US Designates Russian White Supremacist Group as Terror Organization
By Jeff Seldin Wed, 04/01/2020 - 19:27
STATE DEPARTMENT - The United States has designated the white supremacist group Russian Imperial Movement (RIM,) as a global terrorist organization, an unprecedented move that reflects increasing concerns about violent white supremacists with transnational connections.
In Monday’s State Department announcement, three of RIM’s leaders — Stanislav Anatolyevich Vorobyev, Denis Valliullovich Gariev and Nikolay Nikolayevich Trushchalov — have also been designated global terrorists.
The move comes after the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The March 15, 2019, attack was linked to a global rise in white supremacism and alt-right extremism since 2015.
Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-designates-russian-white-supremacist-group-terror-organization
There was an article posted on connections between US groups and Russian groups. This may well involve that connection.
