SOURCE: KREMLIN.RU
The Russian authorities may have used the flow of Chechen refugees in the past decade as a vehicle for planting their operatives across Europe. Over the years, Kadyrov developed a tool for controlling the Chechen diaspora
by using criminal rings and blackmailing their relatives in Chechnya. Today, the Kremlin has a slew of its agents amongst Chechen diaspora members in Austria, France, Belgium, and Germany.
17 July 2020
THE KREMLIN USES RADICAL RUSSIAN IMPERIAL MOVEMENT TO DESTABILIZE THE WEST The Russian propaganda machine seeks to promote the image of a destabilized West. Also, the Kremlin is fomenting Western disputes by training and offering assistance to the far-right, often neo-Nazi, circles throughout Europe. In it, the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white supremacist group, plays its role. For years, RIM has conducted illegal activities but continues its “mission” with the blessing of Russian officials –– who yet do it unofficially. This has not changed even after the U.S. had labeled a white supremacist group as a terrorist organization. www.warsawinstitute.org
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