In August 2006, Russian fascist
Aleksandr Dugin and his
Eurasian Youth Union (Евразийский союз молодежи, ESM) organised a summer camp where ultranationalist activists were further indoctrinated and trained to fight against democratic movements in neighbouring independent states. Looking at the pictures from that
camp, I have identified at least five people who, in 2014, were engaged in the terrorist activities of (pro-)Russian extremists in Eastern Ukraine.
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| Andrey Purgin in the ESM camp, 2006 |
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| Andrey Purgin, 2014 |
Andrey Purgin, first "Prime Minister" of the "Donetsk People's Republic". In 2006, he was a leader of the organisation "Donetsk Republic".
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| Oleg Frolov in the ESM camp, 2006 |
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| Oleg Frolov, 2014 |
Oleg Frolov, a member of the "parliament of the Donetsk People's Republic". Like Purgin, he was a leader of the "Donetsk Republic" in 2006.
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Konstantin Knyrik in the ESM camp, 2006
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| Konstantin Knyrik, 2014 |
Konstantin Knyrik, head of the information centre "South-Eastern Front". In 2006, he was a leader of the Crimean branch of the Eurasian Youth Union.
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| Oksana Shkoda in the ESM camp, 2006 |
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| Oksana Shkoda, 2014 |
Oksana Shkoda, representative of the general headquarters of the "Donetsk People's Republic".
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| Aleksandr Proselkov in the ESM camp, 2006 |
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| Aleksandr Proselkov next to Pavel Gubarev, "people's governor" of the "Donetsk People's Republic", 2014 |
Aleksandr Proselkov, "deputy foreign minister" of the "Donetsk People's Republic". Eliminated.
The
Eurasian Youth Union was established in 2005 with the money from the
Presidential Administration of Russia on the initiative of
Aleksandr Dugin and
Vladislav Surkov, then deputy head of the
Presidential Administration. These pictures are only a small amount of evidence that Russia's war on Ukraine has been planned a long time ago.
