Russia and European far right

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American anti-Semite & frmr KKK leader David Duke photographed together w/ Aleksandr #Dugin (right)
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How Putin Is Infiltrating European Politics
http://uk.businessinsider.com/putin-...europe-2014-12 … pic.twitter.com/z3Msjp7iFq

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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.

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From left.

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.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/0...0N30DG20150412

Anton Shekhovtsov's comment.

19 February 2015

German Die Linke delegation visits right-wing terrorists in Eastern Ukraine

http://anton-shekhovtsov.blogspot.be...on-visits.html

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"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).

53 pages

http://www.riskandforecast.com/post/...right_817.html

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Good comment from Anton Shekovtshov about Kremlin and Le Pen connection!

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.

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No. 167 Russia, Europe and the Far Right

Author(s): Marlene Laruelle, Pter Krek, Lrnt Győri, Attila Juhsz, Giovanni Savino

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.

http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/...Digest_167.pdf