From Russia With Hate

Thank you for the story... and bringing awareness.

This is perhaps one of my top favorite pieces of investigative broadcast journalism yet! Despite the grim topic, this Vanguard piece is insightful, slightly personal yet objective and the interviews show incredible insight to what some of these neo-Nazis consider as "normal" or justified, presenting them as 3-D personalities - as people - which, considering their controversial views - is not an easy thing to do.

I realize that people are upset with this and I in no way condone this action but we must realize that this happens all the time in majority muslim and sharia states. We should focus our effort on trying to stop this sort of violence because I believe it is spilling over and being copied by other extremists groups. The way to do this is by making our presence known in these countries and trying to eradicate groups that perpetrate this kind of sick violence. There is no negotiating with people who do not value life.

I needed to start searching the internet for things that are nice, pleasing and inspiring. i made the aweful mistake of finding the video of the man's head being cutoff. the two immigrants who did nothing wrong and the attacks perpetrated against them.. I hoped it was fake, i wished I was watching a horror movie.. just the sound alone will forever be with me. so, i came in here and made my username humanity b/c that is what i need. it is something us humans can't imagine b/c humans don't do that to one another.. a human being doesn't even do that to an animal.. in my search for why this happened, i kept hearing comments about "3 guys 1 hammer" - i thought it was a porn video like 2 girls 1 cup(well that aint porn that's just gross) and watched the maniac teenagers kill someone. i was almost desensitized from what i watched of the 2 russian immigrants being killed that i couldn't muster up any emotion b/c that was all depleted and i have nothing left.. i know it'll come back and i'll feel human again - but right now i'm almost in mourning for those poor souls who's lives were taken away and posted on the internet..

This pod blows my mind how much hate these skin heads have, at the same time makes me feel scared. Russia should do something NOW before things get out of hand and there country is lost in hate.

Wow! Christof you looked so scared during the impromptu van trip to the forest. Truly vanguard. It's very wild that with the videos and known locations of the perps that even if the Russian government isn't making laws against immigration, they'd have laws in place against the crime alone, outside of the hatred that spurred the crime.

This is great reporting, and I'm glad that you added the quip at the end about reporting on an issue in turn promotes wider audience of that agenda. Is a follow up to this coming, showing the impact and/or work of the 3 organizations detailed at the end?

I'm very curious as to how these organizations are advising response and retaliation.

Thank you for this interesting (and at the same time depressing) video. The situation in Russia is really horrible but the worst thing is that these nationalst groups are spreading and getting bigger all over the world. In Italy a group called Forza Nuova with it's racist beliefs is getting more and more members.

I saw a vid on Russian hate on current a few days ago - dont think the one this thread relates to is is the one - but this link might be the one

One of the scariest things I have seen on TV

http://toptipstobeatscams.info/video/nBV3E...e-Vanguard.html

Current TV on sky

they showed an undercover report on Russian skinheads that scared the life out of me the other day mindless violence being carried out for a purpose (some form of causican racial hatred) that became one of the most popular downloaded illegal vid's in Russia. Amoungst other things they beat some guy up, throw him off the train, proudly show the vid to thereporter - he asks if they killed him - skinhead shrugs his shoulder and says how would he know....

its shock factor and also rather worringly as a signpost pointing towards a possible dark future if the world does not sort itself out - thats the reason I find it scary

This was a great report, I really admire the vanguard team for all the work that they do. Pertaining to the movie: The thing I thought about most while watching this video was globalization. It seems like the youth culture in russia is looking to keep immigrants out and keep their own in. In this day and age that just isnt a possibility. Globalization and the march of technology is bringing more and more people together, and anyone who opposes globalization will miss out on the tremendous opportunities it brings and be left in the dust in the coming century. If this youth movement succeeds I fear that Russia will just become another failed nation.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS IN THE 21ST CENTURY WE STILL HAVE COUNTRYS BEING THAT RACIST

WAKE UP PPL WE MUST WORK TOGETHER OR DIE TOGETHER

Y CANT WE B FRIENDS JUS KUZ DAT MAN IS IN DIFFERENT RACE OR RELIGION

I BELIVE WE NEED 2 END RELIGION KUZ IT IS A BIG SEGRAGATION BETWEEN PEOPLE

Y JUS TELL ME Y THAT MAN HAS 2 GET KILLED KUZ OF HIS COLOR PPL WAKE UP N REALIZE HE IS HUMAN LIKE U WE ALL BLEED RED WE'RE ALL DA SAME LETS NOT BLAME OUR PROBLEMS ON OTHERS

THANK YOU

PS I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Ummmmm OK....I guess a lack of love within makes loving your neighbor as yourself a bad thing... if that is the case then...do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Loving ANYONE is not needed for enforcing the golden rule in your own life. Blaming others for your problems just gives power over to those for whom you have no love. If you have love for your family... show that love. Ignore the lack of love you have because it makes you unhappy to feel your lack of love toward others.

If, however, you wish to be a child of god... then you will learn to love more than your neighbors... you will learn to love your enemies.

LIBERAL? Love is not bound by politics.

Eye for and eye, tooth for a tooth leave us all blind and toothless.

Well I would like to start off by saying I am an American neo-nazi I wear a swastika on my chest with pride. I hate that this beautiful country is being destroyed by a plagues of darkness. I completely agree with these Russian men and wish our goverment was as understanding as theirs. Hatchet was tried for 600 murders and released. As he should be you should not be allowed to punish a man for protecting his country his land and his people! You would all be supprised to how many nazis are around you in your neighborhood, some of your childrens friends parents co workers were everywhere. It sickens me how our countrry is ran by a muslem a black who has no love for this country or no idea what it is like to fight for it! 88

all of you need to shut the fuck up. im getting tired of getting emails sayin i got a response to this stupid thread.

yes its unfortunate that these cunts are parading around beating the shit out of immigrants. but having a debate on current wont really change much of anything, if only piss off the pro neonazi supporters.

im an russian immigrant who came here as a child and now has an american passport. does that make me a citizen or an immigrant still?
which side should i be on?
should i even care?
should i bare arms like the constitution suggests?

fuck off.
im tired of the selfish fucks who bitch about immigrants taking their jobs and the liberal pussies talking bout loving thy neighbor as you would yourself or some bs like that.

just.... STFU for the love of.. idk titties.

2 guerillaman

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF EVEN IF HE HATES YOU, TAKES YOUR JOB, DESTROYS YOUR CULTURE, KILLS YOUR CHILDREN?

Why should I love people not knowing them? Sorry but I have priorities for my love: my family - my folk - other similar folks - then everyone. Just love everyone = love no one.

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF?

We are all innocent children when we start our lives... what changes, when and why?

I understand the lack of love that creates all forms of human depravity. EVERYONE on the planet EARTH is being brainwashed to have no love for themselves or others. We are trained to be cold, little, maltreated machine cogs whose only purpose is to create lives of opulence for the small group of ultra rich. We ALL would have enough if we were not under the boot of the banking, government controlling, fascist Bilderberg, Illuminati overlords. (Hitler was hugely influenced by Henry Ford’s book... The International Jew Vol. I: The World's Foremost Problem and kept five different translations in the anteroom to his office.) The banking, military, industrial, governmental and corporate power structure makes money on the vile behaviors of humans toward each other. They are strangling us, you and I and every single Earthling not part of the ruling class...RIGHT NOW!

If you are involved in violent behavior you are locked up and that makes the rulers happy because they get more control and more money. If you want to keep your money and control AND make life better for members of your race then concentrate your efforts on taking care of the children of your kinfolk, fixing each others broken stuff, helping out with life’s demands for love, clean air, clean water, food, clothing, heat and shelter. Do even more by educating those you love and treating them with respect. The choice to attack other races, creeds, colors or preference plays into the game of guards and prisoners. This life is prison enough without making it worse.

EVERY state wants violence between people to increase incarceration rates and the monies raised by oppressive laws that target the poor. Bullies are made by three things... shame, embarrassment and humiliation. What is done to us as children we do to others as adults. For more on the subject look at Dr. Gilligans book "Violence:Our deadly epidemic and its causes."

LOVE IS THE ANSWER...

WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?

BREAK...FAST FROM THE UNLOVING WAYS OF THE PAST.

HOLD FAST TO A LOVING WAY FOR TODAY.

BUILD FAST A BETTER TOMORROW FOR THE CHILDREN OF EARTH...

FOR WE ARE ALL...

THE CHILDREN OF EARTH

It is not my suggestion - it's police report. I suppose if someone works illegal he;s still criminal. maybe in your country illegal work is OK - that should be "civilized"country then. Most of immigrants are illegal - working or not doesn't matter. They are not protected by law amd if they lose their work they try to survive at any cost. Skinheads - white, red or black targetting people randomly - you're right here. Just now we have process in Moscow about bande of caucasian "skinheads" who almost killed two russian boys in subway.

Please don't make "innocent sheeps" of asian immigrants in Russia. Some of them are true workers but most not. The official police reports of this years says that immigrants has done 3 times more (!) crimes against russian population than opposite. Because they are still minority in Moscow (less than 40% together with caucasians whoa re citizens of Russia) you should understand how often they do it. The immigrants lead especially in heavy crimes : killing, raping (70% in Moscow). Fast majority of all immigrants in Russia (90%) are illegal - they do not exist, cannot be tracked, not work legally. This month one of the Moscow markets has been closed because of illegal business operatioms. Russian media says that only on this market were 100.000 illegal migrants! Compare it to dozens (hundreds?) of "skinheads" and you may give a suggestion which problem is bigger. I know this is only possible because of russian goverment. Some radicals understand it also and goverment beacme a new target of skinheads now.

These young men R responding to the storm of poor imigrants pushing into their country, taking away jobs by working for almos nothng. Can U blame them? U have no right to say they are inspired by Hitler. The problem has nothing 2 do with Hitler. It is a problem in every wealthy country. Poor Blacks & others have no business in a Russia. They can study at home or on line in their own lands. Stop blaming Hitler. He has been dead 65 years!

seriously, Im even afraid of taking in to a nice hotel in Moscow's finer areas... I was in moscow's airport once and must say I was shocked how they treated people in general and not to mention how they treated coloured folks...It was really something else, I was just a child and I can still remember this, I can still to this day not explain russian people to anybody who asks, my polish woman wants me to see Moscow with her, and Im sure people will try to kill us once they realize I am with this white slavic girl... its sad, nationalism and ethnic supremacy is really retarded in the 21st century. its against evolution :p against science and darwinism... This commentator peoplephobia or whatever his name was can stay in his beloved bankrupt russia nobody wanna visit u anyways...and by the way, Han chinese who at some point will dominate this world thinks that basically anybody whos not Han is an asshole, so there u go, even blacks and yellows can be racist.

I'd just like to say that this type of "nationalism" doesn't only exist in Russia. It is all around the world including the first world countries. Also, many of the countries from the former Soviet Union have this sense of "nationalism". For example, people in Central Asia kill and attack people who are white (particularly Russian) and/or any other ethnicity that is not their ethnicity. I believe that their feelings are the same as those in Russia. In other words, they think "You don't belong here go home. You have ruined our country and have taken our jobs". Honestly, people need to realize we are all the same in the end, human, and stop differentiating between each other. Furthermore, violence is not the answer it will just cause more violence. I just don't understand how people have not learned this principle yet.

The irony being Slaves with slaves.........

Wtf is with this damn response system dammit the latest comments should be on the first page not last...fyi people summarize your comments please, i understand you have a lot to say about this topic but i have a short attention span....not that you care.

I lived in Russia for 7 years and i never heard of any of these rally's or met any "Skinheads" when i visited Russia last year I've seen people from Africa touring the red square. (apparently not uncommon) and in my experience the Russians that I know are very friendly to immigrants be they Asian Indian etc..but yeah after seeing this if i was brown skinned i wouldn't touch Russian with a 10 foot pole.

The immigrants should start something similar but fight the "skin head's" then they would kill each other off and everybody would be happy.

Ok. this shit is disturbing when i watched this video i was like WTF? and there is too much to debate on this topic anyways.

fantastic work. ballsy as hell. when chrisof asks "you seem to like watching this" 17:35 .... well done.

Just watched the vid and read some of the comments,this is a problem thats happening all over the world.Its not a new trend to want to better your life but it has never happened on the scale it is happening now.
I am a brit expat living,working for myself in Holland.The european employment market has been set on its head by just the Polish pressence,working for less than the locals do,sometimes not thier fault but that of the boss's who are raking it in.Soon the Bulgarians are going to be here in force all wanting to better thier lives,and then the Roemanians.

Every land has its Nationlist element and this one europe is just making them stronger as people are trying to hold on to thier identity
Where will it end?Civil war?Borders being closed?
Its all falling apart before it has hardly begon.

This show was interesting indeed. The basic fact that many xenophobes forget is that the more people that live in a country the more jobs there will be. Its a very basic established economic idea. For every person that is added to any population, it will require more administrative work as well as work in service branches for that person. Creating jobs for people with education which these men seems to lack (except for the absolute leaders which probably have the education but due to events have been robbed of their riches one way or the other).

The neo-nazi from the music band said that someone would think that if I can hire this motherf*cker for 1 dollar why would I hire a russian for 10? Well even if the immigrant wasnt present the russian charging the 10 dollars for the same work would probably never get the job because the business man or employer would just relocate to whatever place he would be able to get his labour for 1 dollar. Russians cannot live thinking that businesses will pay them whatever they want. The sole purpose of a business is to make profit, if it cant in one location it will relocate for its own survival, it is probably not just profitable for many businesses to hire russian labour for "10" dollars.

I think that the vast majority of these neo-nazis come from circumstances of very poor education and knowledge that is obviously why it is so easy for them to join these groups. Many of the leaders seem to be enjoying the violence and are smart enough to lure in less intelligent people who sees no hope for the future.

The helpless immigrants they attack by a massive overwhelming force probably had no choice of their own. They didnt come to Russia to take over they came because the situation in their own countries are even worse. Many as mentioned before from former Soviet Union which Russians should regard as nothing else but Russians.

The worst thing Ive heard is the attacking of foreign students. It is absolutely, completely retarded to want them out of the country when they pay good money to schools and institutions for their education. Foreign students even bring in a whole lot of money into the economy and there is no argument to say that justifies the violence against them.

I have heard that a prognosis shows that roughly around the year 2030 the majority of Russia's population will be Muslim. It will be interesting to see how this develops. It is ironic to see Russians of all people under Nazi flags when it is clear that Russians were the greatest enemy to the third Reich. Hitler wasnt too fond of Russians yet they salute him under his flag. Most of the leaders of these groups have a great home, in mental institutions, where they really belong.

I finally have to say that I have admired Russia and been intrigued by its rich culture. However after seeing this I will never set a foot in that country as a tourist because i simply do not want to be stabbed or kicked in the head by 10 neo-nazis in Moscow while people just walk by.

I will happily take my money to a friendlier place, you may say my newborn fear is exaggerated but as a brown man today one can never be too careful! I still want to believe that the majority of Russians are friendly and warm but I would probably never take that risk.

An excellemt pod which made me comment.

I can't totally agree with what these men are doing in Russia, but i think it is far better that what some people are doing in my home country India.

India is a country of many states seperated based on the language spoken in each region.

Now parties have come up in the state of Maharastra which oppose people form other states living & working in their region. They are resorting to armed violance against people from other regions. And this violant struggle is within my own country

Atleast the Russian youth are against immigrants.

You should probably do a pod about these incidents in India also

Ignorant, herd mentality. Cowardly, gang behavior. None of these thugs has the confidence to compete with better-educated, more industrious immigrant. So, they use brute force and gang intimidation. That is the way of the past. Don't they know that if they ever gained any sort of power, they would turn in on themselves.

wow

what darkness. i felt sick watching this post/ thank you for sharing this information. i will pray for all of these sick, hurting people................so sad, in this day and age, that such horrible hate still exists.

w/e your opinion is about immigrants and them (eating food off your table) is fine. but... nobody deserves this. nobody. not even a dog deserves this. what has happened to us as human beings that we've come to this. We must all live under the most basic of morals and it really comes down to this, treat people... how you want to be treated. put yourself in their shoes. Come on people this is the 21st century. we are better than this.

This is the kind of material I love to see with Vanguard. Not because of what the neo nazi's are doing of course but because I did not even know this kind of stuff was happening in Russia.... and I know this is over a year old but none the less the problems probably only gotten worse.

Great video and nerves of steel. Never know what they were going to do.

Russians wanting to be Nazi's??? Ask your grandmother how she feels about that and what she went thru with the Nazi's in WWII!!! You guys are pathetic! Hiding in the woods playing soldier and looking lost. Give us your coordinates, we'll send you a nice little care package!

Simple, educating, eye opening.. I think this podcast is clearly the most interesting podcast ever made.

This is a great proof of human stupidity. It shows these skinheads meatbones exactly for what they are,bunch of wussies , three or more of them against one ,like it's a great act of currage. What a bunch of looser just showing how easily brainwashed and manipulated they are. But you have to understand that Russian were oppressed and under tyranny for centuries so they are genetically programed to just follow not to think. There are few who are exeption but that just confirm the fact that if they act and think they get prosecuted by Russian goverment or idiots like those skinheads.There is no difference between those camps and terrorist camps all over Middle East.Powerty,hate and uneducated masses were allways there for power hungry to exploit and use for obtaining power and money to get them positions in goverment where they can keep fostering that hate and scare the citizens in doing excactly what they want. Stupid skinheads don't realize that what they are doing don't help them at all,just make them look the bullies all over the Internet. And we all know what happens to bullies...

This is a great proof of human stupidity. It shows these skinheads meatbones exactly for what they are,bunch of wussies , three or more of them against one ,like it's a great act of currage. What a bunch of looser just showing how easily brainwashed and manipulated they are. But you have to understand that Russian were oppressed and under tyranny for centuries so they are genetically programed to just follow not to think. There are few who are exeption but that just confirm the fact that if they act and think they get prosecuted by Russian goverment or idiots like those skinheads.There is no difference between those camps and terrorist camps all over Middle East.Powerty,hate and uneducated masses were allways there for power hungry to exploit and use for obtaining power and money to get them positions in goverment where they can keep fostering that hate and scare the citizens in doing excactly what they want. Stupid skinheads don't realize that what they are doing don't help them at all,just make them look the bullies all over the Internet. And we all know what happens to bullies...

its unreal to see the dirrent sides of racism. It was a good eye opener and very chilling. Eyes did get watery (and its not that time of the month)

did this video unintentionally cost two human lives?

Interesting. I could probably head to Russia to kick someone's ass, so long as its a dark colored person. Well, at least we Americans can have a new outlet for our aggression.

On the one hand, I feel for these guys. Their country is fubared if its getting this bad.

On the other hand, a lot of the people they smack around end up crippled. That isnt cool.

Kicking around an immigrant isnt always a bad thing, but beating someone to death (on a regular basis) isnt the way to go.

And they are responsible for the infamous Neo-Nazi Beheading video. ...Bad business. Hardcore, but bad business.

Excellent journalist work that shows the current situation in Russia. The only thing that I will never understand is the too much hate and the linkage with nazis...

I think that it is misleading when the narrator calls the politician "ultra right wing" when the politician is posting pictures of stalin all over, a ultra left wing figure. What we need to realize is that totalitarianism whether Nazi or Communist is a left wing ideology that emphasizes the strength of the government. Anarchists, who are considered left wing are actually right wing because they do not want a centralized for of government. I get really angry when people confuse left wing and right wing.

To the people calling it class issue and the deniers of the real threat of immagration overload in your homeland, I call BS. A quote from one such "Immagrant" in america,"One Mexican was quoted saying.. " Most of us came here for work, and to make a better life for our family. We took lower wages to drive the Americans out of the work force, so we could dominate. We made absurd remarks saying we were only taking the jobs they didn't want. Now, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Hondurans, and other mestizo's are working for even lower wages. They're using our tricks against us, and it's just.. just.. unconstitutional. These savages are coming out of the jungles and we can't even understand what their saying with their tribe dialects. If they want to live here with us, the least they could do is learn proper Spanish."
So I say to my russian brothers, Keep up the fight and escalate. To you sheeple and feel goodies and muliticulturalists. You get what you pay for and now the tax is due....

Nice... To show the Beggining...
Einmal im Jahr kommt Nikolaus
Dreimal an Tag kommt Holocaust.

Die macht ist in unsere hände.

Nice... To show the Beggining...
Einmal im Jahr kommt Nikolaus
Dreimal an Tag kommt Holocaust.

Die macht ist in unsere hände.

that's some crazy stuff. I'm scared to go to russia now. ima take russia off my travel list. lol

new world order/?

Russia hater! Dump Gang are very low life and no hope
and diligence brain death.....

Veramente un bel lavoro!

I am Immigrant in russia in moscow and I myself and I killed 10 of those skinheads and I am still working on it we immigrants can take our venages in everywhere and for those who are agree to this video I wanna say that FUCK YOU ALL AND FUCK YOUR MOTHER AND YOU RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!

With so many responses to this pod I hope it hasn't already been said above, but:

Russia is also facing a serious population crisis compounded by a number of factors including a rampant and increasing rate of HIV infection. This is a tremendous economic problem that will take time to play out and will certainly have far reaching consequences for Russian society and stability in the decades to come.

One solution, that is sure to increase the problem of racial tension and violence, is to actively encourage immigration, particularly to those geographically isolated regions of the country that are being abandoned by the domestic population en masse and where hate groups are likely to flourish.

In any case, this is the beginning rather than the end of some very serious domestic problems for the world's most frightening petroligarcy.

These Russian skinhead scum are TERRORISTS, simply put. They are equivalent to the KKK but even worst. If the Russian Government think they are doing themselves any favor by not aggressively rooting out these lunatics they are making a sick mistake. Russia's population is decreasing, they need immigrants to sustain their economic growth. They can never become a great power again with such a xenophobic culture. If these dickheads wanted to help their country in any way, they would find a wife for themselves and make babies to expand their dwindling population.

The reason why America kicked Russia's ass in the cold war is not so much because we are a rich country and could outspend them. The reason why America is the world's only remaining superpower is due to the fact that this country has strong fundamental values that, in the words of Ronald Reagan, has made it like a city that is set upon a hill. The principle that all men are created equal and the values of Liberty, Equality and Justice for All has made this most racially diverse of countries, The United States of America, one of the greatest civilizations ever known to man. America will forever prevail over countries like Russia because its values are eternal.

this is one of the most horrific pods i have ever seen. it is very sad to see that people have so much hate in them

This pod is fucking brutal because inhospitality is unacceptable. You know who you are.

Russian people should know that there country has had economic growth that people see a something they want to assist an easier way to make a living.
How people that think they are getting drove out of a country because of immigrants taking over is totally out of the question… how they can think that there is no way for people to gain a advantage on whoever it may be is idiotic, because more people from underdeveloped country’s will still continue to want to seek asylum, refugees should be understood but not helped.

A country with democracy is surely looked upon by 3rd world and developing countries as a idol of hope.

Positively working to a goal should help anyone not hinder others

If a farmer was to have more demand for his produce he would be able to buy cheaper so that he can make more profit for his produce.

Also immigrants who buy fuel will be creating less carbon emissions than they would in there own country because they would have a lower budget.

Christof was pretty brave with this one, anything could of happened at that training camp.

It was a very informative and moving pod.

Perhaps we could have a pod on the activities of Antifa? They commit similar acts of violence against fascists, in an attempt to dissuade them from their ideologies, though they're often no better than the fascists themselves.

if you fuckin russian neo nazi bitchis need 2 consider 2 major factros
1: with out imagrints russian econmy will drop because lack of workers and and no more cheap labor.
and then i will laugh at wat is left of russia

Our planet sees reoccurring cycles of this continuously. One glimpse and you know in your heart that attacking another person viciously and cowardly and torturing them cruelly is a sign of a damaged person. Basically, everything and anything these violent freaks say is completely without merit or worth discussing as they show they are not ready/fit/suited for human to human interaction. No claim justifies these cowardly action.

Regarding propaganda - painting yourself as the victim is exactly the device that Nazis and fascists used in WWII and which is a common approach to instill action in a group.

It is myI hope that Russia wakes up someday soon. The US has been atrocious the last years, but the atmosphere emanating from this report (and other reports in news and press) paints a extremely grim and traumatic picture.

..It's never the powerless, young and poor (immigrants in this case) that are driving policy or creating macro policy. and, since their inception, the Nazis have always been, hapless pawns and the willing attack dogs of barons and capitalists...they look for hard truths and create their own doomed myths. A dark and tragic story for all involved or affected. My heart goes out to the witless victims.

Wow..I'm speechless...is it not 2008??
What is the world coming to?

I'm absolutely horrified at what I've seen. I can't believe how strong and freely this movement is growing in Russia. Thank you for reporting on this and making me aware. I wish I could find something to do to stop this, but for right now I'll send it to as many people as I can.

Russians generally are compassionate, good morals and respected people. those brainless creatures are the ones that are defiling entire nation. typical among all nations. looking at these creatures in the video, dumbness clearly expresses through their eyes. shape of their heads, and frozen look is a clear indication of metal deficiency. furthermore, if they really want immigrants out of their country, they must start ethnical cleansing from own Russians from across the world. in fact Russian citizens are the largest immigration population throughout the world. additionally, people of other ethnicity residing in Russia are not immigrants but residents of former Soviet Union. all republics of former soviet union have greatly contributed to the soviet union that Russia became the only beneficiary of common soviet contributions. Great people of all times such as Artem Mikoyan, Boris Babayan, Mikhail Pogosyan (SU Aircraft designer) and many others have greatly contributed to Russia's economy. Artem Mikoyan was the Designer of MiG military planes, from which russia make up to 30% of its annual revenue. Boris Babaian the Armenian pioneer of Supercomputer, who created first super computer Elbrus in 1950s and until today Boris Babaian is the director of the Russia's computer science. Babaian was a key figure in the soviet space program. of course those brainless creatures who call themselves nazis do not see nor value these human qualities because they are lacking the brain that is required to evaluate such a quality.

good night white pride.......... punks not death..... fuck od rassizm

Russians are very cultured people with strong values and morals ingrained into their lives from century's ago. Its only obvious that something like this would occur. Why people think melting pots work, or are a good idea is hard for me to personally understand. Look how long it took America to abolish slavery then rid of segregation.
I do not support the idea that one race is more important than another or that violence is an answer to solve an issue. I do think understanding, love with patience could be a useful key. But to expect that from any culture, excepting others because they are different and we all deserve equal opportunity, realistically is not a practical answer, and why people are shocked, shocks me.
Also a fun fact, Nazis derived there philosophy from the Hindu religion, where do you think the swastika came from, and the cast system, the idea that one group of people are more important then another. Its hard to believe.

Wow this is some real journalism! Love it! I want to see more of this caliber of work from Current. I have seen similar reactions in Germany to the Turkish. And this sentiment is not excluded to extremists. Turkish are considered Blacks and people from countries like Ethiopia are treated at times even worse.

This piece is very interesting to me because on one hand it informs me and possibly others around the world of what happens when people sit around and have nothing else better to do but pick on those who are weak.

These individuals in this piece if looked at closely only pick on people when they are with someone else. when you take it upon yourself to jump someone with the help of another you are considered a weak person who cannot come to terms with the fact that you dislike yourself. If these people had anything else better to do besides sit in the woods and roast marshmellows, than they would wake up and realize that they cannot and will not change this world with their stupid organization and can't get mad at the fact that these immigrants are at least willing to work and do something with their lives.

I appreciate this piece because it is infomative and allows those who do not live in that particular region to know about the hate that is going on. People should be able to live freely and not in fear of those who are a waste of life.

This is truly terrifying, and compelling...We all need to remember what ignorance and hate can be capable of, and see the similarities that are prevalent in our own country. I only wish Cristof had questioned the skins about their governments involvement into their so called immigrant situation and why they don't try changing government as opposed to preying on vulnerable civilians.

The Skinheads are not causing the problem. They are REACTING TO THE PROBLEM. Stop trying to make them look like the trouble makers! Every nation has a right to keep its borders. Unwanted intruders need to be scared off. This is GOOD PROPOGANDA. It prevents much bigger problems which victimize blameless Russians citizens. There is no place for these "immigrants" in a Russia struggling for economic survival!

that guy says "you seem to get pleasure from watching this". his 8 yr old son frags another noob and then says, "yea"

the present day situation in russia, economicaly and socially is almost parallel to that of germany pre world war two.having the benefit of history to show us the direction russia is heading is the greatest tool we have to stop hate and save lives.equaly disturbing is how long the russian people aswell as the world at large will wait before making use of this knowledge.

hi, I'd like to say I made an account just to post here, as to the poster who said "since when is russia not poor?" russia is a very rich country right now, in fact, their economy is in the top 10 of the world, and people are making 7-8 times more money than they were in the economic crisis in 1998

while some of the content of this video is true, a lot of it is grossly exaggerated, there is about as many idiots in russia as there are KKK members in the U.S, when was the last time you saw a KKK member? probably never

i've been to russia many many times, and I'm asian myself, in fact some cities in russia the majority of the population is asian, no one has ever attacked me or anything, please don't let this one video completely change what you think, this is almost western propaganda against russia

anyway.. obviously this wasn't mentioned in the video, but they are currently trying to make all skinhead symbols and nazi banned, this is what happens when you make everything "free" if you don't ban idiocy, it will spread, but as I said, this is WAY too exaggerated, I wish the journalist interviewed some normal people instead of a bunch of crazy bigots

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8328/sochiir7.jpg nice picture I took while in sochi

That's devastating. It's true. You don't notice it unless it's put in front of your face.

These people are confused. That's the only explanation for this behavior.

The leaders of these movements are taking advantage of the oligarchical economic state of Russia and vulnerable young people who need direction and leadership that their parents had in spades via the communist government. If you could amass great popularity and public support through hate, would you do it? smart dummies leading dumb dummies

"it's justified because the government is not taking action" it also seems to be something strangely socially and politically, 21st century Russian

amazing work

great pod

SIck state of affairs they are only ruining their own country this way with no money left in their own coffers.

What a sick place that is to beat up foreigners those goons are only ruining their own country by showing this depraving acts of barbarism

Christof, thank you for this. As a Russian immigrant, this made me sick to my stomach, but it's reality that people need to be aware of.

I never though Id say this but...god bless america.

What else can I do?

WOW, the video is SCARY. I cannot understand how brutal these "skin heads" are. It seems that people still don't know that we're already in the 21st century and we ARE SUPPOSED to have evolved. The behavior of this extremist group should be a concern for Russia and for every single citizen. People cannot and should not take the law in their hands because they are of no help. Immigrants might have affected Russia in some ways, but I'm sure that they have also contributed in other ways. These racist guys should get some education in the first place, so they can actually improve their country because what they are doing is only going to make things worst NOT better. By getting education they would highly likely be useful win different ways like becoming public policy scholars, lawyers, social workers, sociologist, economists, politicians, etc. The violence carried out by any extremist group only shows how troglodyte their followers are.

^Wow^
anyways.
This is my favorite pod on Current, period. This truly inspires me to go out there in the dangerous world and show everyone what goes on in our world.

it nothing britains been brewing hate through stupid brainless white boys for years.......get a new thing istead of ltching onto old n azi/skinhead culture i hope you choke on mein kampfe you d@ckheads....devote your life to something positive other that hate...s@d F@cks

must be hard to be there...hear those stupid things...see the face of those man and don´t say anything...
If I were there I would start being sarcastic and becoming more hostile every minute...

Just nominated for an Emmy Award! Congrats Christof!

I don't understand why these guys would want to idolize Hitler, besides the fact that he was evil incarnate, the Germans fought against the Russians in WWII...

The only thing i know about West Ham and Milwall is what i saw in the movie Green Street Hooligans, but i heard that was a terrible portray of how life really was.

has anyone seen the movie?

The title itself is incredibly witty although the following subject matter is equally worrying. The emergemnce of a skinhead movement in Russia could pose a great deal of prroblems both for Russia and the rest of Euriope which has managed to live in peace ever since the end of world war two. Having been born in Great Britain I know a great deal about skinheads and the incredible violence that they bring to the society that they live in.
The country of Great Britain had incredibly violent skinheads , notably the ones that supported the Milwall professional soccer team. When Millwall played soccer matches against their rivals like West Ham United it was always an incedibly violent affair. Hey would use the London underground to go to see the teams play at Upton Park, the home ground of West Ham United. They did not come to actually watch the game but instead they made the journey across London to fight with the West Ham supporters who were going to be at the fixture. When they arrived at Upton Park they got a nasty surprise as the West Ham fans were by now equally violent and even had made up a song to celebrate their victory in the inevitable fight. The Lyrics of the Song were malicious but also sung with glee. The lyrics were as follows.
"West Ham boys, We've got brains" We fucked Milwall on the trains" referring to the violent meetings that the two had on the underground of London.

This Video scares me. I've been told we study history so we don't repeat the past, but this just reminds me of another story. Blaming an ethnic group for economic problems and then destroying them.

It's a horrible world.

Funny to think that Russia was once a Communist country... Hm... Isn't one of the ideal principles of Communism Equality?... Even though they're not Communist anymore shows how much they've evolved from Communism to Capitalism. Well who knows, they might've been the same before.

I had mixed reactions watching this.

What is the boundary between being a patriot and being a terrorist? Until the guy near the end that actually filmed everything...bragging etc, he seemed a bit disturbed... however, the others seemed sincere that they just wanted to protect their jobs/family/land. Is that the way to do it? hmm.

I am not surprised that this is the direction that emerged. When communism took over, I believe first the churches were closed, the religious teachers were executed, next the educated teachers, same deal executed... and from what I understand the Soviet Union at that time began their own version of history.

These people had very limited role models. What were they exposed to? Hitler, Stalin, Marx, (I bet I mangled the spelling.. but you get the idea). Other role models that are more positive just didn't exist in thier world. Or the propaganda would say that such positive people/ideas were "weak". That generation grew up in a vacuum of distrust and hate. Now they are adults.. the "system" is gone.

My father knows much about the social effects and eventual outcome of what happened in the Soviet Union, I hope he can post here, as I doubt I can express the ideas with the same clarity.

I wish it were different, as the situation is sad.

Great job~ entertaining and informative. I'm of "mixed" race, but since I look 'white' some people accidentally include me in their racist comments, here, in California! It makes me laugh because diversity makes you genetically stronger. The torch of hate that people like these carry and feed is shocking.

This is just horrible. This reminds me of American History X but on a whole new racist and wrong level. You can see the initial viewpoint of these men who clearly take pride in a country which is being "taken over" by immigrants. However, the shocking violence on these innocent people is something I will never comprehend. Violence just leads to more violence....

Great journalism Christoff! If these people would spend half the time they spend on their so-called training on instead educating themselves then they could definately find a peacful solution for the problem their society has. Even if they succeeded in eliminating immigrants from their country they would still not be satisfied because it is apparent that they have no respect for their fellow human beings. Thank you to Christoff and staff for showing us reality in the world.

fascinating and sickening all at the same time; I love it!
I really respect your courage; I hope to do something like this someday!

I've seen this pod a couple times bcus each time its on, i can't take my eyes away. This an example of great journalism and the reason why I absolutely LOVE current. I had no idea this type of racism still existed anywhere! Its very sad that this is goin on and even supported by some govt officials...just makes you realize that America has come a VERY long way.

anyone who can blame all their problems onto a group on the basis of something as foolish as just not having heritage from the same national boundaries is just so tragically childish and detrimental to the world.

the irony is crushing that some of the Russian populus has embraced hitler being that he hated them as racially inferior and is responsible for millions of russians deaths.

THANK YOU CURRENT TV AND CHRISTOF
-i dont think there's any way i could have heard about this deeply disturbing movement without your work man

Call me racist or whatever you think I am, but I side with the Russians. Granted, I believe they went about it the wrong way.

Why should they idly sit and let illegals take their jobs and livelihood from them. Was I the only one who saw poor Russian natives roaming the streets? Their government isn't helping them, so what are they to do? Are they supposed to suck it up and deal with it? Certainly not! Poverty amongst natives is RISING! Something needed to be done! It's not as if you can walk up to an illegal and ask them politely to leave the country, because they won't do it. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

I think using the Nazi's as a platform for their movement was a huge mistake. I don't think it represents them well. But I can see in their desperation that using that as a way to gain publicity in their country would work. I think they should have created something more suited to their ideals. I don't think they really hate jews or gypsies, they just want to restore Russia to the way it was. Russians built Russia... they should reap the benefits of their labor and of their ancestors labor.

What will you do, America, when that four-year degree of yours doesn't mean anything because an immigrant who possesses the same skills you do will perform your job for thousands less? Will you open your eyes then? I bet you will because the problem will be in your backyard, so-to-speak. You may not care so much now since jobs are just being sent overseas, but when immigrants start coming over here with degrees, you will be sorry. Will you idly sit by?

Horrible!! A disgrace to humanity. Why is the ignorance so wretched? I know that perhaps a Russian Nazi or some other race hater will read this and what I have to say to you is ---- STOP!!! This needs to Stop NOW. WE are the world and the world will continue to travel, move , live, work and suffer for happiness. Do not expect your vicious tactics on innocent humans to work....You will only fail and disgrace your country and people. STOP RIGHT NOW!!~!

How is this happening!!!! The anger and hate that has taken over the lives of so many young people in Russia is overwhelming. I applaud Christof and the crew for their strength to have seen this firsthand. I wonder how long it will take for the Russian government to take action and a firm stand against these attacks. I also wonder if the question of history came up during interviews with NSO group members. The fact that so many Russians died fighting against Hitler and the Nazis, why would they want to follow their example?

he said that these videos were on the internet could anyone tell me where I could find them?

Can u just start analise the cause and/or use your head?
Do u think that all these redskinned natives are in ultimate love with you and me here, in the States? Do you have any idea what kind of feelings and memories they have at this time about "whiteys"?
Dude, wake'ta'...ck up.
What would you say if this is going to be your land and I'll start flooding it with a bunch of suckups and mumble on tv about tolerance and internationalism? Would u continue to live as nothing happened until your nation get in extinction or assimilation to "USA nation"? Or you may begin to fight for your native rights for such place?

this is russia not a surprise they have a history of hatred toward jewish and now toward anybody who is not russian i think the people of russia and the government don't care about this issue and those dead innocent men was so mess up and they did'nt find the bastards who did this

Wow that was intense. Why is this not being played on CNN or MSNBC?

OMG this is discusting i'm ashamed of my country how can the government allow something like this? and why can't the people of russia do something about this? you should of got the opinion of the russian people who live there, i'm pretty sure that alot of people would be against this. I'm still shocked of why they would do this.I mean why even remember that name of the man who killed alot of our grandparents, aunts and uncles and brought russian into war? and they praise him for it? thats DISCUSTING! I guess it opens your eyes that there is still rasism out there. I hope God has mercy on those people.

Thanks for the news!!!
I know that i won't ever be going there again, but all those people will always be in my prayers

Best Current TV pod ever. Well done. Not many people know about this issue. +++++

because we killed them basterd;s in ww2 and don't mind killing them in ww3.this planet is for us all. long live texas home of the free

Steev, u'r exactly right.
In case of former USSR.
These attached republics had never being industrially or agriculturally advanced before Soviet time.
They merge them and started to build infrastructures, industry, agriculture, education. Take any of these country - you'll see majority of manufactures, plans, electric stations, military installations are built within Union. Without Soviet Union they will be sitting on their independent asses and suck American or better yet NATO nipple since 20-s. Basically most of them already doing that by now.

And out of what tradition these "poor and slowly developing countries, ripped - off by Russia", (like these that everyone is proudly protecting here) will forget their OWN way of development?
What, not enough hair on their balls to fight for their own freedom and better life in their own country?

It's the same herd of suck-ups, who wants to "start new life" in some better place, bc they has no proud to get rid of international monopolists from their own country and re-build their own place. And look what happened to EU after all these "economical refugees" flooded their cities.
Plus don't forget the History.
Criminals, wannabies, suckers, losers - thats who immigrate first. And small percentiles of valuable individuals may enter in that crowd.

Good guys are staying in their motherland.

But generally Steev is absolutely right. Globalization is the key in here.

wow. well done.

I'd like to reply to the anti-immigrant sentiment expressed here by other responders by mentioning a point that never gets talked about enough, at least in the States: in many places in the global north, or 'the first world', immigrants are coming from poor nations that were or still are part of the literal or economic empire of the country they're immigrating to.
The clear example is latin americans coming to the U.S. They're not coming just for the hell of it. they're coming because they're starving to death, because the economic policies of the U.S. have destroyed their traditional livelihood. NAFTA has totally f*cked Mexico, and now CAFTA is doing the same for Central America.

In other words, to paraphrase a common slogan in Europe, they are here because we've destroyed their countries.

I'm not as familiar with the situation in Russia, but at first glance it would seem to bear true there too - a lot of these Asian immigrants are from places that used to be under the bootheel of the old Soviet empire, and are probably still suffering the aftermath of that, or new forms of economic ruin brought about by the new Russia.

So, next time anyone talks about immigrants coming to your country and taking what's not theirs, remember that they're here because they've had theirs stolen - by your country.

I lived in Germany/Dresden (former DDR) as a student (TU) and I could see how could such a "civilized" nation end up doing something like that. Also, while I was there I did have also a few fights, including racially charged ones, with locals that were for the most part handled by the police pretty well. I was also shouted a few times "Blutschande!" by some passing youth when I was with a German girl, who was -very- embarrassed even if she was not my girlfriend. I am black/a Mischling myself and everybody had similar stories, but is wasn't that bad. To honor truthfulness, let me tell you that I also found myself in the middle of racial situations, like that time I enter a bakery and touched some bread with my bear hand. Oh Good! This guy starting yelling his head off but people started angrily yelling back to him that "everybody used to do that", . . . In short I don't really think Germans are the most racist people on earth

I would like to specially thank the one that posted the video about the holocaust. As I watched the video I wondered if the British or US armed forces also had some footage from the bombing of Dresden (including poison gases) in which they killed hundreds of thousand of civilians in hours, even though there was absolutely no military/industrial reason to do so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II

http://www.internationalist.org/dresdenmasscre.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/14/newsid_3549000/3549...

Well, at least they have the footage about their generals later receiving their medals for that "great action" probably hidden somewhere in their archives

J

I watched this disturbing video twice and I also read all comments many of which I found insightful. I even found some of them funny like the guy that went one with his white supremacist crap to finish it with a "by any means necessary" ;-). I even learned Russians now also have their "Deutschland ueber Alles", "White man's burden", "God bless America", "We are the chosen ones" cultural thing, namely; "Russia was, Russia is and Russia will be" . . .

I still think that there were a few underlying complicated issues that the author didn't touch at all, namely: What do Russian "capitalists" have to say? Of course they need cheap labor! What do Russians want? Having a border with Mexico?!? Come on guys!

I found as outright cowardice that these guys are taking it down on these helpless people. If they are really so brave they would fight it up against their own goverment, but they don't seem to want to mess with the Puttins there

Also let me clarify something I find very distorted. "Invasions" and "immigrations" didn't start with "the poor", but the -rich- countries when they needed our cheap-ass resources included the human kind. Racism, nationalism, patriotism and all of that is masterfully played on us and -very easily- channeled by the powerful ones to manipulate us

I would like to have also seen more about what regular Russian people think about this (even though some of them posted their educated opinions here) I already know. I have been to Russia myself and I have had quite a bit of exposure to Russian people including close friends and even family members, well, I know, Ukrainians are not Russians ;-). My country, Cuba, had Russia as its last motherland for two generations and something I've noticed about Russian people is that these guys aren't really Western or at least not totally so. Some of then even admit it without any problem whatsoever. My dad, who was a Cuban revolutionary, told me a story about one time he was in charge at some security post and some Russian kid from their army, who was totally drunk, run his vehicle against some establishment. Right after he locked up the Russian kid some high ranking officer showed up with a translator and in the most respectful and apologizing way asked to see his subordinate personally. So my dad let him into the cell and stepped away to notice right after that, that the officer was beating the hell out of the soldier who was still drunk. My dad told me he was shocked and disgusted to see this act of abuse and even had to physically participate in stopping it and demand the Russian officer to leave the place and ordered for him to be escorted out of there. I know this is just an incident but this is how I feel about them. I admit I generally like Russian culture/people

Brilliant reporting. This is a powerful and disturbing story. It seems as though racism and immigration resentment has permeated countries all around the world, and Russia is especially volatile at this moment. Do we have any data that speaks about the effect this videotaped violence has had on the immigration rates in Russia? Keep up the great work, Current!

The fact that these individuals seem to be supported by members of the Duma is simply repugnant.

What is wrong with these people??? How can you beat up people that you don't know, or have never done anything to you? We need to stop blaming and taking out our fear and frustrations on others. We all have something to add to humanity, and everyone is here for a reason and has a RIGHT to make a better life for themselves and their families! RACISM SUCKS AND I DON"T UNDERSTAND IT!!! THIS WORLD IS SO SICK, AHHHHH!!!! WHAT ABOUT SHOWING SOME TOLERANCE, WHO THE FUCK GIVES PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO THINK THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT OR DESERVING OF LIFE?!

those immigrants need to organize with the locals who sympathize with them and ambush these fucks ....give them a taste of the own meddicine put a couple in the hospital. See if they dont think twice about rushing someone they think is alone. otherwise very disturbing I remember my history and it took Millions of lives to stop the last manifestation of this fascism lets hope we dont have to losse billions this time nipping this in the bud.

They fear the immigrants are bringing war and destruction to there country yet they are targeting students, not terrorists. They are targeting unsuspecting people who most likely have no affiliation with a terrorist organization other than the one that is kicking their butt. I could understand if they have survellance on these people and had suspicions of terrorism but they don't, they just beat up and kill random people. Also I'm sick of seeing everyone jumping on the neo-nazi bandwagon come up with something original, Hitler invaded their country too!

I ask... what jobs are these immigrants taking from the Russians? Honestly, I don't see these guys aspiring to sit on the corner and sell vegetables.

Just because you are of a specific race or nationality does not entitle you to fame or fortune. If you feel these immigrants are taking your job... do a better job at your job and follow the laws of the market, compete.

Russians travel all over the world, going to foreign universities, taking jobs, etc, but we don't go beating on them because they're trying to better themselves.

The press needs to show the world how petty and childish these acts are. Look at these "ambushes." These kids, yes, kids, are cowards. How about fighting someone with the same training? How about fighting 1 on 1...

The leader claims they'll be ready to take control. Right... probably continue to ambush the weak and poor. I'd like to see this entire group go up against another trained group... oh, say the russian army or police force.

The only power you exhibit is the power of a coward.

This is a good work, but a god work of journalist! This is not a film lets make that clear. As many internet videos are not films, people like to make that fast assumption careless nowadays. This journalistic work got and award as a Journalistic Work not as a film for that filmmaking is another thing.

I think that it is unfortunate that the youth of Russia are buying into this hate as a way for them to reach a better life. It's up to each of us to take responsibility and find our way in the world. If things aren't improving where you are then you may have to move to find what you need. Become an immigrant yourself ! Beating other people down just because you can't face the real problem (that you don't know what to do and you are scared of your future) isn't the solution. Work. Work together.

Hitler took the weak, down and out people of Germany and convinced them that ethnic cleansing was the solution to all their problems. So how long were those two wars? And didn't they kill millions of Russians? And how did it end?

Only wimps would attack a single man/woman in a group. just like any gang in america or elsewhere. what happend to the days when it was 1 on 1, when someone acctualy had a chance of surviving. i see weak, pathetic loosers who are afraid to standup against a problem by themselvs. BE a MAN, dont go after a single defensless man and then be proud that 7 guys kicked his ass. and these people that the videos are aimed at will probably never see them if they are poor imagrants that dont cant even get on the internet to view the propaganda. ignorance/stupidity.

We have our own hate-immigrant propagandist and he has his own tv show (Lou Dobbs). It always starts with just talking and then action has to follow. Break down these people and you'll find they have one thing in common. They are afraid...and cowardice. 10 guys on one, is hardly anything to brag about.

"Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat." -Henry Emerson Fosdick. It's completely senseless.

That footage was incredibly disturbing. I hope their camp gets blown up.

I get angry with the racism in america.
And to see it flourish in other countries is completely disturbing.
To think there are 50,000 to 70,000 of them is quite unnerving, and makes me sort of queezy.

The fact that my generation has to live with, is that racism isn't going to end soon, no matter how modern and integrated we think we are.

The boys over at Infinity Ward did their research, in Call of Duty 4 you fight against Russian Ultranationalists. Aside from that, it's sad, enraging, and bizarre that this is happening to Russia.

Awesome Christof. It's very well done.
Btw--I feel like people are misunderstanding the "I like it" or "Nope" system. I mean, I didnt make it. But I dont take it to mean "Yes, I like the content of the POD." It's been a LONG time since the days of Current.TV and the Greenlight/Redlight system which simply meant "yes this POD is ready for TV" or "Take it back to the drawingboard." The system was a way for other people to provide suggestions and constructive criticism of a POD. I like this POD becauses it's telling a story that needs to be told and heard. The content is disturbing which I think everyone can agree on. But I like the fact the story is being told and I "liked it" because I want the story shared. Maybe Current should re-consider the old days of Greenlight/Redlight. I feel like the new website, Current.com is more web-based while Current.tv was about TV and getting the PODs from the internet to the TV. In fact, I dont even watch Current on the TV screen anymore...it is convenient on the computer. But still.

i lived in russia as an international student for 4 years. i have numerous stories of attacks by the neo-nazis to my friends and acquaintances. i distinctly remember the year when they started attacking the foreign girls (who were not pursued originally). they hospitalized one african girl who was a medical student with a young baby. they also attacked my roommate who was from costa rica. she says there were at least 7 guys participating. she had stitches on her head, a concussion as well as broken ribs. i was spit on, cussed at and had things thrown at me. i was never beat up. i was surprised to see a video of this topic matter. i didn't know anybody cared. to all of us foreign students, it seems like what happens in russia stays in russia. the neo-nazis are successful in making the atmosphere hateful to the point that foreigners have no desire to stay in russia after college. even the ones with russian wives and children leave (often abandoning their families).

Congrats on the Livingston Award, Christof!!

I really wasn't expecting to,
but i enjoyed this.

This was one of the first pods that I saw on Current TV. It blew me away and made me want to see what else was available.
It didn't even occur to me to add Christof to my, ever growing, list of connections at the time.
I've since corrected that oversight.
I tip my virtual hat to you, Christof, for creating something thought provoking and extremely powerful.
You are worthy of all the praise bestowed...
...and much, much more.

Very good journalism, (Congratulations! )"once again on bringing attention to one of the most needy nations in the WORLD".

Congradulations, It is definetly an award well deserved. This type of journalism is the best form of media availible in my opinin, and yours is amongst the best I've seen anywhere.

This is an award well deserved. I was concerned for you in those woods. This is what citizen journalism is all about. I would greenlight it but I didn't 'like' the content, though I am so impressed by the way you presented it. Perhaps a change in wording on these buttons would be in order. It is frightening to see such raw hatred in our world, and sad to know that millions died due to Nazism that still lives.We can only hope through exposing it we can defeat it. Thanks for bringing this story to Current.

Very powerful.

Thanks for doing this story.

I hope that Current continues to tell important stories that are ignored by the mainstream media in responsible and effective ways.

Skin, I know how it feels when you feel like nobody is listening to us. I am. I heard you. The name Skinheads did not start out like these "Boneheads". They got the name seperated from you because they shaved their heads balds. They could have called themselves "The Bald Heads", but then all the bald headed peopled would be saying the same thing as you are now. The only way to stop this, is to not let ANYTHING turn you to that kind of hate

my god there monsters!
immigrants just do the jobs that russians don't want to do, if the russians decide to not get decent grades and drop out of school and not want a decent job of course they're going to employ the immigrant's. you can see that the immigrants care about there lives otherwise their wouldn't be in Russia trying to better themselves, the Russians that go and abuse them don't even deserve the jobs the immigrants get. even if that is selling fruit in a market.

amazing footage, i think the issue of this civil war their talking about needs to be adressed though, russia is one of the politicaly unstable reactionary populations, as everyone just saw. however my point is their armed and undergoing training to fight in confusion and violence, this training isn't for ethnic violence, they know the government is to blame for immigrants.

This pod made me sick to my stomach, I couldn't finish it. This is not to say I didn't like it though, quite the opposite, this is a subject that NEEDS to be talked about! I just had trouble watching some of those violent acts. I appreciated the warning that there was graphic content, but I think the warning should have been stronger. I hope some day I will be able to finish watching this...

i will agree that your documentary was brilliantly put together. you were a true journalist and i appreciate that. you let the group of people you interviewed speak for themselves, rather than painting a picture for a point.

My thoughts have gone wild on this issue, makes you want to say 'the world is going to sh!t and we should just give up'. Somehow we in SA hold on to the hope that the rest of the world has it's act together and we will eventually catch up, but this makes our country look civilized... even with our current xenophobia issues.

Trust the neo-Nazis to get it wrong and call themselves 'skinheads' in the same way the Nazis called themselves the 'Aryan' race. It seems all rational thought falls out the window when hate steps in the door.

Even I could come up with a couple of ways for them to solve this problem peacefully (humanely). This country obviously learnt the wrong lesson from the Holocaust - throw your toys out of the cot like a petulant child, have a tantrum and you will get your way. But if the holocaust taught us anything it's that the rest of the world will not stand for this and you will get hurt.

I could go on and on, but thank you for a brilliant documentary. I was pretty petrified for your sake at a couple of points!

It's "American History X" in Russia. It's a concept I've never been able to wrap my mind around, but being educated is always helpful and interesting.

Looks like I'm not going to Russia anytime soon.

I`m from Turkey and studying in Russia. Since the day i came to Moscow almost everyday i hear about immigrants getting killed or being beaten by skinheads.The money immigrants earn in one day is not more than 10 dollars. These people are cleaning the streets from vodka bottles and washing away the urine. A russian would never work for such an amount of money. I think that russians should be thankful to the immigrants for what they are doing. when you pay to a russian man for his work the next day you`ll find him sleeping somewhere because he`ll be drunk or he will ask for more money. You can`t even breath in the buildings where russians are living because there are no immigrants cleaning ! Skinheads hate immigrants because immigrants are working their ass off. immigrants are being charged of stealing russians jobs but none of those skinheads would clean or do any work that immigrants are doing. Russians keep on drinking vodka but caucasians are working and having a better life in russia then russians and russians can`t take it. The only thing russians shall hate is their laziness and their beloved vodka.

I was raised in a fake democracy where we were taught what they wanted us to know. The fact that Aushwitze didn't have the fuel or the area to murder and dispose of 6 million chickens doesn't change the views of the hollywood liars and the education system that puts this fairy-tale at the highest level. The word holocaust isn't exclusive to a jewish problem apparently solved by the nazis. No written evidence was ever found and the Nuremberg trials were rushed through with 'eye witnesses'. Would that kind of Bullshit hold up today?
More important are the real holocausts of Christian people in the Ukraine and the Baltic states at the hands of jews in Russia during a dark time. True stories will rise with education.
Educate yourself and watch David Irving and the video 'in search for the truth in history'. World renowned historian, now run out of town for his findings.
Not to get off topic here but reverse-immigration is what we need. Vagrants and dregs go home!

fear for the unknown. no money. poor education. this pod was equally scary and sad.

Terrorism is just "unconventional warfare". It's what a smaller band of people do against a larger government power. Terrorism is a cool spin word though to scare the people into thinking its something really awful. Unconventional or guerrilla warfare works as long as you can maintain it and thats why governments have to demonize it.

Their was no holocaust either, everybody and their dog has "holocaust survivors" in their family, ever notice that. If the Germans truly wanted to kill a bunch of jews they would have and their would be solid evidence, not hear-say and myth that doesn't hold up under scientific evaluation. Jewish world population actually increased after WW2, their was no decline. They just all moved to Russia and started immigrating to Palestine.

If open borders were so great than why hasn't Japan adopted it, or Israel. Japan is a highly advanced society due to its homogenized people and culture. Name one immigrant infested city that even looks remotely on the level of Tokyo. Open borders shouldn't be forced on a population that clearly hate it, which just about all do.

Being born in Canada doesnt make you Canadian. If that was true a dog born in a stable would be a horse.
Canada was discovered and founded by British and French people, the rest are invaders. Unfortunately my fellow Canadians are to comfortable to realize their country was given away to turd world vagrants, but i hope it will come to hard times with food shortages to get them to turn the tv off and take up arms or join a faction like this we see in Russia.
Immigration destroyed the west and these Russian people arent going to let it happen here.
Russian tourism, go jack-boots!

This state of Russia is very frustrating to watch, being an immigrant myself. Along with this connection to the issue, I have family who are survivors of the Holocaust; needless to say, I also lost much family to this disastrous and tragic stain on humanity.

The fact that these 'skinheads' are using propaganda to instill fear, especially by linking, and disgracefully justifying, their actions by emulating Hitler is just plain shameful. I am even embarrassed to be associated with these low-life parasites in the sense of a common birthplace.

Regarding their growing concern of lack of jobs due to immigration is to say the least narrow-minded. Immigration is a part of the world. Open borders have brought much more good than bad to nations across the world.

When it all comes down to it, I guess it really is all about power and money. It is a depressing fact of life. I truly respect those who devote their lives to alleviating these events from getting out of control. It's always the extreme radicals that start these movements, because good, normal people are busy living optimistic lives.

Everything has a cancer. Terrorists are the cancer of our time.

This is pretty mild, try moving to sri lanka or africa as a white man looking for "a better life" and see what kind of treatment you get from the locals.

Keep up the good work in Russia, nevermind the brainless "we all bleed red" trash social marxist whites who want to sink with the titanic. Their is nothing more just than defending your homeland and genotype. These immigrants don't care about Russian culture, they just come there looking for resources and to hijack the genes of white women. Thats the "better life" they're talking about.

This video makes me want to live there and join the fight. Seeing some whites who aren't suicidal about their nation and children's future and actually have the balls and fortitude to defend their homeland against all odds and foreign invader expansion makes me proud. Demographics is destiny.

White homelands and resources are for white children and families only. We are NOT the worlds santa clause who must provide territory and resources to these troglodytes just in from the turd world so they can outbreed us and eventually take over. They are free to build a better life in their own lands away from mean ol' whitey who doesn't want to give away his land to unarmed invaders.

They definitely need to take out the oligarchs, these goofy looking peasants are just a symptom and not the real cause but these guys already know that. The oligarchs are the problem but taking out the undesirable peasantry on the streets doesn't hurt. Their is no peaceful solution, the people in power aren't going to cede anything back to the people and the immigrants aren't going to kill themselves or go home, they're like fleas on a dogs back wanting the white mans resources, Russia has what they want. These guys have the right approach. In 6000 yrs of recorded history their has never been a change in power without violence and uprisings, take that for what its worth.

Also whats with people wrongly using the term "fascists" all the time on these stupid sites. I guess because it sounds scary? Fascism is the merging of corporations and state, the United States is the best and truest definition of fascism. It is a corporate state, with the government, hand picked politicians and media all ran by the corporations.

Hopefully they get their P.O.W. back. 14 words to all awakened white brothers and sisters in the struggle worldwide regardless of nationality and geography, keep fighting the good fight by any means necessary.

I think this was an excellent pod. It took extreme courage.
But quite frankly, I say Fuck them all! (Nazis)

Unfortunately these hate groups are incorrectly characterized as "right-wing". National Socialist movements are a phenomenon of the left, not the right.

Look no further for evidence than the cameras recording in the Duma member's office. Pictures of Stalin and Christof even mentions his affection for Stalin. It should be safe to assume for Stalinist ideas and methods also.

It should therefore be no surprise that a national socialist movement would spring back to life when the oppression of the Communists waned--the competition for mind share is in full bloom.

Nevertheless, excellent work!

I have read a couple of the last response and I think that jt1985 brings up some vary valid points about people just seeing this story and nothing else to base their opinions on - all negative. and it is propoganda. For groups like the NSO or underground factions, doing a piece on them, while it exposes the info and brings light to the issue, it also gives them free press and advertising and this is what they want.

I thought about what they are really seeking - like oxy and jt mention, if you really think about it, they may not see what they are doing as totally evil and irrational. it is them fighting for their country and to keep they culture and genes alive. that i understand - there is pride in that, HOWEVER, their is a twisted sense to that. 1) it comes from the employers taking the easy way out and hiring immigrants at the low wages, instead of paying a living wage for ALL, 2) there is culture clash. A newness of traditions, "disruptance" of what life used to be, and the blame is easily placed on immigrants 3) the govt policies don't work like they should - protecting all, 4) the kids and guys behind the violence are ignorant and without being too disrespectful, evil and stupid. They are using the excuse of immigration, culture clash and an inefficient govt INSTEAD of using this opportunity to affect policy in a POSITIVE way for them and future generations. They are wasting their time being thugs instead of models for change. Imagine being known for changing policy and making Russia a model for the world. But small and lazy minds work like this and they need enlightenment. The US has similar issues, as do all other countries - we could go on and there could be videos on every country. point being - it is a foolish and sinful way to "solve" your problem, and believe me - it will come back to them.
I am a native Canadian living in the US and as much as I view BC and all of Canada as a peace loving, friendly, etc, etc, kind of country and I will eventually move there to raise my family (when I have kids), don't kid yourself, we have our problems as well, or haven't you heard of the incident in the vancouver airport, or our immigration issues, yes we may not go around beating them, but we are talking about people. These aren't isolated issues. These kids (NSO) need to know that their concerns are being dealt with, the need guidance or they just need it to happen to them for a reality check.

I am rambling, but the last thing is this, like I said, born and raised in canada, but of mexican descent, but because we were treated well and it was a great place to grow up, guess what. I will always view canada as home and I will move back there and embrace the other cultures - why, because they saw what I see, a beautiful country. will there sometimes be conflicts - OF COURSE, there are conflicts here in los angeles, but you work through them and you treat people EQUALLY. you have issues, take them up with the f-ing govt. and try to live by the Golden Rule. this will come back to get you - GUARANTEED, negative and postiive - it;s your choice.

damn this is frustrating.

Hi there.
I am a Canadian now living in Russia and except for the language barrier, its a way better place to live. Compared to my Canada, there is no crime here. Immigrants are off the streets and therefor the streets are safe. I expect the west to crash and burn and the zionists who orchestrated this train wreck to be no where to be seen. Multiculturalism is a mirage of the White-guilt born baby-boomers to make a better planet, (toke.toke)
It makes me proud to see this video and movement of young people who care about their future, rather than lie to themselves that ' diversity is our strength ' like the politicians do back home . Thats so funny,,,haha
And something to jt1985. While it seems that people are poorer in Russia compared to Canada, let me point out that the average Canadian doesn't own his house, car or tv. Russian people have an understanding of survival, farming etc,,,while my fellow Canadian would starve if A&P went on strike.
I appreciate your comments, but in the future Russia will be Russian and thats something to be proud of.

This was very well done, but also maybe a little bit frightening going into the woods, and overall, realizing that these boys and men really believe in the neo-nazi message.

It was shocking and tough to watch the beatings, actually I had to cover my eyes at those moments. Anyhow, reports like this are inspiring (they make you wanna grab a camera and reveal the atrocities in order to educate and help). It is tough work and it can be very emotionally draining, to expose a part of the world we don't want to acknowledge, because that means it exists and we must now deal with the fact that this world - it's people, us, will always have some type of hate in our hearts. It's sadly, a very violent world. I guess the question is, can we change??? Does it have to be like this....

Oxyuscan. I had this conversation with my family. I was arguing for what you are arguing. My family is highly educated from Saint Petersburg, so we had a heated debate.

They told me that their Nazi use is not based on "Hitler support", but the fact that its Aryan race representation. They want their "own" to succeed and rule instead of "letting immigrants rule". To this small but dangerous number of people, it is this extreme view that leads them to do what they're doing. I was sad that so many of these young peoples grandparents fought for the freedom of the country against Nazis, and now, they represent the Fascist views...:( But apparently, its not Hitler. Its the original idea behind Aryan nation, which was developed long time before Hilter picked it up. Didnt you know, Hitler used a lot of ancient symbols and ideas in order to build his empire, which are now associated with him but are not created by him.

I am honestly very surprised at the irony of Russia supporting the majority of the world's neo Nazis. Millions and millions of Russians died at the hands of the Nazis...

The 21st century will be shaped by China and Russia, the United States, Britain and the rest of the west are just along for the ride

"There was a moment... when I used to blame everything and everyone... for all the pain and suffering and vile things that happened to me, that I saw happen to my people. Used to blame everybody. Blamed white people, blamed society, blamed God. I didn't get no answers 'cause I was asking the wrong questions. You have to ask the right questions. Like what? Has anything you've done made your life better?" -American History X

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention in such depth Christof.

Everyone is searching for a better life. People are obligated to a better life: in this case, the Russians seek well-paying jobs, and so do the immigrants of the surrounding countries. In order to find a safe balance, the government must step in- a government of the people. And it is up to the citizens of the world to find a solution starting with those of us with knowledge; the knowledge gained by viewing this video.

So what are we to do?

Obviously neither parties are seeking the destruction of a society. However, one party is breeding hate and ultimately the destruction of lives in a never ending cycle for a quick and unattainable solution.

As mentioned in the video, jobs are scarce and the citizens of Russia require more education. Again, it is the role of government to find solutions to these issues. These anti-immigration efforts would be best used in a constructive manner, instead of a destructive manner. Vote. Lobby. Volunteer. Get involved. Get others involved.

This clan is 50,000 Nazis strong and no change has been made to their society, but a few broken bones. There is no easy solution. In fact, hate will only end the society to which these Nazis wish to maintain. Do broken bones help maintain jobs, or does education and activism maintain jobs?

Draw parallels back home. Understand that when we come face to face with such an issue, hate is never the answer. It is only a catalyst for destruction.

What do you mean the purpose of the training isn't clear? They are prepairing for a race war that they perceive is just around the corner(and may well be if things keep going the way they are in Russia). It's the same as the white supremacists in the US. Look up a book called The Turner Diaries. It's a work of fiction that many take as holy scripture and an accurate prophesy of the future. They can't wait 'till they can beat and kill whomever they wish. Seriously F'd up!

apparently these stupid neo-nazi idiots don't know the history of the nazi party and that nazi's invaded moscow in hopes of trampling all over their frozen country.

I feel that I must say something regarding this. I read through many comments and some were very insightful and some were quite ignorant.

This is a small part of what's going on in Russia and has been going on for many decades. No, not the violence. But the arguably irrational actions by the Russians in response to the government's actions. The immigration laws are poor and immigrants come to the country and often do what they like. I grew up in Saint Petersburg and now live in Canada. I have heard so many terrifying stories and have witnessed myself when people of "colour" attacked local girls and raped them and molested them. Police does nothing. But if police does nothing, its allright to walk around molesting Russian girls? I was always afraid of "those" people.

Please, understand me. I am not defending this horrible actions seen in the video. However, You must understand how Russians feel. Every time I talk to my grandma, she speaks of an increased number of immigrants who just do what they want. The rich people dont give a damn, the poor suffer, the immigrants thrive. The poor takes to the knife and we all know actions speak louder than words.

What if these skinheads are funded by the governments themselves? Why? Political reasons? Maybe keep the Russians busy with their anger toward the immigrants instead of actually realizing that their laws are not properly inforced and the government is biting of chunks of already limited fat from the nation? Perhaps this is true too.

If the immigration laws were good, and Russians were adequately paid (price of food is by European standards, salaries are...well...non-existent), then would there be a reason to fight?

In Canada, immigrants are welcomed. But even the poor Canadians who are homeless live MUCH better than many Russians. So here is no reason to beat down immigrants and blame them. Here we actually have the power to look at our (not so perfect) government and at least do something about it.

I will NOT get into the whole "other countries have their problems too", I will go as far as to compare the countries in both of which I have lived in for many many years. My heart breaks for this video, because in a sense its propaganda on its own. People with NO knowledge of Russian people will think of them as barbaric and violent. The reasons for this are unknown and the Russians are once again presented to the Americans in a bad light. Are we moving towards "a red under every bed" again? Show objective views on Russia. If thats at all possible. What do immigrants do for our country? Why do we respond in the way that we do? Where is the government? Where is the law? Those are the questions I desperately seek answers to....

I'm not sure how i feel. I want to defend my country with all my heart and explain why this occurs. I want to respond to people who go "aw, those people didnt do ANYTHING WRONG"..But at the same time, I feel that violence only begets violence...Its a paradox for me. Im a Russian-Canadian with intense passion for both countries and I dont know what to do...

Kind of ironic watching this when so many Russians flock to costal regions of Maine on work visas taking jobs from people who live in areas like Bar Harbor and Blue Hill.

The majority of incomes in the Down East region come from the summer’s tourist season. The shops, restaurants, farms and fishing industry all use Russian labor during the summer and sometime on a more permanent basis.

Isn't that is what is happening in their own country? It would be interesting to me to find out how the skinheads feel about their own seeking temporary/full time employment in other countries.

That's what happens to POOR WHITE TRASH when they are uneducated and feel sorry for themselves. They need to spread hatred and fear because they are losers and their pathetic lives will amount to absolutely nothing. The only decent aspect to Russia is they do have some beautiful women with no future either. The rest of the civilized world should import them because they can least benefit something to mankind. After that, we (U.S.) should nuke the hell out of Russia; we should have back in the 60's for heavens sake. Turn the whole country into a chernobyl and wipe the scum off the earth! Damn communists.

I just found the Current tv channel.
I found it very interesting.
This made me sick. I had no idea this was happening in
Russia. I know racism is by no means gone, but no thought in my mind thought it could be so bad. Thank you for opening up my sheltered eyes.

I'm ashamed for Russia.

This is a shocking pod that really lets the world know what’s going on in Russia. I think these individuals have such a high degree of hate that it saddens me to see this. How can they just simply blame their problems on another culture? Maybe they should try looking for answers about their economy from the government, instead of violently attacking innocent people walking down the street!!

This pod is intriguing because it continues to harp the tone of immigrants coming to better countries for work, yet they never seem to go back to where they are from to make their home country better. They need to overthrow their own dictators and make their countries better versus just scapegoating. But don't get me wrong, I'm not in support for brutally beating people at random.

I feel that Russia should definantly pull its act together and do something about this before the country goes into Civil War.

He said, "they com from poor countries", since when russia is a rich one?
Just asking...

Another thing I don't get is Hitler hated the Russians. The Nazis killed well over 10 million Russians during WWII

The thing is many of the immaigrants in Russia are from former Soviet nations that got there independance in the 90's. So like 20 years ago these people would have been called there country men.

What an expose'. I was of the believe that with the demise of communist and the emergence of closer ties that the EU is advocating Europe was a better place than it used to be but with this documentary I realize how wrong I was.
This cancer of hate I hope would come to an end before the whole human race annihilates itself. It's just a pity that these perpetrators would eventually procreate and pass on this "ideology" of hate.

Some things never change

thats your planet

Disturbing to say the least. I think these guys' main problems really have to do with the fact that none of them have ever gotten laid!!!!!

I am russian but travel all over the world 10+years. Basic facts from this video are true. Yes, there are nazis, yes there is hate, yes - there are teens with guns in russia. But the messegage is the opposite of truth. The hate in russia is no more then in any other country. All those teens and nazis are to find in any land around the world. And if you search for the "some hate with reason", think about US in irak, afganistan etc... That's one perfect source for "better video on hate and violence"

Christof is really brave, but brave enough to come back and digg a little more? :)

Would he be brave enough to spend his time and study this issue and trace history of this violence in past(at least for 20 years) not for another cutting edge video, but for understanding the problem.

Unfortunately this video just encourage these stupid bastards. This attention on their "actions" give nso leaders more power. (actually i didn't know anything about "nso" before watching this video (in spite of the fact that i live all my live in Moscow and have communications with many social layers (incl. such idiots)))

Anyway this is another one side vision. Which can't give you full picture. Of course you can get it only if you live here for a long time, but i can't see any attempts of understanding of this problem in video. Only i can say that problem is not in immigrants.

And why you cut off the comments of ordinary peoples? Well... for example in one part the woman screams: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! PLEASE STOP IT!!!" (while these young idiots beating weak lonely imirgant)... Yes the video can be less spicy, but more truly (nso and other similar organisations is very unpopular among mature people actually).

This is the problem.... "Spice"(Dune / by Frank Herbert)... unless it will be boring...

to mario_a
Generally it's safe. As well as in New York or Frankfurt or any other large city in the world. Just one advice from a football fan: don't be aggressive)) it costs))

Stupidity is a worldwide dilemma.

Just wanted to give you one more view of an insider. Nobody here knows anything about NSO. Why? 'cause there are dozens of stupid organizations like that, maybe hundreds throughout Russia, but they're like small clubs of racists in Germany, Czech Republic or anywhere else, who like to drink and fight. But there are many things to understand to see the whole picture clearly. For example, thousands of Chechens live in Moscow and the other cities which are not ready/not willing to respect the life style of native Russians. Not every one, of course, but unfortunately the majority of them is dangerous, aggressive and unpredictable, providing many native Russians with a bulk of incentives to do something for their safety. The problem is that those young boys which join such "clubs" like NSO are keen to be ready to fight against some "bad" guys like Chechens, but finally they (their leaders) prefer to fight against immigrants from Central Asia, which comprise the majority of low-paid workforce in Russia, and which are a) friendly, b) not dangerous and c) mostly too tired after 20-hours working day. But they are not white, and that's all needed to brainwash the young crowd. In 100% of videos in Christof's pod the people under attack are from Central Asia. Nobody from NSOs wants to get a Chechen knife in his back). So it could be funny if it wasn't too sad. and that's is only one part of a rather complicated problem.

The KEY and ONLY issue in Russia is that the government does not want/intend to do anything with neither adaptation of Chechens nor with boneheads, which traditionally kill somebody not-Russian in the end of April.

A very disturbing video but one that had to be made. Compliments to the brave journalism of Christof. I agree with others that much of the problem (indeed, the very root of racism) comes from class division, but it is even more saddening that ignorant propaganda clouds Russian youth culture, deepening the problem ever more.

What is even more disturbing is the implication that the government either refuses to take action, or is simply not bothering. The marriage law seems defeatist, if not, damn right ignorant in itself. For me personally, a trip next week to Moscow seems daunting at best, when it should be a time to rejoice. I am of course talking about the Uefa Champions League final, when the two best soccer/football teams in the world currently - Manchester United and Chelsea play each other. On the evidence of this video, does Moscow deserve THE highlight of the European football calender? Is it fair (safe?) for 50,000 Brits to descend on the city?

Congrats on the Webby! This is a fantastic piece.

Wow.......I really had no idea things were so bad there..I thought everything was going well in that country. Thank you for opening my eyes.

great piece! I am a Russian Jewish immigrant whose family moved to the USA for the reasons outlined in this documentary.

Very insightful. This video sent chills down my sine and gave me a deeper understanding of a situation I was only vaguely familiar with. This is incredible journalism.

Frightening, just terrifying. I'm actually visiting Russia this summer. I had heard that racism and anti-Semitism are virulent there. Though I never knew how much of a threat terrorists like these people are in Russia. Excellent journalism!

an excelent video,....!!!!!!!!

I feel sick to my stomach watching this pod~ but you did an admirable job covering the story. Great video.

Seeing the video makes me look closer at the growing immigration issue in our country. It makes you wonder, who is one person to tell another than they are unworthy of wanting something better for themselves, for their children?

As long as the "good Russians" stand by and do nothing as this racists cause chaos, the more people are convinced thats Russia as a whole is a country full of racists.

what about the millions of Russian immigrants in Europe and North America? Most of them illegals...
You dont see them being slaughtered in the streets...
And for sure they offer to work for pennies....You people need to grow up???

let the Russian Govt stop issuing visas to foreigners if they cannot guarantee their safety period...

Let the Russian government Stop issuing student and work visas to foreigners if they cannot assure their well-being period...

"Terrorists in Russia. Let's start a war.
Oh. Wait. Nevermind."

what does that mean? are you suggesting that they should start an actual war such as some islam groups in the middle east have? if thats the case what the hell is wrong with you??? grow up.

anyway as much as i want to like my native country and be proud of my heritage this puts me in a very weird position. it sickens me that these people exist in our day and age forcing their beliefs on everyone they get in contact with spreading this hate throughout my country like a disease. i can only pray to the families of foreigners that have suffered from these attacks and hope that justice would be brought to every skinhead in russia. im a russian american that lived most of my life here in the states and i still have a hard time telling people that im russian cause my country's reputation kinda sucks, i mean lets be honest remember cold war.. now this.. im ashamed for my country's mistakes v-v

Its Funny How Easily Manipulated Youth Is These Days. How They Can Easily Be Turned To Kill And Attack Innocent People, Trying To Live Their Lives Just As Everyone Else. But Who Am I To Justify Good Or Bad, I Just See Both Sides Of This Spectrum...

this is definitely something that resonates with some american feelings toward immigration.
i hope that this doesnt inspire them further.

still a great piece. that had to be terrifying, hanging out in the middle of the woods with these crazy angry fellows.

good job.

Wow, so glad I left Moscow in '94.

After reading peoples' comments about why the gov't is not doing anything, I can say this...
All of you are giving too much credit to the Russian gov't. They don't care, nor do they want to think about what's going on in their own country. This is why there is all this violence. Russia refuses to recognize a whole bunch of problems such as the million people infected with HIV, violence, heroin addicts, alcoholism, so on and so forth.

It is extremely terrifying that history is repeating itself once again.

It just goes to show you how much ignorance people have around the world.
I never really knew that this was going on until recently, I did no discrimination was still rampant in Russia. I find it highly ironic how they idolize such a monster that is Adolf Hitler.

Good work on the pod.

It's hard to believe that people who were under such a harsh government and to come from a past of Nazism could return to it again.
I was justs in Russia over the summer with a large ethnic-varied group of people, luckily none of this happened to us, my heart breaks for what's happening in that country.

this video really shed light on the racism in Russia. i found it really interesting

great work Christof Putzel, I admire people like you and mariana van zeller. I can't wait till us as a people are far beyond this kind of thing. thanks a lot christof, again great work.

Terrorists in Russia. Let's start a war.
Oh. Wait. Nevermind.

great journalism. Most of us are so focused on the immigration issue in our country. Who would have thought Russia had the same issues. Our immigrants are blessed.

esos animales so tan barbericos!!!!!

Alarming POD!

America went through this exact same problem about 100 years ago. Immigrants coming in and willing to work for much less. the way we fixed this problem was outsourcing or factories. I believe that this problem happens to every developed country. I can see where the Russians are coming from and where the immigrants are coming from but the violence level is a little much. I believe the Russian gov. should step in but they are much to crippled.

watchin this pod at first for me was curiosity, i have read Mein Komp and found it hard to finish since the rant of a disillusional man in this age would be commited but instead succeeded in his goals. These young men are scary for the same reason, having no real goals of their own and latching on the beliefs of a narcissist will continue till they are stopped. As a multi-race mutt from hawaii the racism I've encountered is the reverse, whites are not so liked out here.
The relation of hate is the same, 'get out' but here the islands are so small the cultivation of intergrating one anothers culture is inevitable.
What is happening there will be over one day but semingly not w/ out deaths. In the end will a lesson be learned from all this? as a pessimist I believe "no".

I had no idea this was going on in Russia. BTW--this pod is amazing. It just goes to show that this world still faces many many many issues, one of them being racism because that is basically what is going on. It's astonishing to know that even students are afraid to come out of their dorms because of this.

Wow. This is absolutely terrifying. But very well done. It's scary to think about all the issues that country is currently dealing with. This was eye-opening.

What camera was this filmed with?

I am encouraged to see that so many people recognize that anger and hate are the counterparts of love and joy, however I still am not convinced about human's evolution to anything more than this sort of behavior. Will we get past our barbaric tendencies and obsession with blood? I sadly think not. The longest running form of entertainment is watchin two guys beat the shit out of each other so that alone makes me kinda doubt it.

I do not take pleasure in reminding people that Hitler was "elected" by a majority vote and that kind of thing can still happen today in a democratic society. It is unfortunate that ALL humans almost always throw the blame in the wrong direction. Instead of retaliating against their slick-toungue corporacrat slave masters...they turn everything into a race issue or religious issue...even the so called educated have this compulsiveness to act completely retarded in their reasoning. It saddens me to think that humans, as a whole, will never evolve past using more than the reptilian portions of their feeble brains. But maybe thats what we want all along...to be belligerent and stupid..its just easier...

this pod was a bit disturbing, it's really disappointing to see such non-sense taking place in Russia. I never knew much or even cared about that country for that matter but this video gave me a whole new perspective on it. thanks Christof amazing pod. by doing this pod I wonder if you were being used by them to spread their message, I hope not, amazing pod nonetheless.

I'm not surprised...just like we in America have the KKK, these men are taught generation by generation. It's a religion to them. Just as some are taught Christianity from their parents; they are taught "pride" in their country and to blame others for their economical struggles.

I watched this on Independant Film channel. The skinheads in Europe started in the 60's and rode the scooters and all that. Here in the states we have the Aryan Brotherhood (most in prison) and PENI, Public Enemy Number One who compete with the Nazi Low riders to impress the AB. The skinheads here in California have been around since the 80's and they do drugs, murder for hire and use women as they wish. The Hammerskins from another state are very serious and very dangerous. Russia has ex KGB agents who became Mafia and the police wont do anything because they dont mind "ethnic cleansing" of the country. This activity will continue..........

I just think it is beyond mind blowing that almost 60 years after Hitler and the Nazis invaded the soviet union with intent to exterminate the whole russian nation, that the russians would be using hitler's teachings to harass and spread hate towards non-russians. This was a very eye opening pod. Great Job!!!!

It's sickening. To lay the blame at the feet of immigrants for what these skinheads lack in personality, ethics, humanity is appalling. They're so busy strong-arming people en mass they don't see their own mental ineptitude. If they're worried about foreigners taking their jobs, SHOULDN'T it behoove them to get smarter so they can get better positions in the workforce? Beating and killing innocent victims is turning the ranks into cavemen. There's no glory in 5 on 1. In fact, it's downright laughable. They're bottom rung on the human totem-pole... the stump buried in the ground, to be exact.

Furthermore...for most "documented" Americans, these arguments are not about racism but about immigration reform. I guarantee that the more our middle class erodes away, the more violent things will become here in America. I whole-heartedly agree that 99% of the time the violence is misguided and targeted against the wrong people, however, it is quite obvious (especially after reading these responses) that most citizens are truly ignorant as to the reasons or motives this type of hate or aggression spreads. If they were not ignorant to the topic of immigration, then they would see that the problem lies with the legislators and companies that condone all of it for profits. Please understand that America (or Russia for that matter) can no longer be the savior of 3rd world nationalists seeking a better life...WE CAN'T HELP EVERYONE!! Believe me...i sooo wish we could but unfortunately it doesnt work like that. Read a book...study some history...what is happening there will soon be here as well. The intro to the pod says it all....There was only super rich and super poor! IT IS HAPPENING HERE NEXT PEOPLE...

Immigration by the Numbers - great vid
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094926727128068265

Worlds Most Dangerous Gang (created by Current's own Laura Ling)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8050801435890714263

And amazingly CNN reports
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6t2ckpb5g
wake up folks!

Yes...mad props for the risks you took to get this story...but...
WOW! the responses here are very interesting. I cannot help but notice that around the world there's literally hundreds of ethnic groups fighting for the continuity of their race but when whites do it..they are automatically labeled racists or nazis (with the obvious exception of self proclaimed nazis that is lol). I also find it interesting that the people who talk about bettering the situation for non-immigrants (or locals) do not feel the same way about the countries those same immigrants are coming from. It seems the attitude is...if conditions in your 3rd world country are so terrible...then go to someone else's country and make it terrible there too? This is what truly scares me about the bleeding hearts in America. They can rant and rave about the racist behavior of whites in other countries but not once have I seen a pod about the racist behavior of the violent hispanic gangs that are terrorizing the schools and streets throughout most of the west. Racism in itself is a plague in my opinion however i find it ironic that we have people from every culture under the sun preaching about the continuity of their races but when whites do it they are shamed and labeled. Many of the posters on this pod are absolutely right though...the anger should be re-directed at the corporacrats that allow these immigration floods to occur. Simply stating that these russians should better educate themselves to get better jobs is an extremely ignorant statement. More times than not, the immigrants who are replacing them in the job market are not any more educated they are just happier to work for less money. Our civilizations have grown accustomed to a strong middle class and seeing that erode away is their motive for violent reaction. Is it right? no but it is justified. So i ask everyone point blank...yes its obvious that someone is a racist if they are sportin nazi symbolism, however, can the same not be said about the "La Raza" movement that is seizing America as we speak. "La Raza" or "The Race" is the same exact thing in my honest opinion but we dont dare cover a story like that now do we...

Wow. This was extremely eye opening. Quite a bit of my family is from russia, and its interesting to think if I have any family members taking part in this neo-Nazi thing... Very creepy to think about. It's scary how we see eachother. We are all human beings, and yet there is always something wrong with members of our own race. Someone is always better, smarter, or "holier than thou." It's also weird to realize how most major cultrues today have had issues with this exact same thing. Outsiders being punished, because they are not native. I hate how history repeats its self and how most are too blind to learn from their mistakes. I hope that this video has had an impact on everyone that has watched it, and that those that are not just mere teens from minnesota like myself will use their power to help what is happening there.

first off i would like to say that i give you mad pros for going out there and covering this story.

after i saw the pod i was in shoc from what i had seen to think as human we would do this to each other , whatever happened to being equal.

the russians may say that having people from countrys effects them by the people taking their jobs and "food of their table" but in my view the people who are coming to russia or any other country is to look for a better tomorrow and its sad to see that in free world we cant do that. just think of it this way what if it was the other way around and russian got beat up everywhere they went how would feel then what if you got a phobe call saying that for ex: youre sister's friend gave you a call and said yeah she was beat to a pump how would that feel?!?!? not good right.

this needs to stop and i am very happy to see this pod and i hope and pray that this stops.

its scary, that some similarities between the immigration conflict can be seen seen within American politics, though through a much lesser extent.

we're in 2008. stuff like this shouldn't be happening at this moment of time. there are much more effective ways of helping russias economy. killing and turtoring immigrants doesnt put money in the opponents pockets.

I just watched this pod and wanted to express my gratitude to Christof for having the courage to risk his life to bring us this VERY important information regarding the uprise of the NSO.

Interesting. Very interesting. Blame it on the people of colour, as usual. America, Europe, Asia...Where next? Ignorance is running out of places to keep itself.

It's disguisting. Hates incompassing the world. But how do we fix people's hearts and minds? The worlds not the way it's suppose to be. I just feel its going to be so hard to change hate into love, but hate grows so much faster. and if we keep sitting around and saying that's sad instead of trying to fix things, things will never change. and not just in russia, but every where. Racism, discremenation, hate is every where, in everything. People die daily for no reason. How can people fight and beat and kill people they don't know, and not be repulsed when they look in the mirror. what's happening in the world?I'm just at a loss of what to do.

I'll probably get sued by Yoko Ono, but still.
Take it to heart.

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

current did an excellent job, showing the hatred these people feel for outsiders,, it's not much different than in the US.. but we see it everyday on tv here

This is a very good pod. Even though its very risky for someone to do this its really eye-opening and i feel like i want to start doing something about this.
But what i want to know is why the government is not doing anything to stop this violence?
These skinheads are not thinking about how the immigrants help the economy of russia.
These skinheads are only thinking of what they want and not what's right.

I have spent time in Russia myself, in the Caucus region. I lived in Krasnodar, in the south for about seven weeks. There are larger numbers of "black" people there. My friends from Krasnodar would tell me about how skinheads would come all the way from Moscow to kill people there. The year before I came, to "black" guys were shot and killed.

I am happy that current made this video; this is something I think is not in the radar and more people should know about it.

AFTER SEEING THIS I FEEL RUSSIA SHUD BURN

lookingforlogcapIV, i respect your point of view and did not mean to accuse you of being an ignorant bigot for having it. in fact, we have more in common because of our working and family struggles. i agreed with everything you said until you sympathized with the violence. i disagreed.

and, i am absolutely not anything you suspect me to be.

I believe that the response I received relating to skinheads in Russia and me being an ignorant bigot are quite wrong. I believe that the person who wrote the response to mine is probably an idealistic 20 something college student who has absolutely no experience in life and the working world other that what a college professor spews to them on immigrant issues who probably borders on being a Communist anyway, as most college professors are. You have no clue on what it is like trying to make a decent living now in the US! I will profess to you that I myself am college educated with a bachelors degree from one of Rhode Islands most liberal of schools of higher learning.

This pod shows us how easily people can be brainwashed. It seems like Russia is dealing with some of the issues we are dealing with in the US. The pod does not give any details about what type of jobs immigrants are getting or their quality of life in Russia. I think that was a very critical part of the story and I was left wondering why it was not included. Are they living below the poverty level in Russia? Are they landing corporate jobs and making $$bank$$? With all of the oppression going on, it seems as if they would be stuck doing shitty jobs nobody wants to do. Kind of like the immigrants that come to the US work the jobs Americans don't want to work.
From a technical standpoint, I feel it was very well paced and the story was told very well. It had all of the elements of a great pod and that is why it was on air.

Ignorance still exsists and is fed to the next generation to fuel hate. Anyone who remotely supports these actions needs to get educated on the benefits of imigration and its correlation to cheaper goods(like the very inexpensive computor you are using right now).

Also, What the HECK are these morons complaining about not having a job when they are spending their days training, "fighting" like cowards, and attending rallies. Maybe if they spent more of there time looking for work instead of complaining about not having a job, they would actually have one. This way they wouldn't have to go to some playground in the remote area of nowhere to "train". Yea, they really are tough guys, hiding in the woods and traveling in packs to attack small skinny immigrants. Reeeeaaall cooool guys!
If they only thought about the thousands of Russian emigrants who have moved to other countries and have become the same object of hatred as their immigrants. Oh, the irony!

immigrants aren't the ones 'causing and effecting wages and benefits' to be 'cut drastically.' but racists (and racist sympathizers like yourself) seem to scapegoat them more because of the helplessness workers like us feel in combating the real enemies, the employers and the bureaucracy that put us all in deep sh*t in the first place, our government.

immigrant workers are an asset to a thriving economy. they are the 'enemy' when we are unable to fend for ourselves and we blame them as if the problems would be solved if they disappeared. well, the bullsh*t stays the same if they were gone. big employers will always look for ways to f*ck workers over, citizen or immigrant.

as for us, we just need to evolve with the times. if something is not working, move on. get trained for something else. don't blame others for your own shortcomings.

violence against those helpless people are cowardly acts and have more to do with the pitifulness of their own uneducated/untrained lives, rather than national heroism. i can't sympathize with them the same way. neither can MOST of the russian people.

I am going to be very honest here. As an American, born and raised. I see what is happening in Russia with the skinheads could very well happen here in America. Big buisness is making deals with Congress and Senate to bring in large numbers of low paid immigrants who are depressing wage and benefit scales to fatten the pockets of corparate America. Because our so called elected rep's who are supposedly looking out for our better interests arent! Although these new Americans work jobs that most Americans dont want. These heads of buisness know they can find these people who will work for less wages and benefits creating the vicious cycle we are in now. I will tell you all reading this that I am at wit's end trying to secure a half way decent job in my area of the North Eastern US where there are many immigrant workers causing and effecting wages and benefits being cut drastically! Honestly I sympathize with these Russian skinheads and I feel in the upcoming years America must be careful because I believe civil unrest is on they way that we have never seen in the past! Americans are at the end of what we can endure as far as how we provide for our families and ourselves.

I really wish this pod were overstated, but it isn't. I'm a teacher of Russian, and it's an issue we face whenever we send students there - especially if they are non-white, have darker skin tones, are expressively queer, etc. After a group of skiny targeted an international student dorm, we realized we couldn't sugarcoat it, and now we discuss this issue with all the students before they sign up. Fortunately violence against foreign students is MUCH less common outside Moscow and Petersburg, and we often send students to towns with less of a skiny presence.

Russians are wonderful people, but there has always been a problem with intense xenophobia (especially Antisemitism and anti-Caucasian). The United States is hardly clean on this issue, but I think it's safe to say we've moved beyond open and public embrace of violence against nonwhite people. (Although here's an interesting tidbit for you: during the Soviet era the Russians tried to work with members of the Harlem Renaissance on a film expose of racism in America. Heh.)

Good lord, eaglesfanone. They aren't carrying Hitler's message, that is, if you think that this message was that of German ethnic nationalism. If you mean white racialism, Pan-Slavism, and Russian ethnic nationalism, all of them preceded Nazi Germany and existed after it. Before throwing your arrogant accusations, read some arguments presented on this page.

And really, I can't say that the US is a particularly lucky country. I'd say the only two comparatively large countries where people are seriously lucky to be born are Switzerland and Finland, definitely not the US if they value anything but money, and if they're white.