The Russian Connection. The spread of pro-Russian policies on the European far right.
14/03/14
http://www.riskandforecast.com/useru...connection.pdf
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The Russian Connection. The spread of pro-Russian policies on the European far right.
14/03/14
http://www.riskandforecast.com/useru...connection.pdf
I don't know the last time an important German politician was so not amused and made it clear on a public stage.
Steimmeiers response to a couple of provocateurs, likely from the far left. The German Linke had even some elements at the Crimean Circus, happily serving the noble cause alongside members of the extreme right and an Italian mafioso. :wry:
He has been a force of moderation and almost desperate for diplomancy and then a couple of useful idiots are shouting crude Kremlin-inspired propaganda.
Regarding the article, I think the far-right leaders and members are also enjoying the rare 'international' stage and the diplomatic treatment given to them.
Now that sounds indeed like a Lega Nord guy, who has clearly no idea what he is talking about and uses bland phrases. I almost can hear his Italian.Quote:
Italy, Matteo Salvini, Northern League Federal Secretary (La Voce Della Russia, December 20, 2013)
People in Italy still know little about Russia, although in my opinion Russia represents the future. In the coming years Russia shall become a unique partner for the League and Northern Italy
Here is one Crimea observes list with pictures.
http://anton-shekhovtsov.blogspot.be...s-observe.html
The last two months haven't been normal in Germany regarding extremists and wackos in general. The strange behaviour of far left and far right in the Ukraine case is a sideshow compared to this.
A nice bunch at a Lega Nord PC, with the reliable 'Liberal' Kremlin-man Viktor Zubarev of United Russia being the second speaker. One can easily imagine how the far-right gang for the Crimean Circus was recruited..
A grand total of 1733 views so far.
It gets better and better, Putin's 'Fifth column' seems to be rather active. It fits rather nicely with what we already know. I wonder who paid the whole event, most likely the country of the moderator which is now known to invest rather heavily to get mouthpieces and allies in the West...
Translated by Google.Quote:
At the same time, however, discussed only a few meters away, in the town palace of Prince Liechtenstein, nationalists and Christian fundamentalists from Russia and the West, as they save Europe from liberalism and the "satanic" gay lobby and how they could revert to the old, God-given order. The meeting was held behind closed doors and drawn curtains under the strictest secrecy. However, it was confirmed the TA of two independent sources.
Hosted the conference in Vienna were the Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeew and its Sankt Foundation Basil the Great . Malofeew also moderated the event. Other guests from Russia were the chief ideologue of the Eurasian Movement , Alexander Dugin , as well as the well-known nationalist painter Ilya Glazunov . From France, the deputies of the National Front , Marion Marechal -Le Pen came ( granddaughter of the party 's founder and niece of Marine Le Pen) and the historian Aymeric Chauprade . From Spain traveled to Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon -Parma , leader of the Catholic- monarchist Carlist movement, from Switzerland Serge de PAHLEN , director of the Geneva financial company and husband of the heiress Margherita Agnelli de Fiat PAHLEN . From Austria , the chairman of the right-wing populist Freedom Party , Heinz-Christian Strache , his deputy John Gudenus and the Vienna FP politician Johann Herzog participated , from Bulgaria , the chairman and founder of the far-right Ataka party , Volen Siderov . Next in attendance were right-wing extremists from Croatia , noblemen from Georgia and Russia, and a Catholic priest .
Asked by the Austrian Standard, the FPOe said that it was a 'private invitation', not worth to be commented on.
From interview with Marine Le Pen.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-972925-2.htmlQuote:
SPIEGEL: Why are you supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin in his position against Europe in the Ukraine crisis?
Le Pen: I do not support Putin against Europe. This is a caricature. I support a federalist Ukraine. The EU poured fuel on the fire by proposing an economic partnership to a country known to look half to the East and half to the West.
SPIEGEL: Do you admire Putin?
Le Pen: I have a certain admiration for Vladimir Putin because he doesn't allow decisions to be forced upon him by other countries. I think he focuses first and foremost on what is good for Russia and the Russians. As such, I have the same respect for Putin that I do for Ms. Merkel.
SPIEGEL: Putin isn't a democrat.
Le Pen: Oh really? He isn't a democrat? There are no elections in Russia?
SPIEGEL: There is no freedom of the press, for example.
Le Pen: But you think that there is real freedom of the press in France? Ninety-nine percent of the journalists are leftists!
SPIEGEL: That's what you think. But journalists aren't killed and they aren't locked up.
Le Pen: To be honest, there are many things said about Russia because they have been demonized for years at the behest of the USA. It is part of the greatness of a European country to develop one's own opinion and to not view everything through the US lens. We have no lesson to teach Russia if we concurrently roll out the red carpet to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and China.
SPIEGEL: So you are more opposed to the US than you are in favor of Russia?
Le Pen: The Americans are trying to expand their influence in the world, particularly in Europe. They are defending their own interests, not ours. I am in favor of a multi-polar world in which France once again takes its position as the leader of non-aligned states, not with the US, not with Russia and not with Germany. One should strive to be neither slave nor master.
http://euobserver.com/eu-elections/124719Quote:
Le Pen fails to create far-right EP faction
24.06.2014 09:29
BRUSSELS - Far-right duo Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders have failed to form a group in the European Parliament.
Wilders told Dutch media outlet ANP on Monday (23 June) they were unable to meet the minimum parliament criteria of having members from at least seven different member states.
http://www.ponarseurasia.org/sites/d...August2014.pdfQuote:
Beyond Anti-Westernism: The Kremlin’s Narrative about Russia’s European Identity and Mission
Marlene Laruelle Published 08-04-2014
Especially since 2011-12, there has been an observable shift in Russia’s ideological atmosphere. This has included the repeated crafting of new ideological repertoires— sets of arguments that serve as content for the branding of a new “voice of Russia” and that are supported by networks of influence. Anti-Westernism, and especially anti-Americanism, exemplifies this quest for new repertoires. However, the Kremlin’s narrative is multifaceted and dissassociates the West’s liberal values from Europe as a philosophical and historical principle. This has led to a dual discourse criticizing contemporary Western politics but emphasizing Russia’s role in preserving “authentic” European values. In this memo, I explain how Russia’s “European repertoire” should be understood through the historical prism of the “Russian idea.” I then discuss one aspect of this European repertoire—the narrative of Russia as a savior of Christian values—and the political networks in the West that are receptive to it.
http://20committee.com/2014/09/09/pu...ends-in-paris/Quote:
Putin’s Secret Friends in Paris
September 9, 2014
Russian weekly Ogonyok writes about French far right volunteers in Donetsk.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2557415
In September, Le Pen received 9 million EUR from Russian bank ...
http://inagist.com/all/536187017487720448/
A solid thread to follow as it is at the heart and core of the Russian attempts to undermine the EU through their "fellow travelers" the neo right, ultra nationalists and fascists---which for some might be a contradiction in terms since Russia evolved out a Communism.
kaur---same story but in French ---France's far-right got a loan from a Russian bank thanks to an MEP who was also an "election observer" in Donetsk http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...illions-russes …
This time a "Russian fellow traveler from the old Communist days"--notice how he is parroting the Russian FMs comments of a "civil war":
#Ukraine's Foreign Ministry responds to #Czech president’s claim of ‘ civil war’ in Ukraine
http://www.unian.info/politics/10121...n-ukraine.html …
Reference France's le Pen:
Ben Judah @b_judah
Frequent guest in Moscow. And strong opponent of NATO "imperialism" in Ukraine.
pic.twitter.com/oF0QPccRCy
Ben Judah @b_judah
Has the Kremlin returned to it's Cold War strategy of trying to break NATO via sponsoring France extremists - just this time the right wing?
Seems like Russia is using massive info war tactics to get their two ships released to them---even faking polls in France.
Le Figaro did not publish results of #Mistral gallup because fraud - #Russians interfered with voting (French)
http://www.lefigaro.fr/international
Interesting article on Russian "fellow travelers and influencers" in Europe.
http://www.bloombergview.com/article...ends-in-europe
Trust in the Czech President after his pro Russian "fellow travelers comments" yesterday drops.
#Zeman Under Fire: Czechs' trust in their president plummets following Ukraine comments
http://youtu.be/sJHNwFi-Hh0
Most Czechs do recall 1968.
Zeman got elected after a rather dirty campaign, fitting seemingly the man which has acted in style...
Kasparov remarked:
Apart from the direct successors of the DDR regime party, the Linke, most 'supportive' politicians come indeed from the (far) right although there are obviously guys which are linked through business ties.Quote:
Czech president Zeman curses & attacks Russian political prisoners. Drunk, stupid, or looking for a job at Gazprom?
The attempts of various CEO to influence the political game on behalf of a authoritative leadership with which the do much business are nothing new under the sun. It shouldn't surprise that the persons listed are mostly in sectors in which the relationship with said leaders and their circle is of the biggest importance.
Le Front national, nouveau « parti de l’étranger » ? opens brilliantly Mediapart's story. Le Monde reports it as well and after the French loss to the Swiss in the Davis Cup final it is the most read one. Obviously other nations spend money to influence the national politics of other countries, but at least in Europe I don't recall such a blunt effort. At least other European extremists were funded a bit more covertly...
Some details about de Villiers.
https://www.facebook.com/marcinrey/p...02730449846925
KGB paid Norwegian Socialdemocratic Ministers to bloc Norway's EU entry?
http://www.dn.no/meninger/kommentare...kgb-i-eukampen
About Russian bank, that gave money to FN.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB100...23601794862004Quote:
Willing Banks Find Profits in Legal Trade With Iran
Updated April 8, 2012 1:42 p.m. ET
As Western sanctions on Iran have grown tighter, some small banks have found a lucrative niche financing what remains of the legal trade with the Islamic Republic.
Top-tier financial institutions including Socit Gnrale SA and Rabobank Group have stepped back from business with Iran in recent months, citing increased political risk and logistical hassles that attend even legal trade with the country.
As a result, the remaining players are commanding higher fees and offering increasingly complicated services. Like Russia's First Czech-Russian Bank LLC and China's Bank of Kunlun Co. Ltd, they are typically small, obscure financial institutions often based in countries historically friendly to Iran.
While relatively small, the markets are large enough to attract smaller institutions. In February, some traders started flocking to First Czech-Russian Bank after word spread that it had started servicing Iran trade facilities, according to Iran trade professionals. In March, Roman Popov, the chairman and majority owner of the bank, was elected to lead the Russian-Iranian Business Council, promising to increase bilateral trade.
Seems to be blogger, who covers this Russia and far right topic. Good posts from him!
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This development supports my earlier argument that "European right-wing extremists seem to benefit financially from their cooperation with the Kremlin"
http://anton-shekhovtsov.blogspot.be...e-9m-loan.html
The Real Rebels of Eastern #Ukraine: neo-Nazi from St. Petersburg,#Russia
https://www.facebook.com/UkrainePatc...00837140021991 … pic.twitter.com/d2W6ObVrvm
Reference Hungary:
#Orban wants #Ukraine as a buffer to #Russia. Sweet Putinist.
http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/.../11022238.html …
In German--a good article on the Russian support to right wingers in Europe.
Putin und die Populisten: Das rechte Netz des Kreml
http://spon.de/aenxK
via @SPIEGELONLINE
And more and more is coming out.
Behind the 'Putin youth': the fastest growing organisation in #Russia http://buff.ly/1xNgP2H
pic.twitter.com/8AG2Pl0Ft1
The Populist Networks.
http://mercury.ethz.ch/serviceengine...l_May+2014.pdf
Once pro Russian always pro Russian.
The President of the Czech Republic advises Ukraine to surrender to the 'stronger neighbour'.
http://zik.ua/ua/news/2014/11/25/pre..._susidu_543614 …
pic.twitter.com/ItMxPfnysM
And who says Putin is not "buying" European neo/ultra rightist support?
Wow. €9 million was just the first transaction for Le Pen from Russia - another €31 million to follow
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126693
"#Putin gives 40m € to #France's #LePen" is no surprise for those, who read this 2 May 2014 article:
http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/05/0...ign-in-the-eu/ …
Article in todays' German Bild newspaper.
A report is claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin has far-reaching plans to secretly rule Europe via a covert operation with the title: “Putin: the new leader of international conservatism.”
Sources in the German intelligence agency said the country’s eurosceptic party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), is being convinced by Russian secret agents as part of a wider-reaching plan to “to construct a network of right-wing populism in western Europe,” reported The Express, citing German newspaper BILD.
BILD reported that Moscow’s Centre for Strategic Communications drafted up a blueprint for the covert operation with the title, “Putin: the new leader of international conservatism.”
“In Europe Putin dreams – and he has said this publicly – of having a sphere of influence across the continent all the way down to Portugal,” BILD states.
From Anton's blog, mentioned by Kaur:
I would add Italy to that list, with the Lega Nord. Even among the corruption-rich environment of Italian parties it's proportion of scandals and embezzlement by the dear founder's family stands out. As FN the LN has something of a family business, although young Renzi is not quite up to Marie. In any case some of the (financial) links of party members to the Kremlin are rather obvious, as in the case of the voting dog and pony shows in Crimea or the Donbas.Quote:
Marine Turchi's important piece for Mediapart concludes with a note that French investigators have already launched an inquiry into the funding sources of the FN. We can only hope that similar initiatives are undertaken in other European countries too, especially in Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria.
It would not surprise me at all if not only members but also the party itself receives pecunia from Moscow which in that FN man's words doesn't stink despite it's origins. Berlusconi's Forza Italia is of course more dangerous.
Schindler's new input.
http://20committee.com/2014/11/29/is...end-of-europe/
FN and guest from Russia.
http://www.dw.de/le-pen-basks-in-att...en-eu-2092-rdf
A lot of Putin's argument lately center around western liberalism which Russia equates with guy support.
Behind a pay wall but otherwise a great article today in The Sunday Times about when Merkel decided Putin needs to be "contained" not appeased.
And for a German leader like Merkel that means a heck of a lot in her thinking.
It also means the SPD's Ostpolitik is totally now dead for good.
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/...cle1490279.ece
Russia lent money to Greece’s #neofascist Golden Dawn, Italy’s Northern League & other antiEU parties
http://www.theweek.co.uk/europe/6149...uropean-unrest
Russia's links with the French far right get curiouser and curiouser. An ex-KGB agent lent Le Pen senior €2 million:
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126731
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126898Quote:
Le Pen admits to further loans from Russian lenders
12.12 @ 09:22
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the president of French far-right party, the National Front, has told French website Mediapart he got more loans from Russian lenders than the €2mn earlier reported. He didn't give the amount, but said it could be up to €20mn. A Russian bank also lent the party €9mn.
Putin Seeks to Influence Radical Parties in Bid to Destabilise Europe
BY ELISABETH BRAW / JANUARY 9, 2015
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/01/16/p...ls-297769.html
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/127250Quote:
EP security points to Farage group in 'Red Dalia' dispute.
The distribution in the European Parliament of a controversial book accusing Lithuania's president Dalia Grybauskaite of having worked for Soviet Russia has been linked to the eurosceptic EFFD group led by British MEP Nigel Farage.
Over 700 copies of the controversial book, which alleges that the president worked for Russia’s Soviet-era spy agency, were placed in MEPs’ pigeonholes.
Following a complaint by Liberal Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga, and a separate intellectual property complaint by the book’s author, Ruta Janutiene, who said she never gave anyone permission to translate it, the EP’s directorate-general for security has concluded that “Red Dalia” was distributed on 10 December by EFDD secretariat member Kevin Ellul Bonici.
The findings of the internal investigation were meant to be confidential, but were leaked to the media by Guoga.
The letter from the security directorate, addressed to EP president Schulz, says Bonici on the day in question “invited two guests into parliament, one Russian citizen, and one Polish citizen who was born in Moscow”.
As if on cue or is it a loan condition, as The Independent reports 'Paris attacks: Jean-Marie Le Pen says French terror attacks were work of Western intelligence':Link:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-9985047.htmlQuote:
The shooting at Charlie Hebdo resembles a secret service operation but we have no proof of that....I don’t think it was organised by the French authorities but they permitted this crime to be committed. That, for the moment, is just a supposition.
http://anton-shekhovtsov.blogspot.be...coalition.htmlQuote:
26 January 2015
Greek left-wing SYRIZA forms a coalition with the pro-Kremlin far right
The Greek population is among the most Russian-friendly in the EU and the useful idiots or foreign observers in the Crimea and the Donbas were from the extreme European left and right. The current Greek coalition, made by parties with extreme elements from the respective ends of the spectrum, should find relative rare common ground over that aspect of foreign policy.
Possibly a bargaining chip for the far more important rounds with the EU on austerity, but who knows?
Both Greek parties have close ties to Dugin and Russia/Russians have over
31B USDs in Cyprus banks---one of the largest money washing capitals in the West. One of their Greek banks that went under and lost all Russian accounts was in total ownership (hidden) of Russian oligarchs.
American anti-Semite & frmr KKK leader David Duke photographed together w/ Aleksandr #Dugin (right)
v @A_SHEKH0VTS0V
pic.twitter.com/eZTZE4Xk9U
How Putin Is Infiltrating European Politics
http://uk.businessinsider.com/putin-...europe-2014-12 … pic.twitter.com/z3Msjp7iFq
Hackers Leak Messages 'Between Kremlin and France’s Front National'
BY LUCY DRAPER 4/3/15 AT 5:15 PM
The exchanges are between ‘Timur Prokopenko,’ who the hackers identify as a Kremlin official and Kostya, a man they describe as a “Russian connection” who has access to Le Pen.
http://www.newsweek.com/hackers-clai...ational-319442
Kostya seems to be this man http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Rykov
Timur Prokopenko is deputy head of depatment of interior affairs in Presidential administration.
From left.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/0...0N30DG20150412Quote:
Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier dismissed on Sunday calls from the radical Left party to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to this year's summit of the Group of Seven industrial powers.
The leaders of G7 nations held a summit without Putin last year in protest against Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region. With little sign of bloodshed in eastern Ukraine ending despite a ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk two months ago, the exclusion has continued.
Gregor Gysi, parliamentary leader of the Left party that includes some former East German communists, has argued that Russia was needed to help solve international crises and the G7 should therefore once again be expanded into the G8.
Anton Shekhovtsov's comment.
http://anton-shekhovtsov.blogspot.be...on-visits.htmlQuote:
19 February 2015
German Die Linke delegation visits right-wing terrorists in Eastern Ukraine
53 pagesQuote:
"I am Eurasian" - The Kremlin connections of the Hungarian far-right
In-depth analysis
14/04/15
There have been many signs of Kremlin’s increasing efforts to influence both decision-makers and the general public in the EU and member states. One of the political tools to exert such influence is through coopting certain far-right (and far-left) parties and organizations within the European Union. Russian influence of this kind is considered a major threat for European integration. In order to present the modus operandi of Kremlin in exerting influence, Political Capital launches a series of publications focusing on certain member states (Hungary, Slovakia, Greece and France) as well as the EU institutions. The first part of the series, which has been recently published, analyzes the pro-Kremlin stance of the Hungarian far-right, and particularly Jobbik.
Even though the Hungarian far-right and Jobbik, a major actor of the far-right scene, position themselves as representatives of Hungarian national interests, they have become uncritical and unconditional servant of the current Russian regime’s interests. This phenomenon cannot be explained by reasons connected to domestic politics: supporters of the West outnumber the adherents of Russia both among the general public and Jobbik’s voter base.
European far-right organizations serving Russian state interests fill three major functions:
1. social and political destabilization at the member state, community and transatlantic levels alike;
2. provision of external legitimization of the Russian regime (e.g., through ideological support and observation of elections);
3. provision of information and spread of disinformation (i.e., transmit Russian propaganda to EU member states and gather intelligence).
http://www.riskandforecast.com/post/...right_817.html
Good comment from Anton Shekovtshov about Kremlin and Le Pen connection!
Quote:
Russia and Front National: Following the Money
A new leak of the text messages originating from a hacked smartphone of a high-ranking officer of Russia’s Presidential Administration sheds further light on the relations between the Russian authorities and their far right allies in France.
No. 167 Russia, Europe and the Far Right
Author(s): Marlene Laruelle, Pter Krek, Lrnt Győri, Attila Juhsz, Giovanni Savino
http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/...Digest_167.pdfQuote:
This edition considers the relationship between the Putin regime and Far-Right political parties in Europe. Firstly, Marlene Laruelle examines the overarching picture of Russias bedfellowing policy towards the European Far-Right, noting that these new relationships provide the Putin regime with multiple channels for influence within certain European countries. Secondly, Pter Krek, Lrnt Győri and Attila Juhsz assess the linkages between Putins Russia and Hungarian right-wing political parties, whereby one such party, Jobbik, is now working to promote Moscows policies and interests in both Hungary and the European parliament. Thirdly, Giovanni Savino outlines how the recent shift within far-right political parties in Italy towards pro-Russian positions is due to the image of the Kremlin as a bastion of traditional values, conservative policies and anti-US forces.