National Socialism / White Power Explained

Unit Name:National Socialism / White Power Crew
National Socialism / White Power Crew
Designated As Terror Group By:Russia
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Dates:2004–present
Active:Banned in 21 May 2021, still active
Country:Russia
Battles:2022 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement (allegedly, according to Russian authorities)
Position:Far-right[1]
Allegiance:Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists, National Socialist Society,
Allies: Format18
National Socialist Society
Opponents: Government of Russia
Leader:Andrey Pronsky (Подпись Неразборчива )
Website:ns-wp.ws (banned)

National Socialism / White Power Crew (NS/WP Crew, also known as Sparrows Crew),[2] is a Neo-Nazi extremist group operating in Russia, recognized by the Supreme Court of Russia as a “terrorist organization”.[3]

History

According to Mediazona, many unrelated Nazi groups used the NS/WP abbreviation in the 2000s.[4]

In 2010, two NS/WP members were charged with the murder of a Ghanaian citizen in 2009.[5]

In 2014, nine members of this organization, aged 17 to 24, were sentenced to 4–9 years in prison for a series of murders, attacks and robberies, as well as committing other crimes motivated by ethnic hatred.[6] Members of the organization recorded one of the murders on camera and posted it on the Internet. In addition, they set fire to a car with two homeless people sleeping in it and carried out several more attacks on foreigners and people leading an asocial lifestyle, according to the prosecution. Members of the group were also found guilty of setting fire to a temple, a construction crane, and blowing up a public transport stop using a makeshift device. The last crime was regarded as a terrorist attack.[7] [8]

On 21 May 2021, the movement was recognized as a terrorist organization by the authorities of the Russian Federation and banned.[9] [10]

Some Russian media claim that NS/WP Crew are also involved in the arson of military enlistment offices, which began after the announcement of mobilization in Russia.[11] [12]

Claimed assassination attempt on Vladimir Solovyov

On 25 April 2022, the Federal Security Service announced the arrest of a group of members of an organization that was making preparations to attempt the assassination of pro-government journalist Vladimir Solovyov.[13] [14] According to the FSB, the assassination was prepared by order of the Security Service of Ukraine.[15] During the searches, the suspects were found and seized with an improvised explosive device, incendiary devices like Molotov cocktails, pistols, a sawed-off hunting rifle, a grenade, cartridges, drugs and forged Ukrainian passports. In addition, nationalist literature and paraphernalia were found.[16] [17] [18] Among the detainees was also one of the leaders of NS/WP Andrey Pronsky, who in 2013, on behalf of NS/WP, committed the murder of a Jewish person, for which he was sent for compulsory treatment.[19]

A day earlier, Russian President Putin announced that the FSB had stopped an attempted assassination of an unnamed Russian journalist.

In June, a sixth defendant was arrested in the case of plotting Solovyov's assassination.[20] However, the legitimacy of this plot has been questioned.[21]

Assassination of Iryna Farion

On 25 July 2024, the group published a video-manifesto of a "Ukrainian autonomous revolutionary racist" who committed the murder of the Ukrainian linguist and nationalist politician Iryna Farion, including the moment when she was shot.[22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Движение National Socialism/White Power признано террористическим . 3 September 2022 . vesti.ru . ru.
  2. Web site: Верховный суд РФ запретил в России неонацистскую организацию National Socialism/White Power . 3 September 2022 . www.mskagency.ru . 21 May 2021 . ru.
  3. Web site: Террористические и экстремистские организации и материалы Национальный антитеррористический комитет . 3 September 2022 . nac.gov.ru . ru.
  4. Web site: Краткий курс NS/WP. Что мы знаем о задержанных за покушение на Соловьева — и о том, кто жег военкоматы . 3 September 2022 . Медиазона . ru.
  5. News: Russian Extremists Charged . 3 September 2022 . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . 13 February 2010 . en.
  6. Web site: Подозреваются в зверских убийствах . 3 September 2022 . Interfax.ru . ru.
  7. Web site: В России судом запрещено неонацистское движение NS-WP . 3 September 2022 . Interfax.ru . ru.
  8. Web site: Верховный суд признал террористическим неонацистское движение NS/WP . 3 September 2022 . Медиазона . ru.
  9. Web site: Неонацистское движение NS/WP признано экстремистским . 3 September 2022 . newizv.ru . ru.
  10. Web site: ВС признал террористическим движение National Socialism/White Power . 3 September 2022 . РБК . 21 May 2021 . ru.
  11. Web site: ru. Поджигают бутылки и бросают в окна: появилось видео попытки поджога призывного пункта в Перми. 59.ru - новости Перми. 24 June 2022. 27 October 2022.
  12. Web site: ru. "Сплошное белое пятно": кто поджигает военкоматы в России. NEWS.ru. 27 October 2022.
  13. Web site: 25 April 2022 . К Владимиру Соловьеву не подпустили шестерых . 3 September 2022 . www.kommersant.ru . ru.
  14. Web site: 29 April 2022 . Here's what we know about images of an allegedly foiled neo-Nazi assassination plot 'ordered by Ukraine' . 3 September 2022 . The Observers - France 24 . en.
  15. Web site: 25 April 2022 . Russia appears to confuse 'The Sims' for SIM cards in possible staged assassination attempt . 3 September 2022 . New York Post . en-US.
  16. Web site: СК: покушение на Соловьева готовили члены группировки National Socialism/White Power . 3 September 2022 . ya62.ru . ru.
  17. Web site: СК: шестерых "неонацистов" подозревают в попытке взорвать машину телеведущего Соловьева . 3 September 2022 . Медиазона . ru.
  18. Web site: ФСБ задержала неонацистов, планировавших убить Владимира Соловьева — Реальное время . 3 September 2022 . realnoevremya.ru . ru.
  19. Web site: ru. В Подмосковье отправят на лечение неонациста, зверски убившего еврея-диггера, чтобы записать новогоднее видео с поздравлениями. NEWSru.com. 10 July 2013. 28 October 2022.
  20. Web site: В Москве арестовали еще одного подозреваемого в подготовке покушения на Соловьева . 3 September 2022 . tass.ru.
  21. News: Russia accused of faking Ukrainian assassination plot of Russian TV host. 26 April 2022 . The Times of Israel.
  22. Web site: Хто такі націонал-соціалісти руху NS/WP, які взяли відповідальність за вбивство Ірини Фаріон . BBC.