: How the Russian far right is piling on the pressure on Putin to win the Ukraine war – at any cost #IndiaNEWS Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the Kremlin has sought by every means

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How the Russian far right is piling on the pressure on Putin to win the Ukraine war – at any cost #IndiaNEWS
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the Kremlin has sought by every means to minimise the reality of war. The description of the invasion as a “special operation� and persecution of anyone who dared call it by any other name is intended to underline the supposedly temporary and limited nature of the armed conflict. It seeks to blur the boundary between war and peace. This principle continued in Vladimir Putin’s speech on September 21, in which he announced a “partial mobilisation�.But Ukraine’s fierce resistance has turned the tables. While some Russians have opposed the attack on Ukraine from the outset and publicly protested against the mobilisation that has just been declared, others, on the far right, feel that Russia is holding back too much and are increasingly calling for total mobilisation, the carpet-bombing of Ukrainian cities and even the use of nuclear weapons.Understanding who these ultranationalists are and what they stand for is essential if were are to decipher the Kremlin’s war strategy.The men behind Russia’s far rightAlthough almost no one in Russia openly claims to be “far right�, there is nevertheless a “heterogeneous coalition� on the right of Vladimir Putin’s regime comprising orthodox fundamentalists, various shades of opposition nationalists (ranging from “national-democrats� to neo-Nazis), so-called patriotic militias, military bloggers (milbloggers) and Donbas veterans. The latter’s figurehead, Igor Girkin, also known...Read more

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