Russian nationalist says followers fight on in Ukraine despite internal disputes

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(Interfax – August 29, 2015)

Russian nationalist politician Eduard Limonov, leader of the banned National Bolshevik party (whose members make up most of the Other Russia party), says his members are continuing to fight with the separatist militias in southeast Ukraine, despite not being allowed to lead units or engage in political activity there, privately-owned Russian news agency Interfax reported on 1033 gmt.

“We will fight in Donbass (Russian-speaking area of Ukraine) to the last man and will never give this up,” he said on 29 August at the Other Russia party’s fifth congress in Moscow.

Other Russia has come up against certain problems on the territory of the self-proclaimed republics, he said. “Attempts to set up independent sub-units with our commanders end up with disbandment or they throw out or disperse the ‘National Bolsheviks’ and ‘international brigade’ men among different sub-units,” he said.

Some of the National Bolsheviks taking part in the congress said that among the international fighters in the conflict in Donbass there were men from Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Serbia and other nations, the report said.

 

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