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PoliticsFellow Nigerians - Let The 12 Sharia States Form Their Own Country Now Or Else . by GodHatesBigots(op):
While your stupid potbellied politicians dine and wine with the enemy, seeking for favours and their own selfish interests, Almanjiris are infiltrating our communities and forming sleeper cells for future Jihad. These are the Jihadist foot soldiers who are already present in our communities while carrying out covert and overt acts of proselytisation and persecution.

Trust me, they will not stop, they have an agenda and until we stop them, we might as well sign off our future and the future of our children to these bloody, filthy, sex starved, hell bound savages.

Nigeria is under the grip of a gang of terrorist sympathisers who have only one purpose in mind – the conquest and subjugation of all indigenous peoples of Nigeria.

Until we get some more brain cells and start to form a strong physical, intellectual and social defence, these outlaws will ruin our societies and our communities. These are children of the great destroyer, and their emblem is destruction, hate and bloodshed.

All Indigenous people must unite now or we are forever going to be slaves tomorrow, while our corrupt evil and cursed politicians flee the country to live abroad.
PoliticsRe: Bandits Impregnate Kidnapped Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Students by GodHatesBigots(m): 2:53pm On Feb 21, 2022
Holywizard:
Na them them.
Their grand patron did it with underaged girls nah, so na normal normal
Yes, Mohammed the rapist prophet who married a 6 year old.
PoliticsRe: Bandits Impregnate Kidnapped Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Students by GodHatesBigots(m): 2:51pm On Feb 21, 2022
GreatAxeMan:
Refresh you memories and ask yourselves, who has a historical track-record of kidnapping and raping women in Nigeria? If your mind tells you Boko Haram, then congratulations, you have just solved the "problem" of who these "bandits" actually are, and why they will be coming to your neighborhood in the nearest future. Why do I say this?

Every day, thousands of Almajiri beggars are pouring into the South. Nobody has any idea what the true identity of these beggars are, except that they come from the North and our politicians who have sold us out are afraid to upset their aboki ogas, so they welcome these vermin into their states with open arms.

These same Boko Haram/bandits have already turned the prospect of traveling on many interstate roads in the South West into a game of "try your luck," and if you think they're going to stop at that, then you need a brain cell injection.

Remember that these are the same bandits whom the Buhari Administration had to be forced to be declared as terrorists. They dragged their feet and were reluctant to do so until public embarrassment and humiliation forced them to do it.

Nigeria's future is written in blood.
Our so called useless clueless and greedy politicians do not care about the future of their own people. Indeed, I agree with you. At some point, the people will need to start a revolution at any cost or our future is sealed.

These filthy Jihadists will continue to wage war until they destroy everything in their path.
PoliticsMessage To The FG - Declare Auto Pilot ESN A Terrorist Organisation Now Or Never by GodHatesBigots(op):
The Federal Government must stop playing around with this madness being perpetuated by ESN and declare them a terrorist organisation.

What is terrorism?
Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government or its citizens to further certain political or social objectives. Law enforcement generally recognizes two types of terrorism: domestic and international.
https://www.austintexas.gov/faq/what-terrorism

ESN is maiming, killing and instilling fear in the same people they claim to respect, love and fight for. They are fast losing support amongst the masses, but they retain relevance by enforcing illegal sit at homes and killing those who dare go about their lawful movements and duties.

As an Igbo man who initially was sympathetic to the cause of defending Biafra land, I can now say with utmost clarity that ESN has abandoned the reason for their creation and are now carrying out extra judicial killings, threats and acts of terror, against its own people.

If this terrorist outfit is not disbanded, thousands of well-trained idle male and female ESN members are going to wreck total havoc in the Southeast region and reduce it to another Somalia.

Enough is enough.

1. Identity the terrorists wherever they may be
2. Trace and put a stop to their funding
3. Influence the international community to designate them as a terrorist organisation.

Thank You.
Foreign AffairsUkraine - US Air Force Seen Loading Tactical Nuclear Missiles On To B52 Bombers by GodHatesBigots(op): 9:32pm On Feb 20, 2022
Foreign AffairsUnited Kingdom - Queen Elizabeth II Has A Speech Prepared If World War 3 Happens by GodHatesBigots(op): 9:22pm On Feb 20, 2022
Back in 1983 during the height of the Cold War, a speech was drafted for Queen Elizabeth II to deliver to the citizens of the United Kingdom in the event of a nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia breaking out. Kept secret for 30 years, the address was released to the public in 2013, per Great Britain's National Archives policy.

Today, with Europe holding its collective breath as Russia postures itself to invade Ukraine, memories of teetering on the brink of World War 3 have begun to ripple throughout the UK and beyond. This has garnered renewed attention to the haunting soliloquy that Her Majesty hoped would never have to be spoken.

Read the full speech below, courtesy of the British Broadcasting Corporation:


When I spoke to you less than three months ago we were all enjoying the warmth and fellowship of a family Christmas. Our thoughts were concentrated on the strong links that bind each generation to the ones that came before and those that will follow. The horrors of war could not have seemed more remote as my family and I shared our Christmas joy with the growing family of the Commonwealth.

Now, this madness of war is once more spreading through the world and our brave country must again prepare itself to survive against great odds.

I have never forgotten the sorrow and the pride I felt as my sister and I huddled around the nursery wireless set listening to my father's inspiring words on that fateful day in 1939. Not for a single moment did I imagine that this solemn and awful duty would one day fall to me.

We all know that the dangers facing us today are greater by far than at any time in our long history. The enemy is not the soldier with his rifle nor even the airman prowling the skies above our cities and towns but the deadly power of abused technology.

But whatever terrors lie in wait for us all the qualities that have helped to keep our freedom intact twice already during this sad century will once more be our strength. My husband and I share with families up and down the land the fear we feel for sons and daughters, husbands and brothers who have left our side to serve their country. My beloved son Andrew is at this moment in action with his unit and we pray continually for his safety and for the safety of all servicemen and women at home and overseas.

It is this close bond of family life that must be our greatest defense against the unknown. If families remain united and resolute, giving shelter to those living alone and unprotected, our country's will to survive cannot be broken.

My message to you, therefore, is simple. Help those who cannot help themselves, give comfort to the lonely and the homeless and let your family become the focus of hope and life to those who need it.

As we strive together to fight off the new evil let us pray for our country and men of goodwill wherever they may be. God bless you all.

https://www.salon.com/2022/02/19/queen-elizabeth-ii-has-a-speech-prepared-if-world-iii-happens_partner/
Foreign AffairsRe: Thousands Of American Troops Arrive In Poland To Defend Eastern Europe by GodHatesBigots(op): 8:43pm On Feb 20, 2022
Ojiofor:
That is not happening,Russia have their eyes on Ukraine not Eastern Europe but US want to use that as excuse to occupy those countries militarily.
They are part of NATO. They have been there for years, they only increased the number of soldiers and military equipment.
Foreign AffairsRe: Thousands Of American Troops Arrive In Poland To Defend Eastern Europe by GodHatesBigots(op): 8:39pm On Feb 20, 2022
Ojiofor:
Russia maybe planning to invade Ukraine while USA is sending troops to Eastern Europe that is not under threat of attack meanwhile they said they have no plans to send soldiers to Ukraine that are facing serious threat of military invasion by Russia.
USA is boosting its troops in East European nations in case Putin decides to attack them. They all border with Ukraine.

https://www.nationsonline.org/maps/Ukraine-Map.jpg
Foreign AffairsRe: Thousands Of American Troops Arrive In Poland To Defend Eastern Europe by GodHatesBigots(op):
OMENKAismad:
one thing you should understand is my friend Putin is not buhari

You can not mess up whit one of most dangerous president in the world

You think America vegetable have what it take to attach Russia

The only deference between Baden and buhari is one and two

I like America but they should mind how they handle Russia
Or you think Puti is sleeping like buhari
America and NATO will destroy Russia in less than a week. Germany in the second world war killed over 8 million Russian soldiers and almost captured Moscow, if it were not for the winter and support from the west.

The only deterrent Russia has is Nuclear weapons which means MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION.

Otherwise Russia is a declining regional power.
Foreign AffairsThousands Of American Troops Arrive In Poland To Defend Eastern Europe by GodHatesBigots(op): 8:06pm On Feb 20, 2022
CrimeRe: 150 Women, Girls Killed For Rituals In Niger Delta, Nigeria (Video) by GodHatesBigots(m): 8:48pm On Feb 19, 2022
Niger Delta is evil. It should be carpet bombed.
CrimeRe: 150 Women, Girls Killed For Rituals In Niger Delta, Nigeria (Video) by GodHatesBigots(m): 8:47pm On Feb 19, 2022
Delta state is evil. It should be carpet bombed.
PoliticsTerrorists Kill Five Residents In Fresh Attack On Benue Communities by GodHatesBigots(op): 9:39pm On Feb 18, 2022
No fewer than five people have been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits in a fresh attack on Tse Udeghe village of Mbapa council ward of Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State.

It was learnt that several people were injured in the process when the gunmen in large number allegedly stormed the village at about 4:30pm on Thursday and opened fire on the inhabitants, killing four on the spot.

The gunmen at about 7pm on the same Thursday were said to have blocked the Naka – Makurdi road around Ahume village and opened fire on a vehicle on motion during which one of the occupants was killed, bringing the number of the deaths to five.

A former information officer of Gwer LGA, Francis Ugbede, said the victims of the first attack included a father and his son.

Confirming the incident was the chairman of Gwer West LGA, Mrs Grace Igbabon, who said that she had also donated 10 motorcycles to the military to facilitate security movement in the area.
http://saharareporters.com/2022/02/18/terrorists-kill-five-residents-fresh-attack-benue-communities

EducationRe: Pantami’s Professorship is inexplicable: Alumni urges FUTO to reconsider by GodHatesBigots(m): 2:54pm On Feb 18, 2022
Professor of rats and rabbits
PoliticsRe: Ipobs Shiver In Fear As They See Ijele Face2face In Abuja - VIDEO by GodHatesBigots(m): 1:48pm On Feb 18, 2022
Pal, if I were you, I will carry out my work discretely - there is no reason to put yourself out there as a target, not worth it. Life is short.
PoliticsRe: Pantami Adds ‘Professor’ To His Name Amid Controversy by GodHatesBigots(m): 1:46pm On Feb 18, 2022
Fake Professor with questionable PhD qualification. Also he is a Boko Haram and Al Qaeda supporter.

This is what Nigeria has become, electing illiterates into high office.

SMH.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia: Putin To Oversee Huge Nuclear Drills Amid Ukraine Tension by GodHatesBigots(m): 1:42pm On Feb 18, 2022
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia: Putin To Oversee Huge Nuclear Drills Amid Ukraine Tension by GodHatesBigots(m): 1:41pm On Feb 18, 2022
Only short men want to prove how strong they are. You never hear America or NATO making so much noise, they know their capabilities. Short man Putin can keep huffing and puffing - he will lose.
Foreign AffairsRussia Will LOSE ‘bloody’ War With Ukraine Should ‘KGB Thug’ Putin Invade by GodHatesBigots(op): 3:26pm On Feb 17, 2022
RUSSIA would face an almost certain defeat in a "bloody" and "grimy" war with Ukraine, a former NATO chief warned.

Captain Gary Tabach, who was chief of staff at NATO's mission in Moscow between 2008 and 2011, said Vladimir Putin faces a "mess" if he invades Ukraine.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MT-RADIOACTIVE-COMP.jpg?w=620

The US Navy veteran, who was the first Soviet Union-born officer in the service, said Ukrainians were ready to fight tooth and nail to repel any Russian incursion.

He told The Sun Online: "I think it would be a bloody mess.

"It would be grime because Ukrainians are dug in and they’re equipped with stingers, they are equipped with armour and sniper equipment.

"They’re doing well and they know they have support of the West."

And he added that a free Ukraine keeps Putin up at night as the country - which is increasingly close to the West - was a "haemorrhoid" for Russia as it won't bow down to Moscow.

Captain Tabach said Ukrainians were signing up in their thousands to a local armed legion known as the Territorial Defence.

He said Ukrainian villagers in the country's east are armed to the teeth and have been trained to defend themselves.

"The Russian troops would not get too far in," he told The Sun Online.

"All the Russians want is internal unrest but Ukrainians are known to go partisan, and start fighting guerrilla war.

"That’s what they’ve been doing for centuries. And it will be bloody."

He claims Putin is trying to "unite the Russian speaking world" under one banner and would push on into the Baltic states and central Asia to create a new "Soviet Union" if he's not stopped.

"The only resistance is Ukraine - and that’s what I call a pulsating, bleeding, itching haemorrhoid that we resist his ‘brotherly hugs’ and that’s what doesn’t let him sleep at night."

Though a massive frontal attack by Russian forces may be off the cards for now, Mr Tabach said, it doesn't mean Putin was ditching his plans to capture the Eastern European nation.

Mr Tabach said the Kremlin strongman would try to force the Ukrainians to execute the Minsk Protocol - a peace agreement struck up by Moscow and Kyiv with the help of the West in 2014 that sees the Russian-occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk given some political autonomy.

"There is a war that’s going on, it’s just a hybrid war going on," he explained.

"I think the plan was to force Ukrainians to execute the Minsk Agreement, to cause chaos in Ukraine and to cause us war in Ukraine, to cause us a split in society because, you know, that’s Putin’s style.

"That’s what Putin wants. He doesn’t want a frontal attack. It’s not his style - he’s a KGB thug."

He warned Ukrainians should be prepared for Russian "military provocations and terror acts" on their soil in the coming weeks.

The provocations could take the form of "blowing something up, or firing on something to make it look like Ukrainians did it".

He warned of "terror acts" and campaigns of "subversion" consisting of dis-information wars, interrupting Ukraine's economic supply lines, hacking and " bombarding the whole world with what’s wrong with Ukraine and how bad they’re doing".

The warning comes as Russia promised to withdraw some of its troops from the Ukraine border - despite artillery and tanks appearing to remain poised in "attack positions".

Russia's defence ministry said some troops in its military districts near Ukraine are returning to their bases on Tuesday after completing drills.

Military spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said: “Units of the Southern and Western military districts, having completed their tasks, have already begun loading onto rail and road transport and today they will begin moving to their military garrisons."

Footage released showed tanks and other armoured vehicles being loaded onto railway flatcars.

The defence ministry said it would use trucks to move some of the military equipment while some troops would march to the barracks on their own.

The apparent movements run counter to urgent warnings from the US and the UK that Russia could invade Ukraine at any time.

Highly-placed intelligence source claimed Russian crack-troops were set invade Ukraine at 1am Wednesday morning.

They said preparations to defend the besieged nation would continue - despite reports Putin was withdrawing some troops from the border.

US intelligence said the most likely time for Putin’s order was 3am (1am UK time).

American spooks believe Kyiv’s military and government command and control centres still have a barrage of air strikes before tanks roll over the border.

Russian claimed today to be pulling back around 10,000 troops from its Western and Southern to barracks after military drills.

But around 130,000 remain on Ukraine’s eastern and southern borders with around 40,000 pro-Putin forces in Belarus to the north.

But for Mr Tabach, the Russia's pull-out is nothing short of an elaborate ruse.

Slamming the West's hyped response to the build-up of Russian troops at Ukraine's border, he said: "I think Putin is sitting there and laughing his ass off saying: ‘I didn’t even have to do anything. I didn’t even have to say boom!’ as NATO and all the allies got scared and ran away from Kyiv with their tails between their legs.

"It’s like Hitler, you give him a finger, he’ll take a hand...If you give him something, he’ll take it and he’ll want more.

"These maniacs like Stalin, Hitler, Putin, Pol Pot, they’ll take everything. They want to create their own world."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17656512/ex-nato-chief-bloody-war-russia-ukraine-putin/

Foreign AffairsRe: The Leaders Of Ukraine Are Extremely Stupid! by GodHatesBigots(m): 3:06pm On Feb 17, 2022
MangekyoAlt:
All my life I've never seen a group of people that are as stupid as the current leaders of Ukraine. I just read one of their generals saying if Russia invades, they would destroy them and even kill them with their bare hands. He said they would send them back in body bags.

Do they not realize the caliber of weapons currently stationed at their borders? There are thousands of Russian troops and military hardwares including nuclear capable iskander ballistic missiles, yet they're telling russia that they would kill them even with their bare hands if they cross their borders.

Do they think they would stand a chance? Because to me, It seems they actually think they would even stand a chance against a russia going ALL OUT!

They claim they have upgraded their military since russia annexed Crimea. They don't realize russia too has been upgrading and their troops have been seeing combat in Syria.
Their military budget is even less than £1Billion (Far less than Nigeria; £2Billion).

If I were in Ukraine position, I would try to strike a deal with Russia. Ukraine has always wanted to join the EU. Russia would allow them to join the EU, as far as they don't join NATO. if they're able to strike that deal, it would be a win for them. But no, somehow they think the anti tank weapons and javelin they're receiving from the west would make them stand a chance against russia

They don't realize that if Russia is ever going to attack, they won't send troops and tanks first. They'll bombard the shit out of Ukraine with their long range artillery, rocket artillery and ballistic missiles at all major strategic locations, annihilating every major resistance. Then, they will send in the troops and tanks as a cleanup crew.

If it is the USA that is boosting Ukraines moral and telling them to act tough against someone with capability to completely annihilate them, then it is obvious the USA doesn't mean well for them.
You think Ukraine does not have missile defense systems which have been boosted by the recent supply of thousands of surface to air stinger missiles ? You think Ukraine will just sit there and let Russia continue with the Bombardment ? Ukraine also has an airforce and they will put up a fight.

Ukraine also has 'long range artillery, rocket artillery and ballistic missiles at all major strategic locations' !! Recently, the UK supplied thousands of Javeline anti-tank missiles which can destroy 70% of the Russian tank force.

Yes Russia will take territory and even capture the capital but this will come at a huge cost. Furthermore, Russia will face a similar fate like they did in Afghanistan where thousands of Russians died in a bloody guerrilla warfare. Eventually Russia withdrew their forces and ran back to Moscow with their tail between their legs.

In this war with Ukraine, make no mistake about it, thousands of Russian soldiers will die, there will be huge sanctions and guess what ? The Russian economy will collapse leading to internal revolt and the possible removal of MAD PUTIN. Putin is biting more than he can chew. He is driven by ego not logic.

This war will have no end and thousands of Russians will perish because the west will continue to arm Ukraine until the bitter end.

And if Russia makes the mistake of attacking a NATO country, they can kiss their a$$ godbye.

Do you know that in the second world war, small Finland defeated the mighty USSR army on Finish territory and that, even though Germany lost the war, it was because the west sustained Russia to continue fighting and the winter was not to Germanys advantage. But all things considered, Russia lost a massive 27 million civilians and soldiers - the highest casualty rate of all wars since time immemorial.

cool
Foreign AffairsNATO To Send Thousands Of Troops On SouthEastern Flank Amid Russian Threat by GodHatesBigots(op): 5:43pm On Feb 16, 2022
BRUSSELS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - NATO defence ministers are expected this week to set in motion a plan that could establish four multinational battlegroups in southeastern Europ[/b]e in response to Russia's military build-up in Ukraine, four diplomats said.

Allied ministers meeting on Wednesday and Thursday will decide whether to order their military commanders to draw up plans to deploy [b]battlegroups of some 1,000 troops each to Bulgaria and Romania, and possibly to Slovakia and Hungary.


With NATO meeting as the United States warns of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, diplomats told Reuters that ministers are likely to agree to direct commanders to come up with a detailed plan for the four battlegroups on land.

"There will be a tasking that allows us to escalate but also to de-escalate if Russia pulls back its military," a senior NATO diplomat said, stressing that any new battlegroups would be on top of recent allied offers by Britain, the United States and others of ships and planes to reinforce NATO's eastern flank.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith told reporters that ministers would discuss "additional enhancements" but declined to give more details. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said: "We're also going to consider a more long-term adjustment of posture, including considering the battlegroup in Romania."

They spoke as Russia said some troops near Ukraine were returning to their bases after military exercises, easing concerns over a potential invasion. But Stoltenberg also said that while he saw signs for optimism, he had not seen yet seen any sign of de-escalation on the ground. read more

Ukraine is not a NATO member and the alliance is under no treaty obligation to defend it. Reinforcements in the Black Sea would show resolve in the strategically important region, and in countries such as Hungary and Slovakia that border Ukraine.

Any final decision on deployments would come later on, although both France and Bulgaria have offered to lead the battlegroups in Romania and Bulgaria respectively. With Budapest wary of provoking Russia, Hungary could stand up a battalion entirely of its own troops, under NATO command, diplomats said.

'4,000 VS 130,000'

The move would be NATO's biggest shift in force posture since it set up its "Enhanced Forward Presence" battlegroups in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland - backed by tanks, air defences and intelligence and surveillance units - in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Any deployments would go against Moscow's security demands for the alliance to withdraw troops from eastern Europe. But envoys said an increased troop presence of 4,000 troops was not comparable to the estimated 130,000 Russian troops and equipment to the north, east and south of Ukraine.

NATO insists that the battlegroup format used in the Baltics is not a permanent stationing of troops, rather a "persistent" presence of rotating soldiers to serve as a tripwire for a larger response force should Russia invade NATO territory.

A French presidency official said French troops will deploy to Romania only after a NATO decision and that the designing and arming the battlegroups would still take time because allies must come forward to participate. "There will be a debate within the North Atlantic Council and we are basically aiming for a deadline of a few months," the official said.

NATO could also consider a multinational force led by France in Romania that would coordinate allied exercises in eastern Europe and allow troops to flow in and out of the region without establishing a formal presence.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-consider-new-troops-southeastern-flank-amid-russian-threat-2022-02-15/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_JzAKlwhc
Foreign AffairsThe Russians Who Are Ready To Going Against Putin In Ukraine by GodHatesBigots(op): 3:50pm On Feb 16, 2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/273778921_913340429370816_7575139169871598037_n.jpg?resize=770%2C513

St Petersburg, Russia – When war broke out in Ukraine’s east in 2014, thousands joined volunteer militias to bolster the then-weak Ukrainian army. Among their ranks were Russians, including far-right activists taking up arms against Russia-backed separatists.

And now, as the Russian army amasses on the eastern border, they say they are ready to do it again and fight against their own government.

“The final trigger for me was I knew some people in the military and found out they were in Donetsk, and one of them even invited me to come along. I immediately understood they’d been dispatched there by their superiors,” Nikita Makeev, 37, originally from St Petersburg in Russia, told Al Jazeera from Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.

“My government was committing a crime on the territory of Ukraine, not with the help of some kind of ‘volunteers’ but regular troops – if one guy I know from the special forces is there, and another guy from another division, then this was clearly an intervention, an undeclared war. And as a citizen of Russia, I didn’t want to be an accomplice to this crime, and I didn’t see the point of joining any anti-war marches in Moscow or Peter[sburg], as my friends had done,” he recalled.

“The decision had been made without us.”

Makeev travelled to the Maidan Square in central Kyiv in July 2014, where he found a booth recruiting for the far-right Azov Battalion. Drawing from football hooligans and members of the radical Social-National Assembly, Azov grew into the best-disciplined and funded of the volunteer paramilitaries, with a logo displaying the Germanic Wolfsangel symbol, commonly associated with neo-Nazis.

Azov, which has been accused of war crimes, has since been incorporated into the regular armed forces and distanced itself from those roots, according to Vyacheslav Likhachev, an expert at the ZMINA Center for Human Rights, though its founders are still using the name for their movement.

“The creators of Azov are still trying to exploit this symbolic capital for political purposes, but this has nothing to do with the activities of the regiment,” Likhachev told Al Jazeera. “Today, these people, associated with the National Corps party, have no control over the unit.”

However, Azov Battalion’s rightist sympathies were considered troubling enough for the United States Congress to bar it from receiving aid in 2018, while the wider Azov movement, which includes the battalion’s veterans, the National Corps party, and street vigilantes remains an active force at the grassroots level, organising, among others, paramilitary training for civilians in case of a Russian attack.

The Azov Battalion took part in the battle over Mariupol in 2014, holding back pro-Russian forces from advancing through the strategic village of Shyrokyne, where Makeev suffered a concussion. Fighting alongside him was fellow Russian Sergei Korotkikh, nom de guerre Botsman (meaning boatswain, or petty officer on a ship).

“In my opinion, the best thing a man can do in his life is go to war, but you can’t really describe it to someone who wasn’t there,” Korotkikh told Al Jazeera, recounting his memories of the war.

“On September 5, 2014, we reinforced Shyrokyne and didn’t let the Russians reach the outskirts of Mariupol. Every two minutes, we came under severe artillery fire, and it was like this for several hours. Half of my unit was wounded and concussed, but thankfully, still alive. It was a rough day and when we returned to Mariupol, a thousand [locals] greeted us with flowers.”

Russia officially denied taking part in the conflict, although thousands of Russians fought alongside rebel forces, including serving soldiers which Moscow claimed had left for east Ukraine as volunteers.

Though Russian President Vladimir Putin is socially conservative, he is despised among some far-right and ultra-nationalist circles who claim he does not have the best interests of ethnic Russians at heart.

“For a very long time I’ve struggled against the Russian government, which oppresses the Russian people,” Korotkikh said. “From my point-of-view, this isn’t a war against Russia, it’s a war against Putin’s regime.”

Although Korotkikh says his beliefs have now changed – he now describes himself as a “right-wing European conservative” looking up to Poland and Hungary, as well as relatively monoethnic Japan, as “healthy societies” – in 2004 he co-founded the National Socialist Society (NSO), members of which were later imprisoned for a racist murder spree. Botsman is himself wanted in Russia over a grisly 2007 snuff film in which two migrants are shot and beheaded in front of a Nazi flag by a pair of masked executioners. He has been charged with the murder of “two or more people, committed by an organised group motivated by political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred”.

Korotkikh denied any involvement to Al Jazeera, stating that the killers in the video are much taller than him and that the allegations against him in Russia only surfaced in 2015 after he took an active role fighting for Ukraine.

Korotkikh was personally handed a Ukrainian passport by then-President Petro Poroshenko in 2014 and a year later, despite his association with the NSO, was appointed the head of a police unit.

Ukraine has sheltered members of the far-right Russian opposition since 2014. However, according to Likhachev, the number of these Russian ultra-rightists is relatively small – in the low hundreds – compared with the thousands of Russian nationalists who fought on the side of the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk Peoples’ Republics.

“But, of course, one must understand that Russian ultra-right groups were not independent actors,” Likhachev said. “Far-right groups have often been used by intelligence agencies as technically non-governmental conduits to mobilise militants.”

Not all Russian citizens fighting for Ukraine subscribe to far-right ideas. Two battalions are made up of Chechens seeking another opportunity to face the Russians on the battlefield after a bloody armed campaign in Chechnya ended in the late 2000s.

Ukraine, however, has not always been kind to its foreign volunteers. In 2018, authorities extradited Timur Tumgoyev to Russia, where he was wanted for “terrorism”. Tumgoyev claimed to have fought with the Chechen Sheikh Mansur Battalion, but Russian prosecutors accused him of travelling to Syria to join ISIL (ISIS). Tumgoyev’s application to become a Ukrainian citizen was rejected.

“The Poroshenko government didn’t treat us foreign volunteers very well; in fact, it was rather ugly,” said Makeev, who campaigned for veterans to be awarded citizenship, only receiving his in 2019 under President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

As the Russian military buildup has sparked fears of a renewed conflict, even as Russia denies it intends to invade Ukraine, Makeev and Korotkikh both say they are ready to return to the battlefield. But they have their doubts whether Russian tanks will cross the border, let alone make it all the way to Kyiv.

“My age and health still allow me, so if something happens I’ll actively take part. But I believe this won’t happen,” said Korotkikh. “Russia has other, less visible instruments. It’s less colourful than what certain pundits are saying about war, but it may be even worse for Ukraine. A war is simpler, more honest.”

Korotkikh considers it far more likely Russia will try to apply economic pressure to starve Ukraine and provoke unrest.

Makeev, meanwhile, prefers to focus on a different aspect: Ukraine is being well-armed by its allies.

“At least there’s a constant stream of armaments,” he said. “Any help is great … There’s probably enough Kalashnikovs floating around Ukraine now to arm the entire adult population. The Russians may try, but it won’t be a walk in the park.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/16/the-russians-going-against-putin-in-ukraine
Foreign AffairsRe: US President Biden Warns Russia, Says NATO Ready To Respond by GodHatesBigots(op): 2:06pm On Feb 16, 2022
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another donkey spotted. Sanction my azz. Sanction has never crippled any country. When an embargo was placed on Iraq their citizens were living far better lives than smelling, dirty American women who will give sex for a pot of sour soup. You know propaganda can be very damaging to the brain causing everlasting dumbness. America and NATO are ants that russia can crush in less than 30mins. Remove the stupidity from your brain or forever remain a camel
And yet the USA brought down the might USSR. Who is Russia ?

Go to Somalia and join Al-Shabaab. Ugly Donkey grin
Foreign AffairsRe: US President Biden Warns Russia, Says NATO Ready To Respond by GodHatesBigots(op): 2:04pm On Feb 16, 2022
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dunce! The US. has no GDP. America GDP is minus 150trillion. Somalia has a bigger GDP than America. America is a debt shithole
Go to Somalia then and join Al-Shabaab. Donkey grin

America is so poor that all the muslims want to live there and flee from their shit hole countries - ROTFL & LMAO double grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: US President Biden Warns Russia, Says NATO Ready To Respond by GodHatesBigots(op): 2:03pm On Feb 16, 2022
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Donkey just transformed into a baboon. Even Nigerian boys scout will defeat NATO which is a bullshit western media hyped ants. The Taliban got tired of killing bastards NATO soldiers and started giving them urine as water. May shango strike you and your slave english mad!
Mr Donkey, America and NATO left Afghanistan because the mission after a while was pointless and they were spending huge amounts of money to maintain their soldiers.

When the war started after 9/11, the Taliban and your Al Qadea friends were demolished in 1 WEEK and the capital fell almost immediately.

If NATO wants to conquer the whole country, they can, but it would be pointless. Get some more brain cells. grin
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Xenry:
Another trash
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Total TRASH !! grin
Foreign AffairsRe: US President Biden Warns Russia, Says NATO Ready To Respond by GodHatesBigots(op): 11:44am On Feb 16, 2022
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another donkey spotted. Sanction my azz. Sanction has never crippled any country. When an embargo was placed on Israel their citizens were living far better lives than smelling, dirty American women who will give sex for a pot of sour soup. You know propaganda can be very damaging to the brain causing everlasting dumbness. America and NATO are ants that russia can crush in less than 30mins. Remove the stupidity from your brain or forever remain a camel
Your daftness is on another level.

The USA and it's NATO allies will crumble Russia like they crumbled the USSR and there is nothing anybody can do about it. We are now in the last age of total western domination. You can cry, throw a tantrum, throw your toys out of mamas pram or even hyperventilate - the truth is that Russia is a baby when it comes to USA and NATO power.

And you think China will join Russia to fight NATO ? You must be on a drugs or something harder grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: US President Biden Warns Russia, Says NATO Ready To Respond by GodHatesBigots(op): 11:41am On Feb 16, 2022
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You are the last hope for humanity. Honestly to use hammer hit the heads of all these idiots here just dey hungry me. Well most of them are in their 20's so stupidity can be pardoned a bit
Both of you have ZERO knowledge of history and current affairs.
Foreign AffairsRe: US President Biden Warns Russia, Says NATO Ready To Respond by GodHatesBigots(op): 11:40am On Feb 16, 2022
seunny4lif:
Will USA allow Mexico to form a military bloc with Russia?
Cuba can’t even breathe in peace because she choose Russia.
Brazil was told by USA to reject Russia vaccine and it’s was even bought to the PMs at Senate hearing. Venezuelan welcome just 2 Russia bombers and USA was already making noises of war and sanctions.
You see when you destroyed too many countries like USA did around the world then every one is your enemy
The countries have joined the military bloc on their own volition. They were once part of the now defunct horrible USSR and they don't want that part of their history to be repeated.
Foreign AffairsRe: US President Biden Warns Russia, Says NATO Ready To Respond by GodHatesBigots(op): 11:37am On Feb 16, 2022
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Russia is higly corrupt? You are a dog, a very dirty dog. The United states is the most corrupt country in the world. I laugh your stupidity putting up figures. Russia will destroy America and Europe in less than 30mins. You have really grown up to become a big born fool baboon. Thanks to western propaganda
Hey Boy, watch this.

NATO will obliterate Russia from the universe - cool



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAvr50f6gNc
Foreign AffairsRe: US President Biden Warns Russia, Says NATO Ready To Respond by GodHatesBigots(op): 11:35am On Feb 16, 2022
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Russia is higly corrupt? You are a dog, a very dirty dog. The United states is the most corrupt country in the world. I laugh your stupidity putting up figures. Russia will destroy America and Europe in less than 30mins. You have really grown up to become a big born fool baboon. Thanks to western propaganda
https://img.favpng.com/21/5/0/smiley-lol-emoticon-laughter-clip-art-png-favpng-bNULJ3uTJfwQzgfbR4LskWKeh.jpg

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