Is Russia Insider sponsored by a Russian oligarch with the ties to the...
The emails leaked by the Anonymous International last year give us a few insights into the workings of the English language pro-Putin propaganda website Russia Insider.Its editor Charles Bausman...
View ArticleHow Alexander Dugin's Neo-Eurasianists geared up for the Russian-Ukrainian...
The Neo-Eurasianist perspective on Ukraine was formed already in the 1990s, when Russian fascist Alexander Dugin argued, in his Foundations of Geopolitics, that Ukraine was “an unnatural state”...
View ArticleSlovak far right allies of Putin's regime (the case of Zem a Vek)
Over the years, in addition to engaging with far right activists and politicians in the capacity of commentators and opinion-makers, various Russian media have developed structural relations with the...
View ArticleHuman rights situation in Crimea: A brief analysis of the EP vote
On 3 February 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution "on the human rights situation in Crimea, in particular of the Crimean Tatars". The resolution reminds that "the Russian Federation has...
View ArticlePro-Russian activism of Mateusz Piskorski detained in Poland
On May 18-19, 2016, the media reported that Poland's Internal Security Agency searched the homes of the leaders of the pro-Russian party Zmiana: Tomasz Jankowski, Konrad Rękas, and Mateusz Piskorski....
View ArticleReview of two books of Alexander Dugin
- Dugin, Alexander. Eurasian Mission: An Introduction to Neo-Eurasianism. London: Arktos, 2014.180 pp.- Dugin, Alexander. The Fourth Political Theory. London: Arktos, 2014. 212 pp. The first of the two...
View ArticleThe Far Right Front of Russian Active Measures in Europe
The relations between Russia and the European far right is not a new phenomenon, but they acquired particular salience in the recent few years, especially after the Russian annexation of Crimea and the...
View ArticleThe alleged terrorist plot in Crimea may be a Russian psyop
Early in the morning on the 7th of August, Russian border guards closed all the security checkpoints on the border between Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in March 2014, and the rest of Ukraine....
View ArticleWelcome to illiberal democracy
Co-authored by Anton Shekhovtsov and Peter PomerantsevOne after another the narratives that prop up belief in western liberal democracy have fallen. Ideal financial system? Not after the 2008 crisis...
View ArticleDie nicht mehr länger stille Gegenrevolution
1977 veröffentlichte Ronald Inglehart sein weithin gefeiertes Buch „Die stille Revolution“, in dem er darlegte, dass sich im Westen eine „stille Revolution“ ereigne, die diesen von Grund auf...
View ArticleItalian Delegation to Russia-annexed Crimea in October 2016: Between Politics...
On 14-16 October 2016, an Italian delegation consisting of 18 politicians and businessmen visited Crimea illegally annexed by Russian from Ukraine in March 2016. The political part of the delegation...
View ArticleWhat lessons can European leaders learn from Trump’s victory?
As the news about the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections have shocked many in Europe, it is high time for European leaders to learn lessons from the outcome of these elections and...
View ArticlePublic lecture: Russia and the Western Far Right
My public lecture on the relations between various Russian actors and the Western far right at the Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna, Austria).The lecture discusses relations between various Russian...
View ArticleAfD and FPÖ politicans observe the illegitimate referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh
On 20 February 2017, the de-facto authorities of the unrecognised state of Nagorno-Karabakh held a "constitutional referendum". It was observed by a number of fake electoral monitors including several...
View ArticleThe Italian far right Lega Nord builds closer ties with Moscow
Late at night on 5 March, the leader of the Italian far right Lega Nord (Northern League, LN) Matteo Salvini flew to Moscow. The next day, on 6 March, Salvini and deputy chairman of the Russian...
View ArticleRussia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir (pre-order)
My forthcoming book Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir is now available for pre-order on several Amazon websites: France, Italy, Spain, UK, Canada, Japan, US, India.Description:This book is...
View ArticleMarine Le Pen n’hésiterait pas à rendre la France dépendante de la Russie
Au début des années 1980, Jean Thiriart (1922-1992), un idéologue néofasciste belge d’après-guerre, appelait de ses vœux la création d’un empire eurosoviétique, un super-Etat fascisto-communiste qui...
View ArticleMarine Le Pen Is No Patriot of France
In the beginning of the 1980s, Belgian post-war neo-fascist ideologue Jean Thiriart wrote that he wanted to see the formation of a Euro-Soviet Empire, a fascist-communist super-state that would stretch...
View ArticleA letter to a Friend on Tolkien, racism and the European New Right
Dear Friend,As I told you before, I would love to share with you some thoughts on the cultural links between Tolkien and the European New Right (ENR). Perhaps, these thoughts are not new and eventually...
View ArticleHelp needed: Moscow-based Sova Centre is declared a "foreign agent" and fined
Dear Friends and Colleagues,The Moscow-based Sova Centre, which conducts top-notch research on nationalism and racism in Russia, needs our help.The Centre has been forcibly declared a "foreign agent"...
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