Russian Imperial Movement

The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM; Russian: Русское Имперское Движениe, romanized: Russkoe imperskoe dvizhenie, RID) is a Russian ultranationalist, neo-Nazi, white supremacist, far-right paramilitary organization which operates out of Russia.

Russian Imperial Movement
Русское Имперское Движениe
LeaderStanislav Vorobyov
Foundation2002
Country Russia
MotivesReconvening of Zemsky Sobor to re-establish the Russian Empire
HeadquartersSt. Petersburg
IdeologyAccelerationism
Clerical fascism
Russian nationalism
Russian irredentism
Christian nationalism
White supremacy
Monarchism
Anti-communism
Antisemitism
Neo-Nazism
Expansionist nationalism
Anti-Ukrainian sentiment
Political positionFar-right
AlliesIn Russia:
AWD Russland
Russian National Front
  Black Hundreds
  Great Russia Party
  People's Militia named after Minin and Pozharsky
  Union of Orthodox Banner-Bearers
Wagner groupOutside Russia:
Alliance for Peace and Freedom
  National Democratic Party of Germany
  New Force
Other allies:
Atomwaffen Division
The Base
Everything For the Country Party
Power Belongs to the People
Nordic Resistance Movement
Serbian Action
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Golden Dawn
Former allies:
Party of the Danes
Party of the Swedes
Traditionalist Worker Party
United Romania Party
Battles and warsCentral African Republic Civil War (2012–present)
Libyan Civil War (2014–2020)
Syrian Civil War
Russo-Ukrainian War
Designated as a terrorist group by Canada
3 February 2021

 United States
6 April 2020

As of 2015, its leader is Stanislav Vorobyev. It has been designated as a terrorist group by the United States and Canada. Some of its publications have been blacklisted in Russia, although the Russian government refuses to designate the group as a terrorist organization.

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