Montag, August 02, 2004

TIME Europe Magazine: From Russia With Hate -- Aug. 09, 2004

Inspired by the example of al-Qaeda, Russian neo-Nazis say they are organizing themselves into a network of autonomous terror cells — and that the time of their jihad has come (...) A squat, powerfully built man bristling with barely contained aggression, Alexei is part of a new wave of nationalism that's sweeping through Russian society. As democratic reforms have foundered and living standards plummeted since the collapse of communism in 1991, the country's latent xenophobia has morphed into a more radical, virulent form — and more and more young people like Alexei are coming under the sway of neo-Nazi ideology as a way to reassert lost national pride.

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