While Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies his war of conquest in Ukraine with " The German edition Spiegel writes about this, citing a confidential report by the Federal Intelligence Service..

According to the BND, the Russian Imperial League and the Rusich group are " In addition, according to the publication, Moscow uses at least one right-wing extremist person "

“Cooperation with these groups brings to the point of absurdity the alleged cause of the war, the so-called “denazification” of Ukraine,” write analysts of the German foreign intelligence.

The document does not contain information on the number of fighters of right-wing extremist groups, but the units are named.

Thus, the Russian Imperial Legion, a paramilitary unit of the right-wing extremist group Russian Imperial Movements, which had already fought on the Russian side in the Ukrainian Donbas in 2014 and 2015, joined the fighting in Ukraine..

In particular, RIL announced its decision to engage in hostilities in March. Mostly "

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However, the deputy head of the formation, Denis Gariev, died during the fighting in Ukraine, and the leader himself was wounded..

It is also likely that the Rusich group, associated with the Wagner PKK, which also fought in the Donbass in 2014 and 2015, was involved in the fighting..

According to a BND report, the unit's fighters likely fought in Syria and have a reputation for "

One of the two founders of Rusich is considered a sadist “because he killed a puppy on a social media video,” the document says..

" and Yana P. In one picture M. with a swastika, on the other - P. with a salute to Hitler in front of the fire,"