Ukraine War Day #373: Bad Karma In Bryansk

Dear Readers:

Yesterday we talked about Ukrainians switching sides to fight alongside Russians. Today we talk about the opposite phenomenon: Russians joining the Ukrainian side.

Readers may have heard about yesterday’s breaking news, the terror/diversionary attack against the Russian region of Bryansk. Carried out by “soldiers” of the so-called “Russian Volunteer Corpus” (RVC). Consisting of Russian citizens who have defected to the Ukrainian side. If you have not heard of this incident, then you can get some basic facts about the cross-border raid from, for example, this RT piece.

It sounds dumb, and it is dumb, for Ukrainians to engage in this kind of lame terrorism. There is no way that such an isolated attack can change the outcome, or vector of the war itself. Therefore, it must be a purely psychological operation, from the Ukrainian side. One can only speculate what the thought process was. No, I take that back. The thought process is very clear, as we shall see below, when we discuss the Shamil Basaev legacy and terror technologies.

However, whereas the Basaev terrorists were ideologically-driven Wahhabist jihadists, RVC members are ideologically-driven white supremacists. They believe that, if they die in battle, they will enjoy a pleasant afterlife in Valhalla. The particular ideology doesn’t really matter, as far as their Western curators are concerned (mostly British Intelligence, same then as now). It’s only important that the terrorists believe in their particular ideology (or religion) and be willing to commit acts of extreme violence against Russian civilians. The latter being the true litmus test for Western Intelligence services who create these battalions.

Reporters Alyona Zadorozhnaya and Darya Volkova explain the origins of the RVC as heirs of the Vlasov movement of WWII. The leader of the current movement is a man named Denis Nikitin, a native of Moscow. In Russia he was a member of the Nationalist Ultras, then he moved to Ukraine in 2017. In an interview he explained how the Corpus consisted of Russian emigres: “We agreed among ourselves that none of us would ever let himself be taken prisoner. Each of us has a grenade on his belt. We agreed among ourselves that, if the time came, we would put the grenade under our chins, and then we would meet up again in Valhalla.” The Corpus employs the same symbology as Vlasov’s regiment, and positions itself as the heirs of the “White Idea” movement.

Although these particular people are Great Russian chauvinists/Nazis, their ideology is compatible with the Ukrainian Nationalists/Nazis. Because they are all white-skinned Aryans together. An inspiring example of the Nationalist Internationale in action!

Following The Path of Basaev

What I call the “Basaev technologies” is rather a simple system. Terrorism can be an effective political tool, when employed properly, especially against a fragile elite. People may recall that the Basaev “Ichkeria” Chechen militants conducted raids into Russian cities, including Moscow itself. (For example, the Moscow Theater hostage crisis of 2002.) The police seem helpless in situations like this. When they use force to remove the terrorists, then hostages perish as well. This arouses sympathy for the terrorists, when they accuse the police of using excessive force.

Journalist Anna Politkovskaya: Sympathized with, and abetted, Chechen terrorists.

The most heinous act of the Basaev terrorists was the seizing of the school in Beslan, North Ossetia (2004) and the calculated murder of schoolchildren. One would think the issue would be quite clear to the public. But even here, the terrorists were able to split Russian society, and found sympathizers among the Russian intelligentsia. (One prominent example was Anna Politkovskaya, who was lionized in the Western media as a Liberal “pro-Democracy” opponent of Putin.) Opponents of the “Putin regime” can be counted on to excuse anything the terrorists do, even the murder of children.

Hence, these RVC terrorists may be counting on a similar reaction, and hope to split Russian society even more, by forcing the Liberal intelligentsia to line up on their side, after such displays of strength and force.

A few hours after the story broke, the Russian press began to focus on an interesting fact, a story within the story: One of the terrorists involved in this raid is a well-known Russian actor. His name is Kirill Kanakhin. In this video, taken by the terrorists themselves, Kirill is the guy on your left, the one without a beard. (Don’t bother to click on the picture below, it’s just a static screenshot. If you want to watch the 30-second video, click on the link instead.)

Kirill and his bearded friend (who looks to be a Chechen, maybe) are holding up the awesome banner of the “Russian Volunteer Corps”, as they stand in front of a post office in a Russian village. Offering photographic proof that their invasion of Russia has been a success:

Kirill: “We soldiers of the Russian Volunteer Corpus (RVC) are recording this video in the Bryansk Oblast. We came here, not as members of a [Ukrainian] Diversionary Reconnaissance Group, but rather as a liberating army to own native land. As opposed to Putin’s army of butchers and rapists. We… [looks around nervously when gunfire is heard in the distance] do not fight against peaceful civilians, we came here to liberate you. We call upon you, take up arms and fight against the Putinite, Kremlin bloody regime. Glory to the RVC and death to the Kremlin tyrant!”

Nobody Knows About Sex – 2

Kirill was originally from Moscow,but found success as an actor in St. Petersburg. He had a contract with the Maly Teatr and appeared in several popular movies, including the sequel “Nobody Knows About Sex, Part II” along with Xenia Sobchak. With his baby face and nice looks, he usually played “positive” roles.

Eventually Kirill quit acting and took up yoga. Apparently he was quite good at it, judging by the picture below. How many teenage girls do you know, let alone grown men, who can do a perfect split on the floor?

Both flexible AND tattooed! A veritable dreamboat of a man!

After teaching Hatha Yoga for about a year, in St. Petersburg, Kirill moved to Ukraine. He told his boss (the director of the Yoga center where he taught), that his mother lived in Ukraine, that’s why he had to move. In reality, he joined the Azov Battalion, his call-sign is “Solar Cross”.

The word “Yoga” is Aryan in origin, from the Sanskrit root *yuj meaning “to join” or “unite”. It’s exactly the same word as English “yoke”. Given his physical flexibility and his ability to yoke together his physical and spiritual attributes, not to mention his acting skills, Kirill is the perfect foot soldier for the terrorist cause.