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Samson Option
The Samson Option is Israel’s nuclear doctrine, where if Israel is ever under threat of losing a war, they are planning to release all of their nukes and destroy the world. The plan is named after Samson from the Old Testament, who is judge. In his story he is captured as a prisoner by the…
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Fall of the Soviet Union and Missing Nukes
In 1991, the Soviet Union fell, due to both financial and political pressure. While the oligarchs were fighting overpower much of the Soviet Union’s military hardware went up for sale too. Many of the nuclear weapons that the Soviet Union placed in states outside of Russia were brought back to Russia, but it’s rumored that…
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Russian National Unity
The first neo-Nazi group that formed in Russia was Russian National Unity (RNU). It formed as Pamyat, another Russian nationalist group was splitting, in 1990. This group was Russian, but had fascist viewpoints, with a slogan: “Russia for Russians and compatriots.” They were for the were for the expulsion of non-Russian immigrant and Jews. They…
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Pamyat
Pamyat the first Russian nationalist movement forming during the 1980’s, in Moscow. The name of the group was taken from an essay by Vladimir Chivilikhin. The group was also formed with the help of the KGB. Originally their purpose was to preserve the Russian culture, through the 80’s they became much more nationalistic, at which…