How political opportunities strengthen the far right: understanding the rise in far-right militancy in Russia

Authors
Publication date 2008
Journal Europe-Asia Studies
Volume | Issue number 60 | 4
Pages (from-to) 561-579
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract This article provides an overview of recent activities of the far right in Russia (2004-2006) and shows how formal organisations of the far right interact with skinhead subcultures and local communities. It argues that government actions have facilitated an increase in recent far-right militancy (2004-2006) in Russia: the authorities have provided the far-right with political opportunities that their organisations use to coordinate further actions, recruit new members and gain visibility.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1080/09668130801999854
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