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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…
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Death of Bandera
Over the course of the late 40’s and 50’s the MGB (Ministry of State Security) and later the KGB would attempt multiple assassinations and kidnappings of Stephan Bandera, while he was living out the later part of his life in Germany. It wouldn’t be until October 15, 1959, when they got lucky. Outside of his…
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Aradi’s Aiding
Aradia is given a secret task by the Americans, it is to inform all of his colleagues in the intelligence game that they were to go into hiding by January 15, 1947. The Americans were already requested by the Soviets to help them hunt for prisoners they wanted back, and while American never agreed or…
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Requesting Bandera Back
On October 15, 1946, Colonel-General P.A. Kurochkin, the deputy commander of the Soviet Military Administration, wrote to the Americans that they should arrest and return Stefan Bandera, to the Soviet Union to face punishment for his war crimes. Colonel-General Kurochkin was quoted in saying For these crimes committed against the Russian people, he should be…
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More Problem with Bandera
After World War Two Stephan Bandera moved to West Germany, where he lived under protection from the Soviets, even though the Soviet Union asked for all of their known citizen, who were known for committing war crimes, to be sent back to the Soviet Union, so they could be tried and punished. The allies refused…
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Myron Matvieyko
Myron Matvieyko had experience working in the German Abwehr as an intelligence agent during World War Two. During the war, when things started to turn against the Germans started working as a spy for the American, obtaining information and passing it on to the American. This led to Myron Matvieyko to develop a relationship with…
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Involving the Church
In October of 1946, a year before the CIA was founded, America was already planning their next foreign adventure. They wanted to contact Ukrainian partisan groups, but they knew it would be difficult. Ukraine wasn’t a country at the time, and the Ukraine hated both Poles and Russians. The only other country at the time…
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America’s First Steps to War in Ukraine
It would be April 1946 when America launched their first intelligence operation to gather intelligence on whether Ukrainian Nationalist groups could be a viable source of manpower again Russia. They already had some information on where to look for support, thanks to Operation Belladona. It was just a matter of getting support. America was able…