Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Taras Kuzio: Far more Europeans join separatists in Donbas than Isis in Syria
Cossacks take part in the International Russian Conservative Forum in Saint-Petersburg on March 22, 2015. Representatives of about a dozen far-right groups from across Europe gathered in Russia for a pro-Kremlin conference as concern swirls over Moscow's alleged attempts to court extremists on the continent.
This week, St Petersburg hosted a bizarre gathering organized by the Rodina (Motherland) party of 150 European fascist and nationalist-populist political parties united in their opposition to the EU and US and in support of Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine. Rodina is the loyal nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party and consequently plays a similar role to the Radical Party’s alliance with the Serbian Socialist party.
