SARFAN fans! As you all know, we try to empower our readers so that they can identify radical ideologies as they spring up, and in some cases that requires due diligence and research. In an effort to help you wonderful people with these endeavors, we’ve compiled a small list of search terms that might help aid you in your research. These terms are in Russian with a brief explanation of what they’ll bring up or what they’re involved in, and these will typically lead you down a rabbit hole of right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis so be aware that this is research is not for the faint of heart.
Russian neo-Nazi groups, associated VK web pages:
РОНС – Россия Освободится Нашими Силами
Веселый Курт Шнапс – Russian language web page venerating German Nazi history, posts more current racist content
Чурки – Russian derogatory term for non-Russians on these web pages
Alexander Barkashov – the leader of the Русскоe Национальноe Единствo (РНЕ) – Russian National Unity (RNU) movement – one of the oldest Russian neo-Nazi groups going back to the end of the CCCP
Русская Служба Новостей (PCH) – RNU-backed online news service
Антифа
14/88 – 14 stands for 14 words regarding propagating white race – 88 stands for Heil Hitler, as in H is the 8th letter in the English alphabet
Russian Imperial Movement (RIM):
Русское Имперское Движение
Центр “Партизан” – RIM’s web page seeking to enlist students for its paramilitary camps in Russia
Денис Гариев – Denis Gariev – Partizan camp system leader
Станислав Воробьев – Stanislav Vorobyev – RIM leader
Имперский Легион – Imperial Legion is RIM’s armed wing
Russian exile neo-Nazi search terms:
WhiteRex – white supremacist themed clothing brand – exiled Russian neo-Nazis try to sell associated clothing to raise money for comrades in jail in Russia
WOTANJUGEND – exiled Russian neo-Nazi group in Ukraine – anti-Putin
US neo-Nazis and white supremacists and/or groups, venerated by Russian white supremacists, who appear on Russian neo-Nazi pages:
Matt Koehl or Мэтт Кёль – Succeeded Lincoln Rockwell as head of US Nazi Party – renamed it New Order
Куклус Клан (KKK)
Уильям Пирс – Wrote the Turner Diaries that inspire US and Russian Nazis – and Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVeigh – led the National Alliance
Джордж Линкольн Роквелл – Founder of the US Nazi Party – assassinated in 1967
Neo-Pagan, ethno-centrist terms:
СЛАВЯНСКИЙ ДУХ
Бог Сварог
Russian mercenary search terms- sometimes contains racist content:
REVERSE SIDE OF THE MEDAL
Фридансер
Банистан- Russian slang term for “traveling overseas” – going to Libya, probably Syria, etc
Вагнер
Чвк – Russian acronym for private military and security company
There you have it SARFAN fans, some search terms to help you start your own research into these hateful ideological groups. While it might not be enjoyable work, and you won’t get a pat on the back for taking the time to look into these groups, the job is important and we have to maintain vigilance and know what to look for so that we can identify these hate groups when they start trying to rally others to their cause. We hope that with your research you’ll reach out to us and help us continue shining a light on these groups in the future! Again, we always appreciate submissions from you guys and please don’t hesitate to reach out. As always, stay informed, be safe, and if you have any ideas for articles in the future, please reach out!
