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,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,ANTTI ,RAUTIA95 

,TEXT 3 

,9 ,FEBRU>Y1 A CRITIQUE ( ,MOSC[-BAS$ B&S ,:AT ,WE ,FEEL7,W,W,F7 & ,MOSC[ ,DEA? ,BRIGADE7,M,D,B7 WRITT5 BY 0,ANTIFASCI/ ,SUBCULTURE ,WORLDWIDE0-COLLECTIVE APPE>$ ON ! ,G]MAN WEBSITE1 ,L9KSUNT54 ,BO? ,W,W,F1 ,M,D,B AS WELL AS #ba HAVE S9CE RESPOND$ TO ! CRITICISMS4 ,I W\LD LIKE TO ADD FEW PO9TS TO ANSW]S ( ,W,W,F & ,M,D,B4 

,AS ,I SEE IT1 ! MA9 PROBLEM ) ! /ATEM5T BY 0,ANTIFASCI/ ,SUBCULTURE ,WORLDWIDE0 IS ITS *OS5 APPROA* & T>GET AUDI5CE4 ,AS ,I WRITE ?IS1 A MON? HAS PASS$ S9CE ITS ORIG9AL PUBLICATION & /ILL1 ONLY AN ,5GLI% TRANSLATION HAS BE5 MADE AVAILABLE1 & NO ,RUSSIAN ONE4 ,BASICALLY1 ! AU?OR IS SPEAK+ FROM )9 ! ,G]MAN SC5E1 )\T 9VIT+ P>TICIPATION FROM ! ,RUSSIAN H>DCORE SC5E4 ,?IS APPROA* S]VES AS A RE9=CEM5T ( ! USUAL RACI/ /]EOTYPES AB\T ,EA/]N-,EUROPEANS AS IGNORANT B>B>IANS1 :OSE RACISM1 SEXISM & HOMOPHOBIA IS ( A G5ETIC NATURE & ) :OM IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO 5GAGE 9 ANY MEAN+FUL DISCUSSION ON ANY ( ! A=EM5TION$ TOPICS4 

,! REALITY IS ?AT !RE >E PEOPLE HAV+ !SE DISCUSSIONS 9 ,RUSSIA1 PEOPLE 9SIDE ! ANTIFA & H>DCORE SUBCULTURES ) ANTI-RACI/1 FEM9I/ & QUE] P]SPECTIVES1 & IT IS A %AME NOT TO 9VITE !M TO TAKE P>T 9 DISCUSSION4 ,IT IS OBVI\S ?AT ! AU?ORS ( ! TEXT HAVE AN EXCELL5T UND]/&+ ( ,RUSSIAN LANGUAGE & C\LD HAVE PUT \T A ,RUSSIAN V]SION HAD !Y BE5 9T]E/$4 

,A SECOND PROBLEM IS ! %OTGUN >GUM5TATION4 ,MORE ACCUSATIONS >E ?R[N ?AN >E ACTUALLY PROV5 -- = EXAMPLE ! TEXT REF]S TO 0HOMOPHOBIA0 A NUMB] ( TIMES1 )\T EXPLICITLY M5TION+ EI!R ,M,D,B OR ,W,W,F1 YET ! READ] IS LEFT TO 9F] ?AT !SE B&S HAVE HOMOPHOBIC POSITIONS4 ,!RE >E DEF9ITELY PROBLEMS ) O!R B&S 9 ! ,RUSSIAN ANTIFA SC5E BE+ HOMOPHOBIC -= EXAMPLE ?IS SONG BY ,KL[NS1 0,BURN 9 HELL0 1 HAS ! FOLL[+ LYRICS3  
  

0,OLD ,EUROPE APPROA*+ ITS DEMISE1 :AT K9D ( FUTURE IS WAIT+ = H]8 ,MIGRANT IS LIV+ !RE ON A WELLF>E1 SPITT+ ON ! LAW1 SAME-SEX M>RIAGE LEGALIZ$1 FAMILIES DE/ROY$440  
  

,AL?\< ,KL[NS HAD NEV] ID5TIFI$ AS AN AN>*I/ B&1 IT ONLY TURN$ T[>DS R$-BR[N ,/AL9ISM 9 #bad UND] ! 9FLU5CE ( ! MASSIVE WAVE ( /ATE PROPAG&A LAUN*$ TO SUPPORT ,RUSSIAN 9VOLVEM5T 9 ! W> 9 ,UKRA9E4 ,KL[NS IS N[ ! SUBCULTURAL V]SION ( ! ,RUSSIAN /ATE-[N$ *ANNEL ,ROSSIYA #a CONTROLL$ BY ,DMITRI ,KISELYOV4 

,!RE'S A *ANCE ?AT ! VIEWS ( ?IS REBORN R$-BR[N ,KL[NS WILL NOT BE ACCEPT$ BY ! H>DCORE COMMUNITY1 & ! B& WILL 9/EAD DRIFT 9TO !1 SEP>ATE1 NATIONAL-BOL%EVIK PUNK SC5E :I* HAS EXI/$ 9 ,RUSSIA S9CE ! #i'S & HAS TRADITIONALLY NOT OV]LAPP$ ) ! H>DCORE4 ,ON ! #i? ( ,MAY #bae ,KL[NS IS BOOK$ TO PLAY 9 ,MOSC[ ) LONG/&+ NATIONAL-BOL%EVIK B& ,E*ELON1 & ,MADRID ,/AL9I/S ,NUCLEO ,T]CO4 ,IT IS UP TO ! ,RUSSIAN H>DCORE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE IF !SE POSITIONS WILL BE TOL]AT$ OR NOT1 BUT ! SC5E HAS YET TO HAVE ITS F9AL WORD4 

,IT IS ALSO CLE> ?AT A NUMB] ( ! ISSUES PRES5T$ 9 ! TEXT %\LD BE VIEW$ AS SOME ASPECT ( ! ,G]MAN N>RATIVE4 ,= EXAMPLE IT IS M5TION$ ?AT 0IT IS IMPORTANT TO /UDY ! HI/ORY ( ! PRETTY Y\NG LEFT SC5E 9 ,RUSSIA10 BUT EV5 ! PEOPLE CRITICIZ+ SEXI/1 MA*O & HOMOPHOBIC ASPECTS ( ! H>DCORE SC5E1 R>ELY ID5TIFY !MSELVES AS BE+ LEFTI/4 ,9 ! L& :]E ,L59 & ,/AL9 ONCE RUL$1 ! T]M 0LEFT0 R>ELY MAKES S5SE1 & MO/ ( ! PEOPLE :O CRITICIZE HOMOPHOBIC1 SEXI/ & RACI/ ASPECTS ( ! H>DCORE SC5E >E LIKELI] TO SELF-ID5TIFY AS AN>*I/S 7AL?\< TO BE HONE/1 LATELY MANY AN>*I/S >E LIKELI] TO BE P>T ( ! PROBLEM ?AN ! SOLUTION744 

,! /ATEM5T BY 0,ANTIFASCI/ ,SUBCULTURE ,WORLDWIDE10 FOCUSES ALMO/ EXCLUSIVELY ON ,MOSC[ B&S1 A CITY 9 :I* A MAJORITY ( ANTIFASCI/S HAS ALWAYS BE5 APOLITICAL 0PATRIOTS40 ,AN>*I/S HAVE DOM9AT$ BO? ! ANTIFA & H>DCORE SC5ES 9 A NUMB] ( O!R ,RUSSIAN CITIES4 ,HI/ORICALLY1 ,ANTIFA 9 ,RUSSIA HAS BE5 A BROAD ALLIANCE BETWE5 AN>*I/S1 LEFTI/S1 LIB]ALS & EV5 NON-,NAZI RI<T-W+ PEOPLE FROM ! H>DCORE SUBCULTURE4 

,) ! ,NAZI ?REAT ALMO/ COMPLETELY ABS5T FROM ! ,MOSC[ H>DCORE SC5E1 ! W> 9 ,UKRA9E HAS 9CREAS$ ALREADY EXI/+ DIVISIONS )9 ! SC5E1 & ,ANTIFA HAS LO/ MU* ( ITS RELEVANCE4,AS A CONSEQU5CE1 PEOPLE :O W]E FIR/ >\ND AS 0APOLITICAL PATRIOTS0 >E LEAN+ FUR!R RI<T4 ,BUT DUE TO PA/ FRI5D%IPS & LOYALTIES =M$ DUR+ ! YE>S :5 JO9+ A B& MEANT PUTT+ Y\R LIFE ON ! L9E1 PEOPLE /ILL /ICK TOGE!R EV5 ) !IR POLITICS DRIFT+ 9 OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS4 ,= EXAMPLE1 :5 ,ANTON ,FATULLAYEV1 =M] ANTIFA PRISON] :O P>TICIPAT$ 9 ! RI<T-W+ ATTACK AGA9/ ! #h? ( ,M>* DEMON/RATION 9 ,MOSC[ LA/ SPR+1 DI$ FI<T+ ON ! REBEL SIDE 9 ,EA/]N ,UKRA9E1 A MEMORIAL EV5T WAS ORGANIZ$ BY HIS =M] ANTI-FASCI/ COMRADES FROM ! H>DCORE COMMUNITY4 ,EV5 ?\< !Y H>DLY %>$ HIS MO/ REC5T POLITICAL VIEWS4 ,DUE TO ! P]CEIV$ H>DCORE COMMUNITY VALUES ( 0LOYALTY & FRI5D%IP10 !RE HASN'T BE5 MU* DI/ANC+ FROM ,FATULLAYEV1 & HIS SUPPORT ( ! ULTRA-RI<T GOV]NM5TS ( ,DONETSK & ,LUHANSK IS JU/ 0ONE OP9ION AMONG O!RS0 9 ! SC5E4 

,! BIGGE/ PROBLEM 9 ! /ATEM5TS BY ,M,D,B1 ,W,W,F & #ba IS ! TOTAL LACK ( A DISCUSSION ON ! ISSUES ( RACISM & HOMOPHOBIA 9 ! H>DCORE COMMUNITY AS A :OLE4 ,! TRU? IS ?AT MANY PEOPLE 9 ! H>DCORE SUBCULTURE HAVE BE5 9CREAS+LY OBSESS$ ) 0PROBLEMS0 SU* AS 0,ISLAMIZATION0 & 0TOL]ANCE0 = YE>S1 & ,KL[NS FROM ,KIROV IS JU/ ONE EXAMPLE4 ,EV5 IF ,M,D,B & ,W,W,F >E NOT P>T ( ! PROBLEM1 IT IS RA!R /RANGE TO WRITE AS IF ?IS PROBLEM DOES NOT EXI/ AT ALL4 

,AS = ,GRYUNDIK ( #b#a1 ,I WOND] IF HIS 9T]VIEW WAS 9DE$ TAK5 D[N BECAUSE ( 0MIS9T]PRETATIONS10 OR IF IT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE :O ORGANIZ$ !IR GIGS 9 ,WE/]N ,EUROPE C\LD READ ,RUSSIAN & BEGAN TO ASK QUE/IONS4 ,I W\LD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A DETAIL$ /ATEM5T FROM HIM CL>IFY+ ! EXACT ISSUES :I* W]E MIS9T]PRET$ 9 ! 9T]VIEW4 

,ONE EXPLANATION ( CRUDE ANTI-,CAUCASIAN RACISM1 OP5LY PRES5T 9 ! SC5E 9 ! LA/ C\PLE ( YE>S YE>S1 IS AN ILL-9=M$ REACTION AGA9/ ! AGGRESSIVE SUBCULTURE AMONG ,CAUCASIAN Y\?1 :I* IS QUITE SIMIL> TO ! 0GOPNIK0 SUBCULTURE ( ,RUSSIA4 ,?IS RA!R AGGRESSIVE SUBCULTURE1 ! R\< EQUIVAL5T ( ! ,BRITI% *AV SUBCULTURE1 :I* T>GET$ ANY Y\? TAK+ P>T 9 0WE/]N0 SUBCULTURES1 US$ TO BE WIDESPREAD 9 ,MOSC[ UP UNTIL #a TO #ae YE>S AGO1 BUT HAS SURVIV$ AMONG ,CAUCASIAN MIGRANTS4 ,VIOL5T 5C\NT]S ) REPRES5TATIVES ( H>DCORE & O!R SUBCULTURES HAPP5 FROM TIME TO TIME4 ,AL?\< /REETFI<TS BETWE5 Y\? SUBCULTURES >E H>DLY A CLA% ( CIVILIZATIONS1 ! O!R SIDE 9 ! DIVISION >E MUSLIMS & A SUB/ANTIAL P>T ( IT SYMPA?IZES ) ! ONGO+ ,ISLAMI/ 9SURRECTION 9 ,NOR!RN ,CAUCASUS4 

,! ,RUSSIAN H>DCORE SC5E HAS PEOPLE FROM MORE DIV]SE E?NIC & RELIGI\S BACGR\NDS ?AN 9 ANY ,WE/]N ,EUROPEAN SC5E & MO/ SC5ES1 IF NOT ALL1 9 ,U,S CITIES4 ,!RE >E PL5TY ( PEOPLE ( ,CAUCASIAN & MUSLIM ORIG9 9 ! B&S & 9 ! AUDI5CE1 :O DO NOT SEE !MSELVES T>GET$ :5 SEE+ 0IMAGES ( ,CAUCASIANS 9 DESIGN] CLO!S0 US$ 9 #ba LEAFLETS & O!R REPRES5TATIONS4 ,?IS T5SION IS FIR/ ( ALL BETWE5 SUBCULTURES RA!R ?AN NATIONALITIES OR RELIGIONS1 H[EV] ! WAY #ba & !IR ALLIES PRES5T ! PROBLEM IS DEF9ITELY RACI/ & %\LD BE ADDRESS$1 AS !IR APPROA* EASILY OP5S UP DOORS = EV5 BIGG] PROBLEMS4 

,SU* AS ! REC5T CASE ( #b YE>-OLD ,DIMITRY ,PRAHOV1 FROM ! ,SA9T-,PET]SBURG H>DCORE SC5E1 :O IS FAC+ MURD] *>GES = /ABB+ AN #ah YE> OLD ,DAGE/ANI MAN1 ,MIHAIL ,SAYGIDALIYEV1 TO DEA? ON ! #a#c? ( ,M>* ( ?IS YE>4 ,APP>5TLY1 ,PRAHOV & HIS FRI5DS W]E RETURN+ HOME FROM A GIG1 :5 ,SAYGIDALIYEV & HIS FRI5DS MI/OOK !IR GR\P = ,NAZIS4 ,9 ! RESULT+ FI<T1 ,PRAHOV PULL$ A KNIFE & KILL$ ,SAYGIDALIYEV4 

,I CAN'T SAY :O PULL$ ! KNIFE FIR/1 & IT IS POSSIBLE ?AT ,PRAHOV HAD A LEGITIMATE CASE = SELF-DEF5SE4 ,BUT IT IS WELL POSSIBLE ?AT ! WIDESPREAD ANTI-MUSLIM & ANTI-,CAUCASIAN VIEWS 9 ! H>DCORE COMMUNITY 9FLU5C$ !SE EV5TS4 ,PRAHOV WAS ALSO ONE ADM9 ( ! 0,MOJAHIDE5S & SK9HEADS0-COMMUNITY ON ! ,RUSSIAN FACEBOOK EQUIVAL5T VK1 :I* OP5S UP A W9D[ 9TO ! COMPLEX M9DSET ( ! RELATION%IP BETWE5 ?IS SUBCULTURE & ,ISLAM4 

,AT FIR/ SI<T1 IT IS JU/ AB\T SUBCULTURAL KIDS CRACK+ JOKES ?AT PRES5T ,ISLAM 9 AN OV]LY SIMPLI/IC MANN]4 ,BUT UPON A CLOS] LOOK !RE >E ALSO ATTEMPTS TO UND]/& IT1 AS WELL AS A CLE> FASC9ATION ) IT4 ,SK9HEAD SUBCULTURE IS AN ULTRA-MASCUL9I/ REACTION TO V>I\S CRISIS MASCUL9ITY HAS FAC$ 9 ! ,WE/]N 7& ,RUSSIAN7 WORLD4 ,IT IS ( NO SURPRISE ?AT IT IS FASC9AT$ BY ,I,S,I,S & O!R K9DS ( ,ISLAMIC FUNDAM5TALISM1 :I* >E ALSO ULTRA-MASCUL9E4 ,IT IS RA!R COMMON 9 ,RUSSIA = BO? ,NAZIS & H>DCORE KIDS TO LI/5 TO ,ISLAMI/ MUSICIANS SU* AS ,*E*5 B>D ,TIMUR ,MUTSURAYEV1 & NOT UNUSUAL = PEOPLE FROM BO? ,NAZI & H>DCORE SC5ES TO TURN TO RADICAL ,ISLAMISM4 

,NONE ( ?IS IS A JU/IFICATION = ! CRUDE & PRIMITIVE ANTI-,CAUCASIAN IMAG]Y US$ BY #b#a4 ,BUT ONE %\LD UND]/& ?AT AL?\< ! 0,ISLAMIZATION0 ( ,RUSSIA IS JU/ AS MU* AN IMAG9$ ?REAT AS 9 ,WE/]N ,EUROPE1 Y\ C\LD EASILY RUN 9TO TR\BLE ON ! /REETS ( ,MOSC[ ) SOME MUSLIMS IF Y\ >E A SUBCULTURAL KID4 ,UN=TUNATELY1 AS ! H>DCORE COMMUNITY IS DRIFT+ FUR!R & FUR!R AWAY FROM ANY K9D ( POLITICAL OR SOCIAL 9VOLVEM5T1 !RE IS NO PROP] ANALYSIS ( !SE PROBLEMS & ! ONLY WAY LEFT TO DEAL ) 0ISSUES0 LIKE ,ISLAM & ! COMPET+ MUSLIM SUBCULTURES >E PRIMITIVE & RACI/ /]EOTYPES4 

,! 9T]NATIONALI/ AN>*I/ APPROA* W\LD BE UNITY ( Y\? ACROSS ALL SUBCULTURES AGA9/ ! /ATE & CAPITAL1 BUT DUE TO H>DCORE'S EXODUS FROM POLITICS1 ! ONLY REMA9+ QUE/ION IS :OSE GANG WILL HAVE ! /REETS4 ,?IS IS ONLY LEAVES ! PROSPECT ( MORE S5SELESS VIOL5CE & DEA?4 ,& ?IS PA? HAS BE5 *OS5 EV5 BY MANY 0AN>*I/S10 SU* AS 0,AUTONOM\S ,ACTION - SOCIAL REVOLUTION>Y10 :I* PO/$ A /ATEM5T ) AN EMPHASIS TO ! NATIONALITY ( ! VICTIM = ,PRAHOV 7BUT EV5TUALLY DELET$ IT7 TO !IR VK4COM PAGE4 ,?IS IS A GRR\P :I* SPLIT FROM ,AUTONOM\S ,ACTION 9 ! SUMM] ( #bac = P]SONAL REASONS1 BUT EV5TUALLY PICK$ A /ANCE AGA9/ FI<T+ HOMOPHOBIA & SEXISM4 

,DESPITE ! FACT ?AT ! /ATEM5TS BY ,W,W,F1 ,M,D,B & #ba DON'T %[ EV5 ! SLI<TE/ 9T]E/ 9 DISCUSS+ !SE PROBLEMS1 !RE >E ALSO OBVI\SLY POSITIVE ASPECTS TO !M4 ,= EXAMPLE1 ?IS IS FIR/ TIME ,I HAVE NOTIC$ #ba TAK+ A CLE>LY ANTI-HOMOPHOBIC POSITION4 

,! MA9 REASON ! ,MOSC[ H>DCORE SC5E IS /EPP+ BACK FROM POLITICAL I5GAGEM5T IS ! DISAPPE>ANCE ( ! ,NAZI ?REAT4 ,UP UNTIL #bh PEOPLE 9 ! SC5E W]E 9VOLV$ 9 UND]GR\ND ANTI-,NAZI VIOL5CE1 FROM #bh TO #bab !RE WAS ALSO 9VOLVEM5T 9 ! PROTE/ MOVEM5T1 BUT !SE DAYS NEI!R ( !SE TWO IS PRES5T 9 ,MOSC[4 ,MEAN:ILE1 A GOOD P>T ( ! AN>*I/ MOVEM5T HAS JUMP$ ON ! ,KREML9 PROPAG&A B&WAGON &1 UND] PUBLIC PRESSURE1 REJECT$ ! /RUGGLES AGA9/ SEXISM1 HOMOPHOBIA & RACISM4 ,?US1 9/EAD ( PU%+ ! H>DCORE SC5E 9 A MORE RADICAL DIRECTION1 ?OSE AN>*I/S /ILL P>T ( IT >E EI!R TURN+ A BL9D EYE TO OR 5C\RAG+ ITS %ORTCOM+S4 

,NO MATT] ! OMISSIONS & ! PROBLEMS ) ! APPROA* *OS5 BY ! 0,ANTIFASCI/ ,SUBCULTURE ,WORLDWIDE10 ,I ?9K IT IS A GOOD />T+ PO9T = A MU* NE$$ DISCUSSION4 ,BUT AS AN AN>*I/1 ,I MU/ SAY ?AT ,W,W,F & ,M,D,B >E AMONG ! ELEM5TS 9 ! H>DCORE SUBCULTURE MAK+ ! MO/ S5SE 9 A RA!R DEPRESS+ SITUATION1 & ?US ! /ATEM5T BY 0,ANTIFASCI/ ,SUBCULTURE ,WORLDWIDE0-/ATEM5T IS RA!R (F T>GET4 

,/ILL1 ,I AM AFRAID ?AT AS LONG AS ! ,MOSC[ H>DCORE COMMUNITY FACES NO \TSIDE ?REAT1 SU* AS ! ,NAZI ?REAT UNTIL >\ND #b#a#a1 OR A ?REAT SU* AS ! AU?ORITIES POSE 9 ,BEL>US CURR5TLY1 IT WILL TURN MORE & MORE 9TO ITSELF4 ,!RE WILL BE MORE & MORE /RANGE POSITIONS ON ISSUES SU* AS RACISM & HOMOPHOBIA & ANY ATTEMPTS TO RAISE A DISCUSSION 9 ORD] TO DETURN !SE DEVELOPM5TS WILL BE MORE & MORE FUTILE4 

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