The Russian Imperial Movement’s Stanislav Shevchuk toured Washington, DC with American white nationalist Matthew Heimbach - @cjcmichel 's 2017 article.
I'd add that (a dwindling number of) social media associated with Shevchuk suggest that he practices law in Barcelona, Spain.
On the Russian Imperial Movement’s RECENT international contacts: In November 2019 RIM’s Stanislav Shevchuk took part in an international conference organized by Spain’s far-right National Democracy party. Check out participants here : democracianacional.org/dn/31535/
The Russian Imperial Movement now recruits new members online (using @Google forms) off the global terrorist designation by @StateDept. RIM Leaders Gariev and Vorobyev cast the designation as an attack on Christianity, open up by describing themselves as "white Christians".
In a recent-ish interview leader of the Russian Imperial Movement Vorobyev described 2019 as significant for RIM's international contacts, spoke about "new ties to western European right", RIM's participation in events in Austria, Spain, Bulgaria, Poland vk.com/wall-3560737_1….
Global Terrorist designation of the Russian Imperial Movement thwarted international outreach plans, RIM's leader Denis Gariev says in an interview - vk.com/video-17621934…. Gariev says he's worried about safety, extraditions to the US, expects pressure from Russian authorities
Attempting to defend the Russian Imperial Movement's involvement (via radicalization and training of perpetrators) in 2016 Gothenburg terrorist attacks, RIM's leader Gariev argued today that bc perps spent only 2 years behind bars their crimes couldn't be all that serious.
Russia's Prosecution office summoned one of the leaders of the Russian Imperial Movement Denis Gariev for questioning. That's per Gariev's interview on Friday. On April 6 the Department of State designating RIM as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, or SDGT.
Russia’s Prosecutor General Office tells Interfax that it hasn't received any inquiries from the USA re the US-designated Global Terrorist "Russian Imperial Movement", says it has no data re RIM’s involvement in terrorism interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=…
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