13.09.2017, Lvov.
A group of professors of the Lvov University suggested on September 11 that the university should be named after Stepan Bandera, RIA Novosti Ukraina reports citing the university web site. Continue reading
Revival of fascism
Monument to Soviet soldiers in Spain desecrated
31.08.2017, Spain.
In Madrid, unknown vandals desecrated a monument to the Soviet anti-fascists who died for the freedom of Spain during the Civil War of 1936-1939, Izvestia, a Russian daily newspaper, reports on August 31. Continue reading
President of Slovakia: We must expel fascists from government offices
30.08.2017, Slovakia.
Slovakian citizens must resist the ideology of fascism. They should vote against right-wing radical parties in the upcoming local elections. On August 29, Andrej Kiska, President of Slovakia, made that clear in his speech during the ceremony commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) during World War II, RIA Novosti News Agency reports. Continue reading
Two Chinese tourists in Berlin take pictures of each other giving the Nazi salute
08.08.2017, Germany.
German police detained two tourists from China while giving the Nazi salute in front of the Reichstag, The New York Times reports on August 7. Continue reading
Police forced to use gas to disperse protesters in Melbourne
26.06.2017, Australia.
On June 25, police in Melbourne was forced to use pepper spray to scatter anti-racist and right wing groups, who clashed in Melbourne during a rally, SBS News reports.
The clashes occurred when anti-racists appeared in the march conducted by “True Blue Crew“ and “The Sons of Odin“, two Australian nationalist organizations. Several hundred people took part in the action on both sides. As a result, five people were taken to hospital after the police pepper-sprayed them for breaking through a police line. One demonstrator was arrested for carrying a weapon. No police were injured. Continue reading
Mein Kampf signed by Hitler will be sold at auction in the UK
15.06.2017, United Kingdom.
A rare copy of Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler’s book, (included in Russia’s Federal List of Extremist Materials) is put up for auction in the UK, the BBC reported on June 15.
The Silverwoods auction house will put up the book with the Fuhrer’s autograph. A representative of the Silverwoods said that there are people who believe that preserving this book is necessary, despite the horrors of Hitler’s rule. “In a sense, it’s a way to touch a monster,” said the auctioneer. Continue reading
New ultra-right terrorist cells uncovered in Venezuela
27.05.2017, Venezuela.
Nestor Reverol, Minister of the Popular Power for Interior Relations and Justice of Venezuela, announced that new terrorist cells have been uncovered. They receive funding from ultra-right parties, and they are engaged in inciting violence within Venezuela, reported Prensa Latina, the official news agency of the Republic of Cuba, May 24. Continue reading
Symbols of the 1st Galician SS Division are not considered to be Nazi symbols in Ukraine
20.05.2017, Ukraine.
Symbols of the 1st Galician SS Division do not fall under the law banning Communist and Nazi propaganda, according to Vladimir Vyatrovich, the Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory (UINM) on May 18. This statement was an official response to a request by Strana.ua, an independent Ukrainian online newspaper.
Journalists from Strana.ua asked Vladimir Vyatrovich to explain the legitimacy in using the symbols of the 1st Galician SS Division in the light of the Ukrainian law “On Condemning the Communist and National-Socialist (Nazi) Totalitarian Regimes on Ukraine and Forbidding the Propaganda of their Symbols”. The law was ratified in April 2015. Continue reading
Supporters of Stepan Bandera are offended by society’s reaction after they shot a taxi driver
17.05.2017, Ukraine.
Supporters of the former Right Sector (organization banned in Russia) leader acted in defense of the Ukrainian ultra-nationalists who shot a taxi driver, on May 15, “VESTI.RU” Russian online newspaper reported.
The representative of Yarosh National Initiative organization [Dmitry Yarosh is a former leader of the Right Sector, (organization banned in Russia) – Editor], Andrey Sharaskin, in his comments regarding the shooting of a taxi driver, stated: the attackers will be punished. At the same time, he noted that Yarosh supporters are offended at social network users, and the residents of the city of Kamensky for reacting in condemnation of those who brutally assaulted the taxi driver.
According to Dmitry Yarosh’s representative, one of the attackers, a veteran of the ATO (the so-called Anti-Terrorist Operation of Ukrainian Army in Eastern Ukraine), considered a taxi driver’s show of indifference towards “the great verses” of the Ukrainian nationalist greeting to be insulting, when (instead) he should be grateful for “peace and tranquility in the city of Kamensky [near city of Lugansk in the eastern Ukraine]. Continue reading
Taxi driver was shot for speaking Russian language in Ukraine
17.05.2017, Ukraine.
Taxi driver was beaten and shot in his leg for speaking Russian, said the spokeswoman of Dnepropetrovsk region police department Anna Starchevskaya, TASS news agency reports on May 15
The conflict took place between the taxi driver and the passengers because the driver spoke Russian. One of the passengers started to beat the taxi driver with a stick. Later it turned out that the attacker was a bodyguard of former Right Sector (organization banned in Russia) leader Dmytro Yarosh. When the driver ran away, a few shots presumably from “Makarov” handgun were made in his direction. Continue reading