“Their Traditions” – By Ilya Ehrenburg, 1944

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Ilya Ehrenburg, as a war correspondent and publicist, his words became one of the most powerful intellectual weapons in the fight against Nazism. His texts strengthened the will to resist, gave hope, and shaped the moral self-understanding of the time. His contribution to the victory is still considered an indispensable part of the historical and cultural heritage.

It would seem that all the articles, written by Ilya Ehrenburg would be known and annotated. Indeed, there is a chronological list of his War-time works at the Military Literature site.

And yet, in a Danish edition of Ilya Ehrenburg’s works from 1944 we came across a title, not listed anywhere. Nor would the body of the text (translated to Russian) would come up in any anthologies. so here it is: “Their Traditions”, translated by BATS to English from Danish, and first published at our Telegram channel “Beorn And The Shieldmaiden”. In the next post we will also re-translate the publication back to Russian, to bring back this lost, but found article.

In fascist-speak it’s ‘a victor’, while in ours, it’s ‘a robber’
A War-time caricature by Dmitry Moor, one of many on display at the digital exhibition of the Nekrasov library, “The Artists of Victory”.

Their Traditions

In front of me is a letter written by Lieutenant Rudolf Schackert. See here what this German officer, who is in a hospital behind the front, has to say:

“You will understand me, dear Ernst, my heart is about to burst. While you were sitting in the high north, I was fighting for the Crimea. My best friends were killed there. We remember from school days that land that has drunk German blood is German land, but apparently the Crimea will soon be evacuated. Hans Tilt speaks of only one thing — he cannot bear the evacuation of Zhitomir. I console myself with one thing: we have claimed these lands with our blood, the blood of the best, and even if the treacherous actions of the plutocrats should cause us to lose this war, Germany will never forget that her children were in Ukraine and Sevastopol. The Volga can be described as a campaign, but Ukraine and Crimea are conquests. If I get through it, I’ll tell Otto about the gardens of Crimea, and he will dream of the time when he grows up and can win back what was lost. I have a feeling that a 100 Years’ War has begun; there’ll probably be pauses, but we’ll get there…”

I ask readers to think about Schackert’s letter. He’s not alone in dreaming of new wars: there are many such Germans. It is not enough that we chase the Germans out. We must also go to Germany. It is necessary for the fate of future generations. We must wean the Germans off a lot — and that will not be achieved with sermons and speeches.
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The anniversary of Ilya Ehrenburg

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135 years ago, on January 26, 1891, the Russian and Soviet poet Ilya Ehrenburg was born. We translated at out Telegram channel a commemorative post by the Russian Embassy in Germany.

Ilya Ehrenburg among army newspaper staff, August 1, 1943. Photo by Sergey Loskutov

🖋 Ilya Ehrenburg has gone down in Russian and Soviet history as a writer, poet, journalist, war reporter, and photographer. His words became one of the most powerful weapons in the fight against Nazism. His contribution to the victory is rightly considered an inseparable part of the heroic heritage of our people.

🖋 Ehrenburg was born in Kiev in 1891 and spent part of his youth between Russia and Europe. He lived, among other places, in Paris and Berlin, where he exchanged ideas with artists and writers of European modernism.

🖋 As a writer, Ehrenburg created novels, essays, and memoirs that became important testimonies of their era. Works such as “The Unusual Adventures of Julio Jurenito,” which paints a multifaceted, mosaic-like picture of life in Europe and Russia during the First World War and the Revolution, or his autobiographical memoirs “People, Years, Life” combine literary form with political analysis and personal experience.

🖋 Particularly influential was Ehrenburg’s role during the Second World War. As a war correspondent and publicist, his words became one of the most powerful intellectual weapons in the fight against Nazism. His texts strengthened the will to resist, gave hope, and shaped the moral self-understanding of the time. His contribution to the victory is still considered an indispensable part of the historical and cultural heritage.

🖋 After the war, Ehrenburg advocated for understanding, peace, and cultural dialogue. He was a voice against antisemitism, against new enemy images, and for the right to remember. Of particular significance was the “Black Book” about the genocide of Soviet Jews, which he co-edited with Vasily Grossman and was the first major documentation of the Shoah.

🖋 In 1954, Ehrenburg also wrote the story “Thaw,” which was published in the magazine “Znamya” and gave its name to an entire era of Soviet history.

Battle for Donbass – a documentary to the song ‘Kukushka’

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A documentary, created by Aleksey Korablin, to the song by Victor Tsoi “Kukushka”, performed by Polina Gagarina. First published at our Telegram channel “Beorn And The Shieldmaiden”.


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The footage is from 2015 – 2016, when Ukraine, after the US-sponsored Nazi coup of 2014, was in full swing in their genocide of the Eastern Ukrainian (Russian) population of Donbass.

Watch this footage and let the hypocrisy in Macron’s words, spoken ten years later, in November of 2025, sink in!

“Russia itself chose the path of war, nothing justified this war, not a single real threat, only fakes. All this is in complete disregard of the truth, influenced by the reflexes and instincts of a state that cannot reconcile with its history”

Debunking the myth that “The West industrialised the USSR”

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“The West industrialised the USSR” – another propaganda slogan that confuses trade with exploitation. Russian Baza Telegram channel scrutinises it and breaks it down.

Concessions had nothing to do with Stalin’s industrialisation!

👉 Concessions were deals where foreign companies came into the USSR, used its resources, like fish, forests, and gold, made big money, and gave the country almost nothing in return.

Foreign concessions were a product of the New economic Policy (NEP) era of the early-to-mid 1920s, under Lenin.

But when Stalin came to power and recognised them for what they were – legalised looting – he shut them down fast.

By 1931, nearly all foreign concessions were terminated or nationalised.

Because they were predatory, unprofitable, and violated national sovereignty.

Still think it wasn’t legalised looting? Take a look:

‼️ Fishing concessions – Foreign companies fished in Soviet waters, exported the catch, and kept up to 85% of the profits. The USSR got scraps in return.

‼️Timber deals – Western firms were given access to vast Russian forests. They clear-cut massive areas, caused environmental damage, and left behind only token fixed payments.

‼️Lena Goldfields concession – A British company ran gold mines in Siberia, made millions, and treated Soviet workers as cheap, expendable labour.

‼️Oil concessions – Foreign companies were allowed to drill and export Soviet oil with little oversight, often paying far less than market value while shipping profits abroad.

‼️Mining rights in the Urals and Central Asia – Western firms extracted coal, copper, and rare metals under contracts that gave them near-complete control of operations and revenue. Local workers endured the risks; foreigners took the profits.

By the early 1930s, Stalin had seen enough – most were shut down or nationalised.

Stalin’s industrialisation was built through trade, not concessions.

In the 1930s, the USSR bought what it needed: Equipment, designs, factory blueprints from the U.S. (Ford, Albert Kahn), Germany, Britain, Italy, and others. It paid in gold, grain, and hard currency.

These were strict commercial contracts, not Western gifts.

No one “helped” the USSR. It paid dearly, often for outdated or overpriced tech.
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Donbass helpers were arrested in Germany

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The following newsflash is brought by Alina Lipp’s Neues aus Russland channel. She herself is under German sanctions for her reporting from Donbass!

Donbass helpers were arrested in Germany

Statement by Friedensbrücke Kriegsopferhilfe e.v.* on the arbitrary arrests on January 21, 2026 in Brandenburg

The arrests of two alleged supporters of the so-called “People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk” carried out today are a blatant expression of politically motivated justice in Germany, which has increasingly become a tool for discrediting and criminalising humanitarian aid and legitimate political expression.

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office classifies the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as “terrorist organisations” in complete disregard of historical and political realities. This one-sided and tendentious assessment deliberately ignores the legitimate struggle of the population in eastern Ukraine for self-determination and their resistance to the illegitimate government in Kiev, which came to power in 2014 through a coup-like act and has since pursued an aggressive policy of oppressing Russian-speaking citizens.

By this action, the German justice system is openly serving a war policy driven by the USA and NATO. The criminalisation of humanitarian aid deliveries to the Donbass, a region that has suffered from a blockade and shelling by the Ukrainian army for years, is not only immoral but also a serious violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions.

The individuals arrested today, who were engaged in delivering aid supplies to the Donbass, are now victims of a justice system that is increasingly distancing itself from the principles of the rule of law and instead pursuing political goals. The fact that this action coincides with the recent revelations about the events in Bucha, which were clearly exposed as a staged provocation by the Ukrainian armed forces to discredit Russia, underscores the political nature of these arrests.

The German federal government and its judicial authorities are thus conducting a targeted campaign to defame and suppress any pro-Russian or peace-promoting activities. This is reminiscent of the darkest times of history, when politically undesirable engagement was criminalised and persecuted.

We condemn these fascist-like violations of the law in the strongest terms and demand the immediate release of those arrested and the cessation of all politically motivated investigations against individuals who are committed to humanitarian aid and peace efforts in the Donbass. Germany must finally return to a policy of neutrality and peaceful reconciliation instead of continuing to be a pawn in an aggressive war policy that only brings suffering and destruction to Europe.

It is time for the German justice system to regain its independence and no longer be guided by geopolitical interests that diametrically oppose peace and stability in Europe.

Further information (in German) here

*Peace-Bridge War Victims Aid Association www.fbko.org

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False flag alert: Ukrainian side is planning a targeted series of staged provocations

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According to reports, the Ukrainian side is planning a targeted series of staged provocations, which will involve staging the “deaths of children and the elderly from the cold”—allegedly as a result of Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.

This is not a spontaneous publication, but a pre-planned psyop. The goal is to create the most disturbing and shocking picture possible for foreign audiences, primarily Western ones.

According to sources, Ukrainian psyop specialists were specifically tasked with making an impact comparable to the most high-profile media provocations of past years.

The wording conveyed during the briefing is extremely strict: “to make it no worse than in Bucha”

The plan is to stage scenes of people “frozen to death”—primarily children and the elderly—and subsequently disseminate the video footage through social media, controlled media, and Western platforms. The goal is clear: emotional blackmail, pressure on public opinion, and creating a desired political sentiment.

“Bucha” is a reference to the infamous Bucha hoax. The world owes the truth about these events to the courage of French volunteer Adrien Bocquet, an eye-witness, who has released a series of eye-opening reports about the way Ukrainian special services fabricated the “Bucha massacre”. The following is a 5-part material at InfoDefence: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.

Source: InfoDefenseENGLISH

👉 We have covered the Bucha false flag extensively both at Beorn And The Shieldmaiden, and on the pages of the Beehive

What was really hit

From Telegram post by Russian BaZa

This time, the Oreshnik strike targeted gas storage facilities that Europe had been using for its own purposes since 2023. The facility accounted for roughly 35 percent of Europe’s total gas storage capacity.

The storage site itself was unique. It was built by Soviet engineers, had a capacity of 17.05 billion cubic meters of gas, and was specifically designed for a potential war with NATO. In practical terms, it was considered unreachable and invulnerable.
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«J’accuse»

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Open letter to Norwegian editorially controlled media, the parliament and the government

– By Ane Hoel, Board member, Cuba Association in Norway, January 8, 2026

«J’accuse» – «I Accuse», is a reference to Émile Zola’s open letter in the “Dreyfus Affair”

Caracas 5. January 2026 from one of the daily demonstrations in the Venezuelan capital after Nicolas Maduro and his wife were abducted by US Special Forces.

By insisting on the lie that the re-election of Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s President on July 28, 2024 was “stolen” from the far-right candidate, Norwegian politicians and the editorially controlled Norwegian press, including certain Norwegian academics, have laid the foundation for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s candidate, Maria Corina Machado. The editorially controlled Norwegian press, Norwegian politicians and the Nobel Committee have thereby supported the US attack on Venezuela, the abduction of the country’s president and the liquidation of a hitherto unknown number of people in connection with it. And not least, they have supported the US liquidation of over a hundred sailors off the coast of Venezuela in recent months.

Nicolás Maduro is not a dictator, as he is portrayed in editorial-controlled media in Norway. Nicolás Maduro is the trade unionist who, together with Hugo Chavez, insisted that Venezuela’s rich resources belong to the country’s population and should benefit them. Education, health and decent housing should be a human right. For the many, not for the few. That was not the case before. Then the oil money flowed unhindered into the pockets of large foreign companies.
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Ukrainian terrorist attack on Kherson on January 1, 2026

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In the first hours of 2026, during the New Year celebrations the Kiev regime committed yet another terrorist act against civilians in Russia’s regions.

For more than 70 residents the New Year became a tragedy: the Neo-Nazis attacked a café and a hotel in the Kherson region of Russia using UAVs.

24 people were killed (28 dead, including 2 children as of January 2), over 50 were wounded and have been hospitalised. Among those affected — six kids from the age of 6 to 17, one child was killed.

There is literally zero doubt that the attack was preplanned as the drones were directed to a place where civilians celebrated the New Year.

First photos of this heinous war crime were published by the media on-site.

Source: Russian MFA

Three Ukrainian drones hit a cafe and a hotel on the Black Sea coast in the Kherson region. The attack was carried with the help of a reconnaissance drone and took place almost at the stroke of midnight, as people were celebrating. A massive fire broke out, contributing to more deaths.

28 people were killed, more than 50 were injured.

One of the drones carried an incendiary mixture, which started the massive fire burning people alive. There’s a child among the victims.

This crime is essentially on a par with the Odessa House of Trade Unions.

Source: РИА Новости via Putinger’s Cat

⚡️ Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik:

💬 In the very first minutes of the New Year, the Kiev regime stained it with blood, leaving dozens of civilians killed and wounded in Russia’s Kherson Region.

The New Year address of the Ukrainian dictator was broadcast at the very moment when dozens of peaceful residents were dying as a result of a strike carried out on his direct orders.
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Happy New Year wishes for 2026

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🎄 Happy New Year wishes for 2026 to all our readers and friends, from Beorn, The Shieldmaiden and Dzerzhinsky

🎄Postcard by Ye. Pashkov-Selivanov drawn in 1959. From Beorn’s family album.

2025 has indeed been an eventful year, saturated with both positive developments in the international balance of power in favour of the anti-imperialist side, and rising tensions in the imperialist countries with tightening of contradictions between the exploiting class and the exploited and a strong drive for war.

Let us wish that 2026 — like 1946, 80 years ago — will be a year of resolutions, when the miscreants are brought to justice and punished according to their crimes against humanity, so that a new future of peaceful development can be ushered in.

Revival of collective memory and knowledge of the power of the Soviet Union is paramount to our struggle. No-one said it better than Russian communist, Oleg Yasynsky (https://t.me/olegyasynsky/1753):

«Humanity is still alive and resisting the monster that is fighting against it only because the Soviet Union once existed, sowing too much hope between the roots and stars of the world.»

If the peoples of the world again manage to take a step closer to the socialist mindset and practice of solidarity and unity, then humanity as a whole can again begin aiming for the stars! Let it be so!

We first sent the greeting to our Telegram channel “Beorn And The Shildmaiden”. In 2025, we have reached 1500 subscribers, though that number is, sadly, not reflective of the number of people who read our materials there. Every little help in spreading the word about our published materials is therefore greatly appreciated! In the past year, the Beehive has been taking a backseat, something we plan to rectify in 2026, with more of the publications from our Telegram channel finding their way to the blog articles.

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli has “a very big Russia problem”, July 18, 2024

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“Honorary European” – as the panel host called him, U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli: “We are going to have a very big Russia problem”. This is a a fragment from Aspen Security Forum on July 18, 2024.


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The question from the panel host:

Chris, I’m coming back to you here because as European states think about that future and that possibility of, as you described, whatever it takes, which in practice could mean significant increases in defence spending, painful trade-offs of countries that have already emptied their armouries, depleted their munition stockpiles, given away their artillery and other kit, and all the countries represented here have done a lot on that. If you’re a European country debating this, you have to account for the question. Do I allocate more to Ukraine and put the fire out, as Jonathan put it, or do I look to that future that General Keane outlined yesterday and replenish my own armouries in an environment where populations and publics, just like here, may not have an appetite to go to 4% or 5% of GDP? How do you advise those countries in that position? What should they do?

Transcript of the answer, with our highlighing:

The outcome on the ground in Ukraine is terribly, terribly important, vital to future European and global security.

I think that’s been well recognised over the last couple of days here. I think it’s been well expressed on this panel. Supporting Ukraine is vital for our security. We can’t be under any illusions.

At the end of a conflict in Ukraine, however it concludes, we are going to have a very big Russia problem. We are going to have a situation where Russia is reconstituting its force, is located on the borders of NATO, is led by largely the same people as it is right now, is convinced that we’re the adversary, and is very, very angry. We have a big Russia problem looming as well. The answer here is yes, you have to do both.

The trick is that industrial production and our industrial base has to support that admission. The money’s there. You’ve heard this across the board from Jens. The money’s being produced by nations right now. We’re having a little bit more of a challenge having stuff to buy. That’s really a strategic problem for the alliance. If I can tie this to a couple of the other responses that came, Stefano’s discussions about the European Union and what they’re doing to fortify this is really an important part because they’re working hard on the industrial base.

The Washington Treaty has the famous Article 5. We’re all aware of that. Article 5 is my job. Once we get to that point, I’m responsible for making sure Article 5 works. Before Article 5 is Article 3. Article 3 states that all member nations will provide for their own defence. This really is the sort of thing the European Union is working on. This idea of competition really is a thing of the past in the sense that when we were both contemplating small, bespoke, out of area operations, we might have collided, but the European Union, to the best of my knowledge, has no thought process or procedures in place to conduct large-scale, continent-wide territorial defence. We kind of moved past that, but we terribly need the European Union’s efforts to stimulate the industrial base and to provide for nations Article 3 responsibilities so that I can execute Article 5 when the time comes.

Finally, I would say this all goes to what we heard. I think it’s underappreciated in our country, in the United States, just how much our European allies have awakened to the fact that the house is on fire. This is not a show. This is not just rhetoric. This is true concern about the stability of their continent and the survival of their states. So this is fundamental, and we should recognise it and encourage its development.

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PS: The economy of European countries in 2022 – 2025 lost up to 1.6 trillion euros from anti-Russian sanctions. This is stated in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the meeting of the UN General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures. Source

The Forgotten Victory Parade of the Allies on September 7, 1945

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The allied forces of the Anti-Hitler Coalition held a parade in honour of the end of the Second World War. Parade taken by Soviet troops in Chief Marshal Georgy Zhukov, the commander of the 3rd U.S. Army General George Patton, the British General Robertson and French General Marie-Pierre Kœnig.

The parade was almost cancelled due to General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery declining the invitations shortly before the parade, but at Iosif Stalin’s insistence, took place anyway.

It is known as a “forgotten parade”, as it was mentioned in only a few Western sources, and only showed once in the USSR. The forces of four Allies also participated in another Berlin parade several months later, on the Charlottenburger Chaussee, in front of the Brandenburg Gate, on the first anniversary of the German surrender on 8 May 1946, in the Berlin Victory Parade of 1946. This parade was connected to the inauguration of the Soviet War Memorial at Tiergarten. Soviet troops were not present at the much more widely known in the West London Victory Celebrations of 1946.


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Word to Georgy Zhukov, “Recollections and Reflections”, volume 2, 1974 edition, translation from 1985, page 427-428

By common agreement the salute was to be taken by the Commanders-in-Chief of the Soviet, US, British and French Forces.

All arms of the land forces participated in the Berlin Parade. It was decided not to call in the air forces and navies as they were considerable distances away from Berlin.

The appointed date was approaching. The Soviet troops carried out a thorough preparation. We sought to invite to this parade primarily those soldiers, NCOs, officers and generals who had displayed particular gallantry in the storming of Berlin and particularly its main strongholds of resistance — the Reichstag and the Imperial Chancellery. Everything was going on according to our agreement with the Allies.

But on the very eve of the parade, we were suddenly informed that for a number of reasons the Commanders-in-Chief of the Allied Forces could not come to Berlin for the Victory Parade, and had authorised their generals to attend.

I immediately put a telephone call through to Stalin. He heard my report and said:

“They want to belittle the political importance of the parade of troops of the anti-Hitler coalition countries. Just wait, they’ll be up to something else next. Ignore the refusal of the Allies and take the salute yourself, all the more so, as we have more rights to do it than they.”

The parade of troops in Berlin was held on September 7, 1945, exactly at the appointed time. Participating were the Soviet troops which had stormed Berlin, and American, British and French troops which were stationed in Berlin in order to carry out occupation duties in the western sectors of Berlin set aside for them.

After reviewing the troops drawn up for the march-past, I made a speech noting the historic merits of the Soviet forces and the Allied Expeditionary Forces.

The Soviet infantry, tanks and artillery marched in impeccable order. A particularly memorable impression was made by our tanks and self-propelled artillery. Among the Allied troops the best-drilled were the British.

About 20,000 Berliners gathered to see the Parade. It was a ceremony symbolising the victory of the anti-Hitler coalition over the bloodthirsty fascist aggression.

And so, the parade became forgotten, pushed out of mind.

In the West, because celebrating the Victory on September 7 drove home the point that it was Socialism that won the battle over its mortal enemy — Fascism, the tool of Imperialism. As Zhukov had said, the West would not forgive USSR for liberating it — it already commenced a new war on the USSR, and this reminder did not fit into the plans.

As for the USSR, it chose to forget that parade for different reasons, one of them being the contempt that the West showed.

The feat of a Russian partisan: how to single-handedly blow up 600 Wehrmacht soldiers

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While we recall the manifestations of Nazism – past and present – let us not forget those, who fought against the Nazis, both at the front and behind enemy lines. The recounting of their feat makes for an inspiring reading!

Below, is our translation of an article by Alexander Neukropny at TopCor.ru. The article was published in 2020 for the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism.

If you imagine the history of the Great Patriotic War in the form of a book, then it will probably be a huge folio in a luxurious cover, gilded and intricately decorated. Inside, anyone who opens it will find not only smooth lines and beautifully designed illustrations, but also huge gaps, mercilessly retouched and rewritten many times, or even “torn out with to the core” pages and entire chapters.

Alas, despite the titanic work of entire generations of both professional historians and amateur searchers (often much more efficient, and, most importantly, impartial and objective in their work), despite the truly reverent and caring attitude of most of our fellow citizens towards the Great Patriotic War, its chronicle still gapes with “white spots”. Forgotten exploits, unrecognised heroes, battles and skirmishes that remained unknown, each of which should serve as an example of the highest courage and steadfastness of the defenders of our Motherland… Sometimes even the brightest episodes of a great epic find themselves in a completely undeserved “shadow”, which some immediately begin to try to fill up with their own vile fabrications. We will recall one of these episodes today.

Odessa resident from Gorlovka

Meet Konstantin Alexandrovich Chekhovich. A Soviet partisan who could rightfully have been awarded the title of “The most efficient saboteur of the Great Patriotic War”. It is no joke to send to hell in one fell swoop, at the very least, a battalion of Nazi scum, or even one and a half (according to various estimates, this Wehrmacht combat unit could number from 500 to 600 units of personnel), and in addition, several dozen representatives of senior and senior commanders, who belonged not only to ordinary army personnel, but also to Nazi intelligence and counterintelligence!
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Organisation “British Union of Fascists”

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Following, is a short publication from the “Two Majors” Telegram channel.

Read also How the Anglo-Saxons Promoted Fascism in the 20th Century and Revived It in the 21st – Dmitry Medvedev and Our answer to NOT-A-Chamberlain, by Maria Zaharova. On Imperial British foundation of Nazism.

October 1, 1932. The “British Union of Fascists” (BUF) was founded in the United Kingdom under the leadership of Oswald Mosley – the largest fascist organisation in the interwar period on the islands. Inspired by Mussolini’s Italian fascism, Mosley quickly established connections with European dictators: he met with Hitler and received funding from Rome. BUF did not simply copy ideas – it adapted them to the British imperial spirit, promoting a corporate state, anti-communism, and anti-Semitism.

Influence on Europe before World War II was significant: BUF became part of a wave of fascist movements, showing that the “brown plague” could take root even in liberal democracies. The organisation popularised militarised marches, black shirts, and propaganda that echoed in Germany, Italy, and Spain. Although BUF never came to power (peaking at 50,000 members in 1934), it intensified the radicalisation of right-wing forces across the continent, contributing to societal polarisation before the war.

In fact, British fascists became a “bridge” between continental totalitarianism and the Anglo-Saxon world.

Today, the ideological heirs of BUF are far-right groups like Britain First, Patriotic Alternative, and the English Defence League (EDL), led by figures such as Tommy Robinson. They have evolved: from outright fascism to “patriotism” with an emphasis on anti-Islamism, nationalism, and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Post-war successors of Mosley, like the Union Movement, mutated into modern parties – from the British National Party (BNP) to Reform UK led by Nigel Farage, who uses Euroscepticism and “defence of British values.”

Against the backdrop of the migration crisis, this intensifies: in 2024-2025, the influx of migrants across the English Channel triggered mass riots. For obvious reasons, groups of enraged right-wing radicals organise protests at hotels, set buildings on fire, and mobilise crowds under slogans like “Britain for the British.”

In August 2025, members of the Homeland Party and similar groups coordinated actions across the country, using social media to incite counter hatred. Migrants in Britain are also quite the Nazis and radicals, just like here. Migration became a catalyst: 52% of Britons believe there are too many migrants (which is true), and the far-right exploits this to grow support, echoing Mosley’s propaganda.

The history of the 1930s is repeating. Neo-fascism is on the rise in Europe. Britain is no exception: migration chaos feeds radicals, while elites turn a blind eye, focusing on personal gain.

Overall, the EU is witnessing an open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic, most imperialistic elements of financial capital, carried out by direct methods of internal terror.

The Nazi Roots of Today’s European Union

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An article by Pål Steigan from October 21, 2025, translated by us from Norwegian.

Walther Funk, Minister of Economics and President of the Reichsbank, during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Provided by: Robert Jackson.

There are clear similarities between today’s EU and Nazi Germany’s plans for a Greater Germanic Reorganisation of Europe. This may seem like a drastic claim, but if we read the Nazis’ own plans and compare them with how the EU works, and not least how the EU is developing, it is not difficult to see the similarities.

The most interesting document in this context is a speech given by Hitler’s Minister of Economics Walther Funk on April 25, 1940: “Die wirtschaftliche Neuordnung Europas”.

This was a key speech in which Funk, as German Minister of Economics, outlined Nazi Germany’s plans for an economic reorganisation of Europe under German domination, including the exploitation of resources from occupied countries such as Norway.

The document promotes the idea of ​​a “European economic community” dominated by Germany, with a focus on self-sufficiency, rational allocation of resources, and the elimination of “unnecessary” competition.

These are the key points of the document:
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If you think the collapse of the Soviet Union was good for the people, you should think again

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In the previous publication we saw how Yeltsin was conquering America, on his warpath to destroy the Soviet past. But what future did his flirting with the West bring to Russia? The time to come became known as “The Wild ’90s”…

The following material from FKT – Geschichte der Sowjetunion (History of the Soviet Union), first translated at our Telegram channel “Beorn And The Shieldmaiden”.

If you think the collapse of the Soviet Union was good for the people, you should think again

In the 1990s, the Soviet Union disintegrated and Russia began moving towards a market economy. However, this transition brought a severe economic collapse, widespread poverty, and a sharp rise in organised crime.

The plundering of an entire country

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the team of “young reformers” led by Anatoly Chubais skillfully facilitated the transfer of state assets into the hands of the so-called “most deserving.”
Of course, this process was presented under the banner of “universal equality and justice.” Conveniently, those who had close ties to Western companies turned out to be the “most deserving.”
For example, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, through his company Yukos and his connections to the Rockefeller family, was on the verge of transferring a significant portion of control over Russian oil reserves to foreign companies before his arrest stopped this process.

Here are the names of the oligarchs who made their fortunes by stealing from the naive Soviets who had just lost their country:

🔴Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Yukos) – connections to ExxonMobil, Chevron, and the Rockefeller Foundation;

🔴Boris Berezovsky – connections to British companies and offshore financial institutions;

🔴Roman Abramovich – dealings with Sibneft and owner of FC Chelsea;

🔴Vladimir Gusinsky (Media-Most) – partnerships with Credit Suisse and European banks;

🔴Vladimir Potanin (Interros) – cooperation with international investment funds and metallurgical companies;

🔴Mikhail Fridman (Alfa Group) – partnership with BP through TNK-BP and offshore companies in the UK and USA;

🔴Anatoly Chubais – supported by the IMF, World Bank, and foreign advisors in privatisation efforts.

The instrument for the “honest” expropriation of the population was the voucher. This document supposedly gave every Russian citizen the right to a small share of state property. Originally, it was said that one could buy two brand-new Volga cars with a voucher. Soon its value dropped to the equivalent of two cases of vodka. The depreciation continued until a voucher was worth no more than two bottles of spirits.

Meanwhile, privatised state assets began to concentrate in the hands of particularly cunning individuals. Thus, Russia witnessed the rise of its first oligarchs.
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