Country: | Russia |
Details of Formation: | The group was founded on February 26, 2005, as a youth wing of the Eurasia Party (Wikipedia). It is coded as PGM since 2014 when it announced to fight opposition on the March of Billions with “crosses, knives and silver bullets”, which is the first evidence of the group being armed. |
Details of Termination: | -- |
Purpose: | The group’s main purpose is to oppose any attempts of an Orange Revolution in Russia (Wikipedia). |
Organisation: | The Eurasian Youth Movement is one of the structures of the International Eurasian Movement and is the youth wing of the Eurasia party which is headed by Aleksandr Dugin. It allegedly receives tacit support from the Russian government (Wikipedia). |
Weapons and Training: | The group claims to have knives and silver bullets. |
Size: | -- |
Reason for Membership: | Members are taking part in the organisation and its actions because of their ideological convictions. |
Treatment of Civilians: | The group announced armed attacks against people that do not share their ideology during the March of Billions in 2014. However, no actual actions against civilians are reported. |
Other Information: | -- |
References: | Wikipedia. “Eurasian Youth Union”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Youth_Union |