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| Why are German neo-Nazis training in Russia? |
| 2022-03-20 |
Why we disregard hysterical talk about uniquely evil Ukrainian Nazis: because we know they got training and support from government supported white supremacists in Russia. We see the beams in both Russian and Ukrainian eyes. Article is from 2020. [DeutscheWelle] German right-wing forces of Evil are receiving paramilitary training in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to a new report by news magazine Focus. Who is running the training, and what do we know about the participants?WHAT KIND OF CAMP DID RIGHT-WING FORCES OF EVIL REPORTEDLY VISIT IN RUSSIA? Participating in paramilitary training is legal in Russia. Such training takes place under the protective umbrella of DOSAAF (Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy), an organization whose founding dates back to the days of the Soviet Union. The actual training, in which Germans reportedly participated, is provided by a club appearing under two different names: "Rezerv" or "Partizan." It takes place at a military facility on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. Until 2018, "Partizan" and its members were listed on the website of St. Petersburg's municipal office as a vigilante group in the Vyborg district. "That was prior to my taking office," a district representative told DW when asked about the matter. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 Oh, and it's SR's bday, too! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Clesh7431 2022-03-20 23:59 |
| #11 And just to show I'm not prejudiced... (Shosty) |
| Posted by: Zenobia Clesh7431 2022-03-20 23:58 |
| #10 Delicious, Thor Wholuck4595. We grew up playing Bach — the others seriously, while I enjoyed sitting in the middle of it all. Kind of like here, come to think of it. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-20 22:53 |
| #9 And speaking of Russian Germans... Happy birthday! |
| Posted by: Thor Wholuck4595 2022-03-20 19:20 |
| #8 |
| Posted by: Bob Poodle7892 2022-03-20 18:26 |
| #7 "Remember that time in Odessa... Next week? Was the whine ever besser?" "Those sausages--" "Yes!" "Were the wurst--" "And the best!" "Though I wonder... were we the aggressor?" |
| Posted by: Bob Poodle7892 2022-03-20 18:10 |
| #6 Good Lord, some people just love Putin's propaganda. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-03-20 14:33 |
| #5 Nikolai Kravchenko, one of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion's leaders, was waxed yesterday. Andryi Biletsky, their leader who said Azov Battalion would "lead the white races of the world in a final crusade…against Jew-led Untermenschen ", has a slick social media presence. YouTube gives free reign to his anti-Semitic hate and war propaganda. If Biletsky goes on telling his storm troopers to face the Russians in Mariupol while he sits at home in his recording studio, he might survive the war and go on to make a living as an "influencer." Big market for hatred of the "Jew-led Untermenschen." YouTube's happy to help |
| Posted by: Lemuel Shagum5816 2022-03-20 09:09 |
| #4 "Invading"? Tool |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-03-20 07:55 |
| #3 Let's hope they are being trained by the same people who trained the Russian troops "invading" Ukraine. |
| Posted by: US 2022-03-20 02:03 |
| #2 I thought, well, besides climate change, that the #1 threat in the US was right-wing extremism. But it's o.k. in Ukraine. Got it. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-03-20 01:42 |
| #1 A neutral view this morning from India's English-language newspaper of record, The Hindu The Azov Battalion: The Neo-Nazis of Ukraine |
| Posted by: Spike Clort9438 2022-03-20 01:29 |