Why the Far Right Joined the 2013-14 Ukraine Crisis | Decade of Hate

The 2013-14 Ukraine Crisis attracted far-right foreign fighters from around the world, who came to fight on both sides of the conflict. Azov, a Ukrainian battalion with deep roots in the ultranationalist and hooligan scenes, drew foreign radicals attracted by its extremist politics. Others joined pro-Russian militias, attracted by the notion of Putin’s Russia as a staunch defender of a traditionalist Christian Europe. In this episode of Decade of Hate, host Tim Hume looks back at how the war in Ukraine acted as a training ground for the international far right, giving them real-life combat experience, which they could then bring home with them. This film was produced in May 2021. Watch more like this: Germany's Far Right is Surging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq7mmyKWXUs Poland’s Far Right Are Attacking Everyone They Hate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB2XRK_Xb6g Out of Control: Ukraine's Rogue Militias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMMXuKB0BoY Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICELAND: https://www.youtube.com/VICELANDTV Broadly: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC i-D: http://www.youtube.com/iDmagazine Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE