution: “…establishment of a sovereign independent state, based on the restoration of a unified cultural and civilizational space of Russian World, on the basis of its traditional religious , … Continue reading Constitution of Donetsk People’s Republic: Russian nationalism, clericalism and capitalism
Donbas Seperatist leaders brand ’Kyiv Junta’ “Miserable Jews”
03.02.15 | Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Distasteful anti-Semitism demonstrated by Kremlin-backed militant leaders Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky in Donbas on Monday received wide but typically inadequate coverage. The attack made by the leaders of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ on the ‘miserable’ Jews running Ukraine was not proof that … Continue reading Donbas Seperatist leaders brand ’Kyiv Junta’ “Miserable Jews”
St. Petersburg Neo-Nazi Sadist in Donbas – ‘Russia’s Pride and Glory’
Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group From torturing puppies and calling on fellow neo-Nazis to kill down-and-outs and animals in St. Petersburg, Alexei Milchakov turned to killing Ukrainians in Donbas. Graphic pictures of his time fighting together with Kremlin-backed militants can be found on his VKontakte page – “Alexei Milchakov - Russia’s Pride and … Continue reading St. Petersburg Neo-Nazi Sadist in Donbas – ‘Russia’s Pride and Glory’
SEPARATISTS SHOOT WORKER PROTESTS IN DONBAS
SOCIAL PROTESTS AND REPRESSION IN SEPARATIST RUN DONBAS The news about social protests has reached Donbass, the region which is struggling to separate from Ukraine. The protests are directed against the policies of separatist government. The protesters suffered threats and violent repressions for their actions. On September 22, the people of Atratsit (Luhansk region) went out to the city central square, by the premises of the … Continue reading SEPARATISTS SHOOT WORKER PROTESTS IN DONBAS
THE RUSSIAN FAR RIGHT
By Ben Neal The current crisis in Ukraine has, among other things, highlighted the issue of nationalism in the former soviet republics, and in particular extreme right nationalism. The politics of the Euromaidan movement, which toppled President Yanukovich are overwhelmingly those of Ukrainian nationalism in various forms, and far right organisations such as the Right … Continue reading THE RUSSIAN FAR RIGHT
A Popular Front for Russian Nationalism
A Popular Front for Russian NationalismThe “Manifesto of the Popular Front for the National Liberation of Ukraine, Novorossiya and Transcarpathian Rus’.” (1)by Dale StreetThis is the title of the manifesto adopted at a conference – attended by people who regard themselves as being of the left, and by representatives of various brands of Russian nationalism, … Continue reading A Popular Front for Russian Nationalism
Russian White Guards in the Donbass
Friday 4 July 2014, Zbigniew Kowalewski was in 1980-81 a member of the regional leadership of Solidarnosç in Lodz. As a delegate to the First Congress of Soldarnosç, he took part in the elaboration of the programme that was adopted. He was in Paris at the invitation of French trade unionists when the state of siege … Continue reading Russian White Guards in the Donbass
The Donetsk revolt and the “people’s governor – commander Pavel Gubaryov”
Following the fall of President Yanukovych on 22 February 2014, and the occupation of the Crimea four days later, pro-Russian demonstrations erupted across eastern and southern Ukraine. They all read from President Putin’s script that the new government of Ukraine was anti-Russian and illegitimate, and called for following Crimea into Russia. The success or failure … Continue reading The Donetsk revolt and the “people’s governor – commander Pavel Gubaryov”
Warning to anti-fascists invited to meeting at SOAS
Published on Sunday, 01 June 2014 23:28Written by Gerry GableThe so-called Anti-Fascist Resistance in Ukraine has called a meeting on the evening of Monday 2 June at SOAS. The British left and anti-fascist movement has been canvassed to take part.The warning below, which exposes these political crooks, comes from genuine anti-fascists in Ukraine. President Putin’s … Continue reading Warning to anti-fascists invited to meeting at SOAS