Michael Colborne

@ColborneMichael

🇨🇦 journalist | CEE, far-right | Policy & Practitioner Fellow | 2019 Resonant Voices Fellow | etc

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    Jul 18

    Why is Croatia so important to Ukraine's Azov movement -- so much so that the far-right movement is hosting a conference abroad for the first time in Zagreb this autumn? My investigation, part of my Fellowship with .

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    3 hours ago

    Alumni of together in at the annual media conference . Tomorrow we’ll discuss the main challenges of reporting with other participants of the conference. Stay tuned ;)

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    16 hours ago

    Slovenia (🇸🇮) + Canada (🇨🇦) = Canania:

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    Oct 3

    Ukraine is emerging as a hub in the broader network of transnational white supremacy extremism. This piece by looks, in particular, at Kyiv as a center for neo-Nazi concerts. Includes our latest report:

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    Oct 3

    From Asgardsrei to Fortress Europe to Kategorie C's show & Asgardsrei again soon, open neo-Nazi concerts in Kyiv have become a trend, escaping attention or scrutiny from gov't & most local media. My 1st blog post as a Policy and Practitioner Fellow

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  6. Oct 3

    tl;dr

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  7. Oct 3

    potentially of interest

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  8. Oct 3

    From Asgardsrei to Fortress Europe to Kategorie C's show & Asgardsrei again soon, open neo-Nazi concerts in Kyiv have become a trend, escaping attention or scrutiny from gov't & most local media. My 1st blog post as a Policy and Practitioner Fellow

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  9. Oct 2

    Canada's goes full ethno-nationalist.... "It's yours. Opt for women and men who look like you, who share your values, who care about your concerns and who work for your interests, the interests of Quebecois. Only Quebecois. Tomorrow belongs to you."

    C’est à vous. Optez pour des femmes et des hommes qui vous ressemblent, qui partagent vos valeurs, qui portent vos préoccupations et qui travaillent pour vos intérêts, pour les intérêts des Québécois. Seulement des Québécois. Demain vous appartient.
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  10. Oct 2

    . come for a discussion of the Steinmeier formula, stay for the description of Azov and company's protest in front of the presidency as "fairly sad"

    Yesterday's gathering of a few hundred far-right activists outside the PA was fairly sad: young 20-somethings trying to explain to explain Minsk to their teenage underlings, one drunk guy, accompanying the Russian Neonazi Korotkykh, asking if I was "a negro lover".
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  11. Oct 2

    "Nearly a month after the call — which Zelensky has since described as “good” and Trump has called “perfect” — the Ukrainian government was left stumped when they received word that the aid had in fact been suspended."

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  12. Oct 2

    Oh. "When Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with President Donald Trump in the now-infamous July 25 phone call, he believed $391 million worth of military aid was already on its way to Kyiv, two Ukrainian officials and a US official" told

    Ukraine believed $391 million in aid was already on its way when Trump and Zelensky spoke, and for nearly a month after, officials tell :
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  13. Oct 2

    ouch

    Full-time | get their second win at after beating Canada 63-0
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  14. Oct 2

    One party/grouping that's endorsed Škoro are the "Suverenisti" of Ruža Tomašić -- who, as I wrote about for a few months ago, are very close with Ukraine's Azov movement

    Why is Croatia so important to Ukraine's Azov movement -- so much so that the far-right movement is hosting a conference abroad for the first time in Zagreb this autumn? My investigation, part of my Fellowship with .
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  15. Oct 2

    In Croatia's presidential elections in a few months, Miroslav Škoro (third in polls right now) is "a combination of populist, nationalist and wannabe comedian" and "a potential receipient of protest votes from...right-wingers who are disappointed with [Kolinda] Grabar Kitarovic"

    Nationalists Populists Wannabe comedians Potential autocrats This is how the list of Croatian candidates in the upcoming presidential election reads - and for , citizens have every right to skip this year's vote. Read his comment:
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  16. Oct 2

    As these stories from 2014 and 2015 attest, Siderov is nothing if not consistent in his vileness

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  17. Oct 2

    In Bulgaria, far-right, pro-Russian Ataka leader Volen Siderov stays on brand, accusing one former far-right colleague of stealing billions from Bulgaria to give to the US (?) and another of being gay, all while getting himself kicked off a TV show for being too obnoxious.

    Outrage over Ataka leader Siderov’s antics on Bulgarian National Television talk show
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  18. Oct 1

    "...the right has since become increasingly unified online, emboldened by evidence of their influence on Trump, and a mounting sense that they are gearing up for something big"

    The literature of the far-right is a subculture running parallel to ours, with as many subgenres as your own reading list. They are also proven fodder for violence and, in this American moment, they portend a dangerous confrontation.
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  19. Oct 1

    On a more serious note, look at 's tweets from on scene on Maidan. There's an impromptu protest against 's support of the Steinmeier formula today, a protest where Azov members clearly aren't welcome.

    Something interesting happened on the Maidan: people called out members of Azov one protester described to me as "provocators." Small fight ensued, people are chanting the Ukrainian anthem now.
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  21. Oct 1

    If this is indeed the case, it's merely a cosmetic change as part of their clear rebranding efforts and ongoing attempts to mainstream themselves. If it's the same people, same leaders, same far-right group acting with impunity, a name change means nothing.

    is to be dissolved and reorganized as Society of the Future according to Telegram rumor mill. If true, I wonder if it's connected to tomorrow's hearing of appeal of defamation suit brought against it for characterizing the group as neo-Nazi.
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