The new right-wing "Compact" magazine and the "Freie Sachsen" newspaper support Putin. He is harshly condemned from the autonomous scene.
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| Jürgen Elsässer |
Even during times of conflict, the friend-enemy pattern persists. Even after the Russian invasion on Ukraine began, German right-wing fanatics defended Putin's dictatorship. "As has frequently been noted throughout history, the attacker is not the aggressor," says Jürgen Elsässer, the leader of the new-right, conspiracy-ideological magazine "Compact," in a "statement" posted on the medium's website on Thursday.
According to Elsässer, the attack is the result of "NATO led by the United States, who intend to utilize Ukraine as an offensive platform against Russia and already have a permanent military presence in the country." He still sympathizes with Putin. Elsässer pursues "not a neo-Soviet, but a neo-Tsarist foreign policy," and appreciates the distinction: "The difference is crucial, because Germany typically got along well with the Tsarist Empire." The "Compact" guy makes no mention of the fact that Germany and the Russian Tsarist Empire battled each other in World War I.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution designated the journal as "securely radical" in December 2021, and it has long attested to "material that defames the democratic system and its institutions, particularly viewpoints on conspiracy beliefs." "Compact" is a voice for the anti-state spectrum of right-wing radicals and lateral thinkers.
Alsatian is not the only fanatic who has taken a position since the beginning of Russia's invasion on Ukraine. Extremists on both the right and left express themselves, sometimes with odd slogans. While right-wing radicals despise NATO and the United States, the independent scene is sending out remarkably divergent messages, despite comparable aversions. The "Dresden Anarchist Network" promotes its "solidarity with the people of Ukraine" on the Internet site "Indymedia.org," the principal organ of violent left-wing extremists and frequently used for letters claiming credit for arson attacks.
One photograph depicts a group of hooded autonomists posing on the Elbe meadow with black and red flags, a blazing Bengal, and a giant banner in front of the backdrop of Dresden's old town. "Putin Fuck Off" and "Solidarity with the people of Ukraine" are written on it.
However, the left-wing radicals are also especially interested in a sign for the invaded country's "anarchist partners." The Free State's "Saxony government and political class" are also chastised. They have never "hidden behind the scenes" their ties to the Russian state. The contentious award of a medal to Putin in 2009 at the opera ball in Dresden is mentioned. Stanislaw Tillich, the then-Prime Minister of Saxony, was the laudator (CDU). Honoring the Russian ruler was viewed as a blunder by civil rights groups.
Putin, on the other hand, can count for mercy from right-wing radicals in Saxony. "Both sides, Russia and Ukraine, are to blame for the escalation," the far-right organization Freie Sachsen posted on the Telegram chat app on Thursday. "One-sided blame" is incorrect, and sanctions "of any type" on Russia must be resisted.
NATO, on the other hand, is being chastised unilaterally. "She actually incited the Ukrainian government and urged it to carry out repeated provocations and raids," according to the report. The Free Saxons, who have been a major force behind the radicalization of anti-vaccination protests in the Free State, have also expressed sympathy for Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. "We Saxons are also seeking for autonomy and acknowledge the Donetsk and Donbass People's Republics declared by local populations," he admits.