Russian Imperial Movementism is the ideology of the Russian Imperial Movement, a
Russian ultranationalist,
neo-Nazi,
white supremacist militant organization which operates out of Russia. The group seeks to create a new
Russian Empire. Its paramilitary wing is the
Russian Imperial Legion. During the Donbas War, it recruited and trained thousands of far-right volunteers who joined the Russian separatist forces in Ukraine. It has also given training to other far-right groups in Europe and North America.
Its leader is Stanislav Vorobyov. It has been designated as a terrorist group by the
United States and
Canada. Some of its publications have been blacklisted in
Russia, although the
Russian government refuses to designate the group as a terrorist organization.
History
He was born in Leningrad, Northwestern,
Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union on June 2nd 1960 but then in 1982, he graduated from the faculty of
law at St. Petersburg State University (LSU) and in years later he was a supporter of the
"All-Russian Party" of the
"Monarchical Center".
In 2002, Stanislav A. Vorobyev founded the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) at St Petersberg,
Russia while according to various data the movement was founded in 2005 but then in 2008, the
"Imperial Legion" was formed by the movement as a paramilitary arm that was lead by Denis Gariev six years later as he called for young
Orthodox men to dedicate themselves to defending
Novorossiya even the paramilitary arm maintains two training facilities in the city even one of which is located south of Heinäsenmaa island located in Lahdenpohsky,
Karelia called camp Partizan that runs urban warfare training, shooting training, tactical medicine, high-altitude training, military psychology and survival training as during that same year members of the movement visited Stockholm,
Sweden in order to attend Karl XII's Memorial Day with a
Neo-Nazi group called the "Party Of The Swedes" (SVP) lead by Stefan Jacobsson until 2015.
In 2011, the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) has joined with the "People's Militia Named After Minin And Pozharsky" (NOMP) lead by Vladimir Kvachkov until 2015 while in July 2014 during the War In Donbas (2014-2022), the "Imperial Legion" began training while sending volunteers in support of unrecognized republics such as
Donetsk or
Lugansk even they participated in hostilities in the areas such as Slavyansk, Debaltseva and Mius but then sat down Nikishino,
Ukraine and then certain members of the legion worked as mercenaries in the
Middle East along with
North Africa.
In 2015, it was noted that the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) provided support to the "Nordic Resistance Movement" (NRM) while Stanislav A. Vorobyev had visited the movement in Sweden but then he got a visit by the
"Atomwaffen Division" lead by Brandon Russell as both groups adhere to
James Mason's
Accelerationism and according to an investigation in which was conducted by an online
newspaper called "Infobae" a new cell of the "Atomwaffen Division" was created in Russia receives training from the movement as the citizens of the
United States of America who are affiliated with the group are also believed to have taken part in it.
The "National Counterterrorism Center" (NCTC) with it's director Christopher Miller confirmed that American Neo-Nazis have had contacts with the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) specifically on previous occasions as they have travelled to Russia to train with the group while Miller described these connections as relatively loose or informal and Kaleb Cole who is the new leader of "Atomwaffen Division" allegedly was one of them who was trained by movement.
In May 2018, the "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) lead by Frank Franz held a meeting in Riesa, Meißen,
Saxony,
Germany with related organizations such as
"Serbian Action" along with
"Bulgarian National Union - New Democracy" (BNU-ND) lead by Boyan Rasate while the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) with its representatives are in this event but then in November 9th 2019, Stanislav A. Vorobyev was invited by an
Austrian Monarchist movement called the "Black-Yellow Alliance" lead by Nicole Fara to took part in the movement's congress in which was held in Vienna,
Austria at the Parkhotel Schönbrunn a guest house for the palace of
Franz Joseph I and during the same month a representative of the movement held a speech in an international conference in Madrid,
Spain that was organized by the Far-Right Spanish political parties such as "National Democracy" lead by Luis Mateos along with the
"Alliance For Peace And Freedom" lead by Roberto Fiore.
In January 26th 2020, Anatoly Udodov who is a representative of the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) was arrested at the Stockholm Arlanda airport in Sweden after the "Swedish Police Authority" had discovered a cache of weapons belonging to him while they confiscated numerous firearms from him the previous summer due to his connections to "Nordic Resistance Movement" (NRM) for being a representative of this group as well but then he was a local recruiter for training camps in Russia and according to the police, Udodov is friends with a convicted
terrorist named Viktor Melin who was part of a group of Swedish Neo-Nazis who went to Russia for military training with a upon returning was responsible for a string of bombings against minorities along with political enemies at a
Leftist bookstore or an asylum centre.
The "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) has also provided paramilitary training to German, Polish and
Finnish Neo-Nazis that have been recruited by Johan Bäckman along with Janus Putkonen and they are aligned with the movement.
In January 30th 2020, it was reported that a member of the "Imperial Legion" named Vladimir Skopinov who had also previously fought in the War in Donbass (2014-2022) along with the Syrian Civil War (2011-) died in the Second
Libyan Civil War (2014-2022) while the website of the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) has been found to be part of a broader cluster of websites for political groups in Russia that promote
Monarchy mixed Orthodoxy drawing inspiration from the Black Hundreds (1904-1917) and the cluster has other 202 groups such as
"For Faith and Fatherland" along with the modern revival of the
"Union of the Russian People" lead by Vyacheslav Klykov.
In April 6th 2020, the "United States Department of State" (DOS) added the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) along with Stanislav A. Vorobyev, Denis V. Gariyev and Nikolay N. Trushchalov to the "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" (SDGT) list thereby making it the first White Supremacist group to be designated a terrorist organization related to
Islamic Terrorism by the "United States Department of State" along with "United States Department of Justice" included the movement’s website with its print media in the list of extremist materials and the Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry named
Maria Zakharova stated that the inclusion of "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) in the list of terrorist organizations is designed for external propaganda effect even does not contribute to the fight against Terrorism.
In April 29th 2020, the "Spanish Ministry of the Interior" (MIR) received an intelligence report which stated that the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) was inciting its Right-Wing extremist contacts in Spain to commit acts of terror such as attacking the infrastructure & transportation system and using chemical weapons against the public.
In June 5th 2020, a German magazine called "Focus" reported that the German security services were aware of the training of German Neo-Nazis in Russia while they could not prohibit the Germans from traveling to the country for legal reasons but the authorities assume that President Vladimir Putin is aware of the camps tolerate it and the
"International Centre for Counter-Terrorism" (ICCT) described the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) relationship with the Russian government as an adversarial symbiosis as long as they do not commit terrorism domestically as they are free to operate even they offer training to militants even to send troops to conflicts abroad where Russia has a stake in the world.
In February 3rd 2021, the "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) was officially designated as a terrorist group in Canada while in 2022, the German government verified that members of the "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) youth organization "Junge Nationalisten" along with the
"Third Path" lead by Matthias Fischer are trained in Russia and the representatives of the movement were involved in military operations during the Russian invasion of Ukraine of the Russo Ukrainian War (2014/2022-) with the "Imperial Legion" that has a approximate number is 4000 personnel-personal composition, 20 RSZO-Grad, 20 artillery M777.10 armoured personnel carriers, 5 T-74 tanks, 20 Sarmat units and 49 Dagger units even the legion was in
Central African Republic Civil War (2012-2022).
The "Russian Imperial Movement" (RIM) lead by Stanislav A. Vorobyev is sanctioned by the European Union and
Switzerland.
Beliefs
Personality
Relations
Friends
White Nationalism - WHITE POWER
Accelerationism - ACCELERATE
Clerical Fascism - I'm Orthodox lol
Ultranationalism - GLORY TO RUSSIA!
Russian Irredentism
Christian Nationalism - GLORY TO CHRISTIAN RUSSIA!
Monarcho-Fascism - Make a new Russian Empire!
Siegeism - James Mason is such a great guy!
Frenemies
Strasserism - Too leftist but I supported you in Bulgaria.
Enemies
Zionism - Fuck you
Multiculturalism - GET OUT OF HERE!!
Marxism-Leninism - Lmao get burglarized
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