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muriel_volestrangler

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3. Would that be Pavel Zarifullin of the Eurasian Youth Union?
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 08:28 AM
Apr 2014
Around 500 people have gathered in the centre of Moscow for the so-called Imperial March, organised by the Eurasian Youth Union. The city authorities gave permission for the rally, but did not allow the group to march through the city.

With the flags of the new Russian Empire flying over one of Moscow's squares the Eurasian Youth Union has launched its so-called Imperial March.

This controversial far-right group at times mirrors the radical views of nationalist movements. And although they say they are different, the police are nevertheless meeting them head on, armed with barriers and metal detectors.

“Besides our Russian members we have here around 300 guests from Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Latvia, and so on. They believe that we all live in the same country. They came to the capital of their country. We want to restore Russia at least within the boundaries of the USSR,” said Pavel Zarifullin, Leader of the Eurasian Youth Union.

http://rt.com/news/imperial-march-staged-in-moscow/


In Russia the Eurasian Youth Union has allied itself with Russian extremist organizations like the National Bolshevik Front, the DPNI and other groups of that type. It organizes and takes part in the annual Russian Marches in Russia and other countries of Eastern Europe. Very often these marches are accompanied by violence, especially in Ukraine.[5]

The ESM took an uncompromising approach to changes that happened in Ukraine after the Orange Revolution in 2004. In particular it set up branches in several Ukrainian cities, voiced its sharp criticism of the pro-Western Ukrainian government. The ESM has been behind a string of attacks on property and organizations they deemed pro-Western. It organised attacks on several Ukrainian Security Service branches, monuments to UPA veterans and hacker attacks on the website of the President of Ukraine. The most prominent of these attacks, that received nation-wide attention was the desecration of Ukrainian state symbols on Mount Hoverla in October 2007.[6] The other attack on Ukrainian targets was in Moscow, where several of ESM members trashed an exhibition devoted to the Holodomor, a term referring to the Ukrainian portion of the Soviet famine of 1932-1933, which is believed in Ukraine to have been a Stalinist genocide targeting Ukrainians.[7] Due to the relatively high profile of these attacks the Ukrainian police asked for assistance from Russia in finding people responsible for them, but no suspects have been apprehended yet.

The organization's vandalism and sharp anti-governmental stance received wide condemnation among Ukrainian media and provoked the response from different Ukrainian organizations of the opposite orientation; several threats were made against the organization and its members and an arson attack has been reciprocated on the ESM's offices in Moscow.

By the decision of the courts the Eurasian Youth Organization has been banned in Ukraine, its leaders Dugin and Zarifullin declared personae non grata.[8][9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Youth_Union
The duly elected former government never resorted to pillaging their national treasures Fred Sanders Apr 2014 #1
I imagine Yanukovich was fairly corrupt . . . another_liberal Apr 2014 #4
Smithsonian to China, now there is a good headline analogy. Fred Sanders Apr 2014 #6
Better here with a paper trail... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #10
Really? Airc, the Libyans are still waiting for their gold delivered to the West for 'safe-keeping' sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #38
The whole scenario gets weirder and weirder. djean111 Apr 2014 #2
Would that be Pavel Zarifullin of the Eurasian Youth Union? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #3
Are you suggesting this is not true . . . another_liberal Apr 2014 #5
What are the other sources? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #9
I found about three pages of them by doing a quick Google search. another_liberal Apr 2014 #11
You have made a new claim that there are different sources for your OP muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #19
You blame me for your taste in supporting sources? another_liberal Apr 2014 #21
Could you share your other sources? I googled and didn't find anything maddezmom Apr 2014 #24
It's your supporting source - 20 Google hits for the phrase you gave muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #35
thanks for taking the time to check all that. KittyWampus Apr 2014 #41
Well, I take it you would object to anyone delivering Ukraine's national treasures to anyone sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #27
Yes, I would object to anyone's national treasures being handed over to another country (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #34
Hard to believe but frightening malaise Apr 2014 #62
Frightening indeed malaise Apr 2014 #7
It's been said before . . . another_liberal Apr 2014 #16
Reminds me of how countries like Norway shipped their gold abroad for safekeeping Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #8
It's also reminiscent of how . . . another_liberal Apr 2014 #13
There's some bitter irony in your reply there. nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2014 #59
It's also reminiscent of how Libya shipped its gold to the West and last I heard are still sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #12
The Kievan Russ were Viking thieves, murderers and slave traders . . . another_liberal Apr 2014 #14
Kiev is the mother city for Russian culture nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #15
I said "over a thousand years ago" . . . another_liberal Apr 2014 #17
In the best valley girl imitation, what-eeeevvvverrrr nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #18
What is your problem again? another_liberal Apr 2014 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #28
I would be far more concerned with the present situation in Kiev right now if I were a citizen of sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #33
We are in a very historical period right now. As for the current government in Kiev, they are not sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #37
I guess we will have to disagree nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #40
Holy smokes... rudolph the red Apr 2014 #44
wow, you are physically incapable of handling it when someone doesn't agree with you. dionysus Apr 2014 #49
I could not find an article - other than this rt article that depends on a very shaky source karynnj Apr 2014 #20
You will draw your own conclusions . . . another_liberal Apr 2014 #23
As you appear to have done too karynnj Apr 2014 #26
More shit from RT. Why are you guys trying so hard? Hmmmmm..... Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #30
And yet, time and again they have been proven to be correct. The latest confirmation of a story sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #32
"50 million US households now watch RT" Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #36
I hope so. They are an excellent source of International News and have time and again been the sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #39
Hersch- the guy who kept telling us an attack on Iran was imminent how many times? KittyWampus Apr 2014 #42
Lol, well there it is, the smearing of a highly respected journalist who has been right sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #45
+1 Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #48
You "hope so"? The irrefutable evidence came from you, and you're as credible as Hersch & RT, right? Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #43
Hersch, under the bus, just as I predicted. Thanks again for always providing me with sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #46
You have yet "to prove a point", ANYWHERE, anytime. We have a history, remember? Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #47
Uhm, no I don't remember 'our history'. YOU appear to be a little obsessed with sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #52
I understand, I'd want to forget about it too! Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #53
There is no history, nothing worth remembering that I recall. But if sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #54
Uh huh. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #60
Right up there with Drudge! whistler162 Apr 2014 #56
I've never frequented Drudge, right wing bias. Not sure why anyone here would sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #57
!!! no, tell me someone didn't actually say that! dionysus Apr 2014 #50
Yes! "Someone" did! Read it, and gasp like the rest of that subthread. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #55
Don't Nazis always steal art treasures? warrprayer Apr 2014 #51
Gorgeous necklace. Any other sources besides RT? Hekate Apr 2014 #58
I've got a buddy who is an expert in Scythian gold... Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #61
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