Robert Horvath is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia

This in-depth research into one of the Kremlin’s most cherished secrets — namely its collaboration with violent Russian neo-Nazis with the aim of strengthening its authoritarian grip on power — demonstrates two major intrinsic features of the Putin regime: its malevolent cynicism closely intertwined with ultimate disregard for human life, and its inexorable drive towards political spectacle that blurs the boundaries between truth and deception. - Anton Shekhovtsov, author of "Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir", Director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, Austria.

• Introduction 1. The genesis of managed nationalism 2. The rise of a groupuscule 3. Footsoldiers of the preventive counter-revolution 4. The attack on orangist nationalism 5. Propagandist of the partisans 6. The crackdown 7. Right conservatism and the second counter-revolution Conclusions

Robert Horvath is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia

This in-depth research into one of the Kremlin’s most cherished secrets — namely its collaboration with violent Russian neo-Nazis with the aim of strengthening its authoritarian grip on power — demonstrates two major intrinsic features of the Putin regime: its malevolent cynicism closely intertwined with ultimate disregard for human life, and its inexorable drive towards political spectacle that blurs the boundaries between truth and deception. - Anton Shekhovtsov, author of "Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir", Director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, Austria.

• Introduction 1. The genesis of managed nationalism 2. The rise of a groupuscule 3. Footsoldiers of the preventive counter-revolution 4. The attack on orangist nationalism 5. Propagandist of the partisans 6. The crackdown 7. Right conservatism and the second counter-revolution Conclusions

Robert Horvath is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia

This in-depth research into one of the Kremlin’s most cherished secrets — namely its collaboration with violent Russian neo-Nazis with the aim of strengthening its authoritarian grip on power — demonstrates two major intrinsic features of the Putin regime: its malevolent cynicism closely intertwined with ultimate disregard for human life, and its inexorable drive towards political spectacle that blurs the boundaries between truth and deception. - Anton Shekhovtsov, author of "Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir", Director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, Austria.

• Introduction 1. The genesis of managed nationalism 2. The rise of a groupuscule 3. Footsoldiers of the preventive counter-revolution 4. The attack on orangist nationalism 5. Propagandist of the partisans 6. The crackdown 7. Right conservatism and the second counter-revolution Conclusions