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Thread. Key Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine says his brand of “ideology of liberation” for Europe &Russia is shaping up in UA: Aleksei Levkin is an Ideologue of Ukraine's National Militia/Azov Movement, leader of cult neo-Nazi Black Metal band M8l8th archive.is/JTzhL /1 
Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine Levkin -who's rep-ly accused of, sentenced in connection with hate crimes in Russia- made it to Ukraine in 2014 and joined the Azov. He's an influential figure in the Azov, leader of “Russian Center” org of anti-Putin Russian neo-Nazis in UA /2
Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine, Levkin is influential internationally as the lead singer of cult neo-Nazi black metal band M8l8th that earned considerable following in the West despite singing in Russian. Band's songs glorify Nazism &Holocaust, promote white nationalism /3
Russia is hostile to his "ideals", neo-Nazi emigre Levkin told COUNTER ATTACK Magazine of Greece's Golden Dawn Youth Front. Levkin says he feels "fulfilled" in Ukraine "Doing what I do – organizing these festivals, playing in M8l8th, working with Azov" /4
In Ukraine, Russian neo-Nazi emigre Levkin says he's put in charge of indoctrination of members of the Azov movement. "I joined National Militia where I began to give lectures and organize the work of local committees countrywide" /5
"I’m a political ideologist in National Guards[Militia] – the combat wing of National Corps, the main right-wing force in Ukraine (and, probably, the world). This is a kind of activity which I wished to engage in all my life", Russian neo-Nazi emigre Levkin says /6
The larger goal is to influence events in Europe, says Ukraine-based Russian neo-Nazi Levkin. "All this activity [in Ukraine, with the Azov] is exactly the part of the European Reconquista aimed to change the current situation of total and inevitable degradation in Europe" /7
Influence of Ukraine-based neo-Nazi Levkin extends into the West. On YouTube admirers of Levkin's M8l8th band's recent album “Reconquista” (namesake of Azov's global ideology) endorse neo-Nazism, hail from USA, Germany, France, Portugal, Italy, etc. /8
Russian neo-Nazi Levkin's radicalizing influence is predicated on having a safe haven in Ukraine. "I'm wanted for political reasons" in Russia, Levkin says in the interview archive.is/JTzhL with COUNTER ATTACK Magazine, of Greece's Golden Dawn Youth Front /9
Leader of cult neo-Nazi band M8l8th &Azov veteran/ideologue Levkih, says he practices what he preaches: "to sing about war, one has to fight; and finally, to sing about murder, one has to kill( ...) This sincerity, consistency(...) defines our existence /10
Residing in Ukraine, Russian neo-Nazi emigre& Azov figure Levkin is also influential in the Wotan Jugend, an unabashedly neo-Nazi organization that spread out in the West & promotes Nazism&Nazis old and new /11
Levkin is unmistakenly a Russian neo-Nazi influencing the West from Ukraine. M8l8th headlines Azov-linked Asgardsrei festival in Ukraine that attracts numerous radicals from the West. One partisan blog linked Asgardsrei to white nationalism in the US toiletovhell.com/too-scared-to-… /END
It is in Ukraine that Russian neo-Nazi emigre/ fugitive Aleksey Levkin is putting his Red Skull-ish vision into life empowered by the Azov movement that’s embedded in Ukraine’s law enforcement. Levkin is by no means an exception, he fits right in the Azov
