Russia’s Right-Wing Reactions to the War
Russia’s right-wing realm consists of two segments: the mainstream right and the far right. The first is a faction of the ruling elite, while the second leads a largely oppositional…
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Laruelle: Russia is a provider of illiberal services to already existing actors, but does not create from scratch these illiberal actors
(SPLC) Hatewatch found an email address ending with a Russian domain name referenced across the source code of a network of three extreme, far-right websites that operate primarily in the U.S. Those three…
Laruelle “breaks down Russian nationalism”
(Meduza podcast) This week’s show looks at Russian nationalism, activism in Russia against police brutality, and the American alt-right. We also return specifically to remarks by Mikhail Svetov from last week’s…
Designating the Russian Imperial Movement a Terrorist Organization: a Drop in the Bucket of Needed U.S. Counter-Extremism Responses
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On April 6, 2020, the U.S. State Department designated the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) as a terrorist organization and placed its leaders on its list of…
An Estranged ‘Marriage of Convenience’: Salvini, Putin, and the Intricacies of Italian-Russian Relations
(Contemporary Italian Politics) (Co-authored with George Spencer Terry) Abstract: This article seeks to tackle two interrelated issues. First, it explains the nature of the mutual affection of the right wing of Italian…
Collusion or Homegrown Collaboration? Connections between German Far Right and Russia
(Political Capital) (Co-authored with Ellen Rivera) Political Capital have already published a series of reports on the connections between the far-right and Russia in many European countries, including Hungary, Austria, Slovakia,…
Of Russia and the European Far Right
(CSIS Podcast) In this episode, Jeffrey Mankoff sits down with Marlene Laruelle, research professor at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs. They discuss the genesis and evolution of European-Russian far right connections, how…
Entangled Far Rights: A Russian-European Intellectual Romance in the Twentieth Century
(NEW BOOK) Since the rise of Putin, many have puzzled by the strange affinity of the far right in the West for today’s authoritarian Russia. Entangled Far Rights explores the deep roots of…
Nationalist Radicalization Trends in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine
(PONARS Policy Memo) Ukraine today faces a vicious circle of nationalist radicalization involving mutual reinforcement between far-right groups and the dominant oligarchic pyramids. This has significantly contributed to a post-Euromaidan domestic…
Russian and American Far Right Connections: Confluence, Not Influence
(PONARS Policy Memo) The current U.S. debate on Russia is shaped by conspiratorial narratives that see Russia meddling in almost every issue of U.S. political life. This frenzy is reinforced…