America’s neo-Nazis don’t look to Germany for inspiration. They look to Russia. - The Washington Post

“America’s white nationalists may bear swastikas, raise Nazi salutes and cheer for the protection of ‘Blut und Boden’ (blood and soil) for all to see. They may say ‘Heil Trump!’ and laud the legacy of American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell.

But for these American white supremacists, it’s not Nazi Germany to which they look."It’s Russia.It doesn’t take much to gather white nationalists’ affections for modern Moscow — a regime whose model they want to bring to bear in the United States. For David Duke, who has seen his books sold in the Russian Duma, Moscow remains the “key to white survival.” For Richard Spencer, a founding member of the alt-right’s rogues’ gallery — and someone marriedto the translator of Alexander Dugin, Russia’s illiberal polemicist extraordinaire — the Kremlin stands as the “most powerful white power in the world.” For Matthew Heimbach, who has said he would like to see the United States fracture on ethnic lines, Vladimir Putin has transformedinto the “leader of the free world.” (Via.)

America’s neo-Nazis don’t look to Germany for inspiration. They look to Russia. - The Washington Post: