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The currently popular story of the Ukraine among the mainstream Ukrainian liberal nationalists is that Ukraine is the original Kievan Rus civilized empire, whereas Russia is a cheap copy of it. This story has some consistency issues, but who would like to be the empire anyway, if you may be a freebooter Cossack, roaming freely in wild steppe? And Cossack communities were essentially maroons, deser...

Thousands of Russians have been fighting against the invasion to Ukraine. During first month of protests against the war, 15 000 people were detained. Small street actions are still sporadically taking place, although they are heavily persecuted. More than 300 people have been imprisoned for anti-war activities, including six anarchists and antifascists. What are the current anti-war initiatives i...

In spring of 2023, after center-left government of Sanna Marin was defeated in Finnish elections, leader of neoliberal National Coalition party invited right-wing populist Perussuomalaiset (Finns, literal translation Basic Finns) -party to form the most right-wing government in Finland since 1920’s. Since then, multiple protest movements have arisen in Finland, against austerity, anti-immigrant an...

Presentation in Apertus squat of Agrinion, Greece, 21th of June 2025. Presentation inEnglish, translation to Greek. Since year 2017, Russian special service FSB has moved to destroy the anarchist and anti-fascist movements by opening ”anti-terrorist” criminal cases, and torturing victims to confessions. Repressions gained momentum after Russian invasion against Ukraine in 2022, number of anarchist...

In the conservative neo-feudal world of Putin’s values, such bourgeois values as money and human life are of secondary importance, while land is of first-rate importance. Check out this podcast - as a blog: https://avtonom.org/en/author_columns/what-does-putin-want - as a video: https://youtu.be/JOOSM3ZPSKA The original Russian text was published in Avtonom.org, Translated into English for Freedom...

A veteran of the anarchist and anti-fascist movement of Ukraine, Maxim Butkevich, has been a prisoner of war of the Russian army for two years. There are several ways to be an anarchist. An anarchist can, for example, be an underground fighter and go into direct conflict with the authorities in every area. But an anarchist can also seek maximum opportunities to influence society through public mea...

Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes...

On April 19, Dmitry Petrov, a Russian anarchist fighting on the side of Ukraine, died in battle near Bakhmut. For almost twenty years, Dima contributed immensely to the anarchist movement in Russia and Ukraine. Dima was, first and foremost, a person of action, not a theoretician. Although, a rather interesting synthesis of ideas was also observable in his practice that deserves broad discussion wi...

Last September, some Italian anarchists published a collective letter criticising Ukrainian anarchists for defending themselves and their movement against Russian imperialist aggression. https://ilrovescio.info/2023/09/22/sabotage-the-war-translation-in-various-languages-of-anarchist-call-for-a-mobilization-against-the-war-in-ukraine-en-es-de/ The argument is based on both ethical and factual poin...

Short presentation about the Tyumen case, from a benefit event in Helsinki 6th of October 2023. Support the fundraising drive of Firefund for the for the lawyers of the defendants in the "Tyumen case". Families and relatives will have to pay for the participation of lawyers in these sessions and they will not be able to cope without you! Less that two weeks are left to reach the fundrais...

There is a fundraising campaign going on for antiwar prisoners in Russia, and until midnight of tomorrow 3000 euros should be raised, and quite a big amount is still missing: https://www.firefund.net/antiwarprisoners2022 To me it seems that it is not obvious for everyone, how supporting this prisoners is part of the general anti-war effort, and actually a crucial part in bringing down the Russian...

Discussing resistance and the anti-authoritarian and anarchist action in Putin's Russia, nationalism in Russia and different reactions within the leftist spectrum A stream based on Interview with Portuguese Mapa - Jornal de Informação Critica -paper, published in issue 35. Support Russian anti-war prisoners: https://www.firefund.net/antiwarprisoners2022 Check out this video - as a blog: https://av...

Presentation in Disgraça social center of Lisboa 2nd of July 2022. After Russian invasion of 24th of February, Ukrainian anarchists have mobilised to resist the invasion, and most of the anarchists in Russia have either fleed from the country or joined the anti-war movement, which has yet failed to make a significant impact to stop the war. Meanwhile, there is also lots of confusion about the situ...

Solidarity with anti-war movement in Russia Presentation in Stockholm anarchist bookfair 5th of June 2022. Thousands of Russians have been resisting against the invasion to Ukraine. During first month of protests, 15 000 people were detained. Actions still continue, but in a smaller scale. At least 28 people are in prison, suspected of direct actions or just speaking out against the war. Military...

Ever since the beginning of the Russian invasion against Ukraine, we have seen statements by anarchists, communists and leftists not from Ukraine, on how Ukrainian anarhists, communists and leftists should not defend themselves against attack of Putin, but lay down their arms and flee instead. Before the anarchist failures in 1920's, 1930's and 1940's, anarchists never made such senseless statemen...

Anarchism has many meanings - it means chaos, quirky individuality and a school of political thought and a social movement, born in 19th century. As a movement, anarchism has both over- and underperformed during its history. Overperformed, because no-one questions importance of individuality. Underpeformed, because promised future without state and capital has failed to materialize. Its classical...

Anarchism has many meanings - it means chaos, quirky individuality and a school of political thought and a social movement, born in 19th century. As a movement, anarchism has both over- and underperformed during its history. Overperformed, because no-one questions importance of individuality. Underpeformed, because promised future without state and capital has failed to materialize. Its classical...

In April 2017, a bombing took place in the Saint Petersburg metro. The explosion killed 16 people and injured 103. Russian security services arrested 11 suspects. They were sentenced last December. All of them denied the charges. The Memorial human rights organization sees the trial as questionable. Blog version: https://avtonom.org/en/author_columns/russia-just-fitting-terrorist-profile-will-put-...