US labels Russian white supremacist group 'terrorist'
Source: Anadolu Agency
First time Washington has labeled white-supremacist group as terrorist organization, says Nathan Sales
Beyza Binnur Dönmez |
06.04.2020
ANKARA
The U.S. designated Monday a Russian ultra-nationalist group Russian Imperial Movement as a terrorist organization.
"This is the first time the United States has ever designated white supremacist terrorists, illustrating how seriously this administration takes the threat," State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism, Nathan Sales, said in a press briefing. "We are taking actions no previous administration has taken to counter this threat."
The U.S. also named three individuals believed to be the group's leaders -- Stanislav Anatolyevich Vorobyev, Denis Valliullovich Gariev and Nikolay Nikolayevich Trushchalov -- as terrorists.
Sales said the group has two training facilities in St. Petersburg and provides paramilitary-style training to neo-Nazis.
Read more: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-labels-russian-white-supremacist-group-terrorist/1794785
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Or he wants to see the old man have the "big one", like Fred Sanford.
ck4829
(35,076 posts)I mean the Atomwaffen Division is murdering people and the Daily Stormer has had 2 members of it go on to do shooting sprees and was tied to Joshua Ryne Goldberg, who fed information to Islamic terrorists.
Sounds kind of terrorist-y to me, are they going to get sanctioned anytime soon?
47of74
(18,470 posts)That designation will be removed real fast.