Anonymous ID: cbf009 May 15, 2022, 5:16 p.m. No.16281985   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1991 >>2016 >>2297

https://newrepublic.com/article/154434/friday-night-fights-ukraines-far-right

 

Those guys slowly gathering before the fights? Their tattoos feature symbols with neo-Nazi connotations such as the SS runic insignia. Their t-shirts are from well-known far-right fashion brands. That man running around like heโ€™s the manager? Heโ€™s Denis Nikitin, a notorious neo-Nazi who has personally trained far-right extremists across Europe in combat, and has been called one of the most dangerous figures on Europeโ€™s far right.

Here in Kyiv, at a venue owned and operated by Ukraineโ€™s far-right Azov movement, you can pop in off the street and personally witness one of the ways violent extremists are prepping for the future.

Anonymous ID: cbf009 May 15, 2022, 5:21 p.m. No.16282016   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2053 >>2190 >>2338 >>2410

>>16281985

https://www.rferl.org/a/azov-ukraine-s-most-prominent-ultranationalist-group-sets-its-sights-on-u-s-europe/29600564.html

Azov, Ukraine's Most Prominent Ultranationalist Group, Sets Its Sights On U.S., Europe

Associations Too Much For Some In Azov

While Azov's cooperation with groups like RAM has been largely welcomed by the group's members, some have found it uncomfortable.

Skillt, the Swedish national who fought as a sniper in the Azov Battalion, is one of them.

"I don't mind [Azov] reaching out, but the ones they reach out toโ€ฆ Jesus," he told RFE/RL, in an allusion to RAM. He added that he had recently distanced himself from Azov because of that association and others with far-right groups in Europe.

Skillt, who runs a private intelligence agency in Kyiv and said his clients "really don't enjoy bad company," argued that the group has made a mistake by not reaching out more to right-wing conservatives who could help with "influential contacts in Europe [so] you don't get branded a neo-Nazi."

But Semenyaka described praise of Azov from foreign ultranationalist groups who are increasingly welcoming it as evidence that the organization is taking the right path. And she said it isn't about to let up.

Next, she said, Azov hopes to win over larger, more mainstream far-right and populist Western political forces who "can be our potential sympathizers."

"If crises like Brexit and the refugee problem continue, in this case, partnerships with nationalist groups in Europe can be a kind of platform for our entry into the European Union."

Anonymous ID: cbf009 May 15, 2022, 5:34 p.m. No.16282078   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2190 >>2338 >>2410

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/german-tv-shows-nazi-symbols-helmets-ukraine-soldiers-n198961

German TV Shows Nazi Symbols on Helmets of Ukraine Soldiers

In a ZDF report on the fragile cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, images were shown of soldiers wearing combat helmets with SS insignia and swastikas.

2014

Ukrainian soldiers with Nazi symbols on their helmets, including the swastika and the SS runes of Hitler's infamous black-uniformed elite corps.