Russian Neo-Nazi Group Joins Forces with FSB to Secure Finland Border

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The notorious far-right and neo-Nazi paramilitary organization, known as the Rusich Group, has reportedly entered into an official agreement with Russia's FSB Border Service. The group's claim of this collaboration involves conducting intelligence activities and reinforcing the border with Finland. The Rusich Group, officially known as Diversionno-shturmovaya razvedyvatel’naya gruppa (DShRG), originated from underground neo-Nazi circles in St. Petersburg. They first emerged on the battlefield as a volunteer battalion in the Russian-controlled Donbas region in 2014.

 

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, members of the Rusich Group have been linked to the Wagner Group, another infamous paramilitary force active in the conflict. The group's announcement on Telegram highlighted their new role in working with the FSB Border Service. According to their statement, "DSHRG Rusich officially entered into cooperation with the FSB Border Service on the state border of Russia to exchange experience, conduct intelligence activities and strengthen the border with Finland."

 

Russia shares a 1,340-kilometer land border with Finland, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the south to the Kola Peninsula in the north. The FSB Border Guard Service, responsible for the northwestern district covering Karelia and Murmansk, is based in Petrozavodsk. Despite attempts to reach them for comments, the FSB has stopped responding to inquiries from the Barents Observer via phone or email.

 

The border between Russia and Finland is currently closed, following a previous incident where the FSB allegedly facilitated the entry of thousands of migrants into Schengen-Europe through Finnish crossing points. Helsinki has made it clear that the border will remain closed until Moscow assures that such hybrid operations will cease.

 

The Rusich Group is notorious for its brutal war crimes, particularly against prisoners of war (POWs). The group has openly called for the execution of Ukrainian POWs, and videos depicting acts of torture and execution have surfaced on the internet. Their neo-Nazi ideology blends elements of Slavic and Viking paganism with Russian nationalism, patriotism, and Nazism. One of the group's leaders, Jan Petrovsky, who now goes by the name Voislav Torden, has a history of involvement in far-right movements, including the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement in Norway.

 

Petrovsky, after years of fighting in Donbas and being active in St. Petersburg with the Rusich Group, was arrested by Finnish police at Helsinki airport in July 2023. Although Kyiv sought his extradition, Finland's Supreme Court ultimately rejected the request, according to Helsingin Sanomat.

 

The Rusich Group's social media presence, particularly on Telegram, features images of their paramilitary activities. These include patrolling boreal forests similar to those found on the Russian side of the Finland border, armed with automatic rifles and other weapons such as sniper rifles, machine guns, hand grenades, and handmade explosives. The group also displays symbols like the old-Viking Tiwaz and the eight-rayed Kolovrat, known as the Slavic swastika, which are emblematic of their pan-Scandinavian and pan-Slavic ideology.

 

The FSB Border Service, tasked with patrolling Russia’s external borders, operates as a branch of the FSB. Like Finland, Russia maintains a strict no-go border zone, fenced off with barbed wire along its entire length from the Barents Sea in the north to the Baltic regions in the south. This border security framework has roots in the Soviet era when border guards were part of the NKVD, later the KGB. Although Russia's first president, Boris Yeltsin, briefly separated the border guards from intelligence oversight in 1993, Vladimir Putin reinstated them under FSB control in 2003.

 

In response to concerns from Helsinki, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, deployed guards last year to assist Finland in monitoring its eastern border. This move reflects the increasing tension and the complex security dynamics in the region as Russia continues to leverage paramilitary groups like Rusich to assert its influence and control over its borders.

 

Credit: Barents Observer 2024-09-11

 

 

 

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[Tug]

Hey with a little luck these Russian Nazi orks might get a bit frisky and spark a big enough incident to spark a NATO intervention in Ukraines favor!

[black tabby12345]

Russian Neo-Nazi deployed to Russo-Fin border?

Poo-tin's most unexpected ally LOL.

Kremlin is not the only place that Houses Nazi.

 

[milesinnz]

44 minutes ago, black tabby12345 said:

Russian Neo-Nazi deployed to Russo-Fin border?

Poo-tin's most unexpected ally LOL.

Kremlin is not the only place that Houses Nazi.

 

but but but.. I thought it was the Ukraine who were the den of Nazis ?

[black tabby12345]

Just now, milesinnz said:

 I thought it was the Ukraine who were the den of Nazis ?

 

That is what Poo-tin said to justify own invasion in Feb.2022.

And do you believe it?

[herfiehandbag]

I should imagine that mincing around the Russian side of the border with Finland is significantly less dangerous than deploying to Donbass as a "volunteer battalion".

 

Mind you, probably not a good idea to upset the Finns, they can get quite "kinetic"!