Michael Colborne
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Neo-Nazis failed to march in an EU capital this week – but they're network is growing
For the first time since 2003, the Lukov March – which honors a Nazi collaborator – did not take place in Sofia, Bulgaria last weekend. But that doesn’t mean far-right groups didn’t mark the occasion → Read More
Dispatches From Asgardsrei: Ukraine’s Annual Neo-Nazi Music Festival
At one neo-Nazi metal festival in Milan, Italy in April of 2019, cell phones and cameras weren’t allowed inside. But that wasn’t the case in December 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the annual Asgardsrei event, which is the neo-Nazi black metal music festival that’s made the Ukrainian capital home since 2015. This meant that fans... → Read More
Most neo-Nazi Music Festivals Are Closely Guarded Secrets — Not This One in Ukraine
The annual Asgardsrei festival in Kiev is shockingly open about staging far-right bands with anti-Semitic, violent lyrics, yet the mainstream media seems prepared to give it a pass as it returns this weekend → Read More
The far right just got humiliated in Ukraine’s election — but don’t write it off just yet
Despite running on a joint slate, the extremists fell short of the electoral threshold. However, their nationalistic rhetoric has muscled its way into the political discourse → Read More
Friday Night Fights With Ukraine’s Far Right
The Azov Battalion is using mixed martial arts to prepare to fight non-Europeans—and seems to be exporting that model to the West. → Read More
The Upcoming neo-Nazi Concert in Ukraine That No One Is Talking About
Saturday will see up to 1,500 people attending a gig in Kiev headlined by notorious U.S. neo-Nazi group Blue Eyed Devils. Even an expert on the far-right music scene is shocked how open Fortress Europe is being → Read More
Ukraine Is Teeming With Anti-Semitism. It Just Elected A Jewish President.
After Zelensky’s inauguration, Ukraine will become the only country outside Israel to have a Jewish president → Read More
This Jewish Comedian Is About To Become Ukraine’s President — No Joke
Jewish comedians don't joke about pogroms, but in Ukraine, a land associated with anti-Semitism, a Jewish jokester is about to become president. → Read More
There’s One Far-Right Movement That Hates the Kremlin
Ukraine’s Azov movement is hostile to Russia, friendly to neo-Nazis, and inspired by France’s new right. It’s not running in Ukraine’s presidential elections because it… → Read More
Petro Poroshenko’s Last-Minute Nationalist Makeover
Ukraine’s president is making a desperate gambit to win re-election—and to remain politically relevant if he loses. → Read More
The Answer to Ukraine’s Problems Is...a Comedian?
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, triumphing in Ukraine's first round of presidential elections, has become the world's latest entertainer-politician. → Read More
The Far Right’s Secret Weapon: Fascist Fashion
Europe's flourishing niche industry is spreading to the U.S., offering shirts and paraphernalia featuring neo-Nazi symbols in less overt forms. → Read More
Inside the Extremist Group That Dreams of Ruling Ukraine
The Azov movement insists it is not neo-Nazi, yet its members have been captured giving Hitler salutes and being virulently anti-Semitic. A trip to the group’s social center in Kiev reveals its heart of darkness → Read More
Ukraine's far right is growing increasingly violent
2018 was a horrible year for attacks on minority groups. With elections looming, 2019 may be even worse – and many say the government is aiding and legitimizing extremists → Read More
There’s One Country in Europe Where Putin Is a Rock Star
The Russian president’s visit to Serbia was a lovefest—but beyond the odes to Orthodox brotherhood, the two authoritarian leaders are using one another to advance… → Read More
Why Does No One Care That Neo-Nazis Are Gaining Power In Ukraine?
Ukraine really does have a far-right problem, and it’s not a fiction of Kremlin propaganda. And it’s well past time to talk about it. → Read More
Russian aggression against Ukraine may not start WWIII, but hints at troubled waters for Putin
Twenty-four Ukrainian sailors are being held by Russia following Sunday’s incident on the Black Sea when three Ukrainian vessels were captured, but no one knows what the Kremlin will do next → Read More
Martial Law Is a Test. Will Ukraine’s Democracy Pass?
Ukraine’s parliament resisted President Petro Poroshenko’s call for an extended state of emergency—but the battle isn’t over yet. → Read More
Russian aggression against Ukraine may not start WWIII, but hints at troubled waters for Putin
Twenty-four Ukrainian sailors are being held by Russia following Sunday’s incident on the Black Sea when three Ukrainian vessels were captured, but no one knows what the Kremlin will do next → Read More
Ukraine’s Fall From Hope
Pro-democracy protests rocked the country and transfixed the world five years ago. Today, a walk around the Maidan reveals a complicated legacy. → Read More