The Rise Above Movement, Patriot Front and Azov Battalion

How These Movements Are Connected, Funded and Weaponized

I will be honest, January 6th has given me what some might call PTSD. We all witnessed the events that carried out that day and it’s a day none of us will forget. Jan6 has been dissected and analyzed on my show at nauseum and we all know bad actors from Antifa/BLM/FBI were embedded in the majority of peaceful MAGA folks. Fast forward to this past weekend a group of 31 Patriot Front members were arrested in Idaho and what was the reaction from majority of people? “Ah, the fedbois got caught again, look at those glowies.” I don’t blame people for having that take right away, but after digging on this group and the others we will discuss it’s simply not true. It doesn’t mean though, they aren’t leveraged for political gain for evil people to push radical change on the United States. I want to give 2 shout outs to my cohost’s on my Saturday night show Tom Forde and KH Farmer for doing a big part of the research for this. Their truth social links are linked to their names. Give them a follow. Let’s begin shall we.

As you all know in past articles I have written, to understand these groups we have to find patterns of behavior or what I was taught in school, modus operandi. We begin with the Rise Above Movement. The group was originally called the DIY Division but changed it’s name in 2017. This group is based out of Orange County and San Diego and their founder is Robert Rundo. To summarize their ideology, they are Neo Nazis that have a fight club. They train to engage in fights, hand to hand combat, ect. They believe in physically beating down their enemies.

This screenshot is from FBI criminal court documents from special agent Scott Bierwirth who was investigating this group in 2017 and 2018. Sauce

Now who was Rundo meeting specifically in the Ukraine? This brings us to Olena Semenyaka.

She has been described as the “first lady” of Ukrainian nationalism. Her pseudo-intellectualism and international networking with NeoFascist groups, as well as her guru-like command of the Azov movement in Ukraine, make her a formidable power behind the throne in the Kiev regime. Sauce

What business was discussed?

RAM was hosted by Olena Semenyaka, head of the National Corps, the political wing of the Azov Battalion, a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard with neo-Nazi and white supremacist affiliations.[20] Semenyaka later stated that Rundo and his compatriots “came to learn our ways” and “showed interest in learning how to create youth forces in the ways Azov has.”[21] During their visit, the RAM members joined the Azov Battalion for sparring at the Reconquista Club, an mixed martial arts (MMA) club affiliated with the group.[22] Rundo entered an MMA competition for white supremacists from across Europe, supposedly the first American to take part in the history of the event.[23] While in Kiev, Rundo also got a tattoo of the Viking warrior logo of White Rex, a clothing label founded by Russian MMA fighter and Azov Battalion associate Denis Nikitin.[24] –CISAC Sauce

Olena has a knack for radicalizing westerners as can be described from the FBI court records. She was dead set on these men, “learning their ways”.

https://scottdegroat.substack.com/p/the-rise-above-movement-patriot-front-d10?r=w0ott

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Something very important to note here is that Rousseau was 17 when he formed Patriot Front. Olena taught Rundo how to proficiently organize younger impressionable minds and the way to do that back then (according to the fbi doc) was discord servers and groups. You will see that proofed later in the article. This prior arrest report reflects Rousseau’s age from an arrest he had in Texas in 2020 so we could verify his age. Sauce

These groups know a lot of each others members since they share similar world views and you can see here that Patriot Front accepted “dual memberships” as long as they were transparent about every action they were committing.

With the formation of Patriot Front, Rousseau instituted strict rules on dual membership, requiring members to disclose affiliations with other organizations. He also required members to disclose activity on a regular basis or risk being purged from the organization. Typical offerings include distributing flyers and banner drops, proof of which are posted to Patriot Front’s social media accounts almost every day. Sauce

A very interesting picture we were able to catch from the most recent coverage of the Patriot Front arrests in Idaho was this picture here from the video. A few of the members were wearing these shirts with the Knight Templars logo on it. Interestingly enough these shirts are made by a merchandise shop owned by Robert Mundo (head of Rise Above Movement). 1st photo below is of the arrest of the Patriot Front wearing that shirt. 2nd photo is the screenshot from the merch store. Sauce

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Same modus operandi.

And interestingly enough, the Patriot Front loves to be called Feds. And we can thank Joe Rogan for this. Patriot Front was having issues recruiting early on and Joe Rogan was mocking them on one of his podcasts.

“Look at these guys. Where’s the fat people? How come they’re all wearing the same clothes,” Rogan exclaimed, seemingly befuddled by YouTube footage of the Dec. 4 march cued up by guest and Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi.

“Maybe they’re real,” Rogan said, “but I’m calling bullshit.” Sauce

“Really says something about the system when half our guys weren’t even in step and we’re not even all ‘slim’ and yet we’re already being compared to the highest intelligence office at the state’s disposal,” a Patriot Front member, meanwhile, wrote in the leaked chats regarding Rogan’s statements. Added another: “The best part is that we’ll just keep having demonstrations and the same people will wonder why us ‘feds’ haven’t stopped yet.” Sauce

Calling them Feds is hiding what they really are and honestly what they want you to think. Rousseau is learning from the past mistakes they committed in the Unite The Right rally to avoid future arrests and to change public perception about who they are. They mask their identities and mostly stay off socials besides like places like Gab and Telegram. They keep physical fitness charts as well for all their members to stay disciplined and in physical shape.

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