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Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
Kalashnikov (a nickname after a Soviet assault gun, his real name is Kucherenko, ironically pretty Ukrainian) was a very popular author of junk pamphlet books with racist content in early 2000s. He wrote about glorious Soviet empire of superweapons, destroyed by Jewish conspiracy
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Sergej Sumlenny
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The content of his books is more or less the same: the USSR was a country of "noble warriors", developing wonder weapons, beating US and Israel (Kalashnikov glorified Soviet proxy wars on Israel) and has fallen because of a betrayal (Dolchstoß) by corrupt elites with Jewish roots
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Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
Well, nothing new for those who learned a bit of German Nazi propaganda. In his later books, Kalashnikov developed his dream of "USSR 2.0" - an extremely aggressive, racist country which understands the "weaknesses" of the West: love for peace, slow democratic processes etc.
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Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
He urged Russians to use these "weaknesses" and attack the West with all means: hacker attack on economy, money for separatist and radical (left+right) movements, attacks on the edge of plausible denial etc. Actually, he has developed the hybrid war concept.
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Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
Interesting is his wording. He says repeatedly about "Russian National Socialism" urging re-creation of Hitler's NS "without Hitler's mistakes" (which according to him was a denial of Russian genius). He urges for re-capturing of Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan as resource base.
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Sergej Sumlenny
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For a certain time, Kalashnikov was seen as a freak with zero influence. Well, he was not. He was a speaker at Putin-Youth camps at the Lake Seliger. Than-president Medvedev has praised his "interesting ideas". In 2020, he was editor-in-chief of MoD-connected 'Kuryer VPK' media.
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Sergej Sumlenny
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Indeed: he has not done a stellar career (maybe because he was too harsh in his blaming elites for being too lazy and peaceful), but the fact that Kalashnikov's ideas and wording are currently used by Russia's leading propaganda outlet is clearly visible.
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Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
"A Russian National-Socialist" Kalashnikov was most probably the most influential thinker in modern Russia, having formed the way of thinking for Russian elites: be aggressive, take bold moves, push the West, don't be afraid of violence, break all laws, the Victory will be yours.
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Sergej Sumlenny
@sumlenny
Kalashnikov has painted a dream, a real vision for Putin: the only military superpower Russia, bond by nothing, dominating over the world, enjoying unlimited power and brutally destroying any opponent thank to technological solutions and absence of any moral or legal limitations.
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Sergej Sumlenny
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What we witness now, is just the process of bringing his books to the real world (without the promised super weapons though). That is why it makes no sense to hope for "diplomacy", "negotiations" or "compromise". You cannot negotiate with guys who dream of your extermination. END
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@chbkw
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@sumlenny
It goes in line with that article that was published 2-3 days after Russia attacked Ukr in February where they claimed Rus had won and re-created the Soviet Union. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣
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baudelairean jihad
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He actually goes to great lengths to advocate for "russian national socialism" (sic!) and compares the might of the "united russia" to the German Reich of the 1930-s. This is very literal, not metaphorical in any way. They know full well what they are trying to do.
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Martin N ❤️🇺🇦🇪🇺🇸🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🇧🇻❤️
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What influence does Ivan Ilyin have in all this? 👇
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“To understand what’s going on in Ukraine right now, what’s going on inside of Russia, too, & what’s driving Putin, we need to talk about a man named Ivan Ilyin." My opening @MSNBC monologue tonight, on the Russian autocrat’s favorite fascist philosopher:
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David Pugh
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If it wasn’t so horrifying, this would all be rather sad. Russian nationalism, up to and including national socialism, just looks like a plagiarism of German nationalism. Even while proclaiming their uniqueness, they’re mimicking others.
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Chris Gallagher 🇺🇦🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇫🇷 🇪🇺
@ukskies
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Utterly depressing. And to think we've been happy dealing with these #WarMongers for years. Where have our intelligence services been, & more to the point, if they were doing their job, why weren't our politicians listening to the intelligence & acting?
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Sergej Sumlenny
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What we witness now, is just the process of bringing his books to the real world (without the promised super weapons though). That is why it makes no sense to hope for "diplomacy", "negotiations" or "compromise". You cannot negotiate with guys who dream of your extermination. END
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