@doritoeubanks @ItsArtoir A thread on neo-#Nazis in #Russia and #Ukraine:

The Rise and Fall of Far-Right and Neo-Nazi Movements in Ukraine and Russia since 1990: A Comparative Perspective

/1 @doritoeubanks @ItsArtoir Since USSR ended in 1991, the landscape of far-right & neo-Nazi movements in Russia & Ukraine has evolved in response to various political, social, & economic changes. Understanding this provides crucial insight into a broader resurgence of far-right movements across Europe.

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@Gerashchenko_en "Where's my revolver?"

Comments follow in a 🧵 @Gerashchenko_en Key observations on #May9 Parade:
1. it was very SHORT - either scared in public or no spare military equipment - or both
2. minimal parade equipment: no tanks or helicopters - as much is obliterated
3. parade was STUDENTS from academies - not real soldiers: massive casualties

THREAD: Conscripts are ordinary Russians - many with families - who are ripped from their working lives.
They go from Novosibirsk or Omsk, to the frontlines of Donestk within a week.
No training. No tent. No uniform. No food or even water. No money. No morale.
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#Russia #Ukraine Once on the front lines, they see truth of the situation: entire battalions have lost 70%, 80% or 90% of their men.
The carnage is insane.
Some conscripts die in a day.
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THREAD: England went first. It had its democratic revolution (the Civil War) in the 1600's. This began the long, slow & torturous process of establishing liberal democracy as a vastly better system than monarchy, dictatorship or autocracy. (1) France went next. Its revolution in the mid 1700s created an alternative to the the English revolution by establishing republican democracy as replacement for the oppressions of aristocracy. (2)

THREAD: my best guess as to what's happening:

1. Steve Bannon, during his time at Cambridge Analytica, learned Russian KGB techniques of psychological warfare 2. Bannon taught these techniques directly to Trump; it's why their rhetoric sounds exactly the same as the Kremlin's: "fake news", "your information is fake", "suffering from hysteria", "you're suffering from Trump derangement syndrome", "Democrats are commies", etc. etc.