24 minutes agoPutin's engines set up military camp in Slovakia?
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the then occupied Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact, one of the groups that strongly supports the Kremlin, has set up a military-style camp near Slovakia's capital, NATO member. The Night Wolf Rider Club, whose members were at the helm of the Russian Crimea invasion, [...]
The Night Hawks Club, whose members were at the helm of the Russian Crime Conquest, while the media called Putin's “Eng angels”, has established headquarters on a former military base in Dolna Krupa, about 60 km northeast of Bratislava.
This club act, known for promoting Russian nationalism, for hatred of homosexuals and feminists, and for loyalty to the Kremlin, seems to be aimed at discovering a dark and anti-Western part of this European Union country, which has significant elements of the right extreme and the Russianofile.
The group, which has been hit with sanctions from the West due to the support of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, was formed in Slovakia last month.
“They have come to exasperate the Democrats and recruit people who are in a shot at Ukraine”, said Jan Budaj, opposition politician in Slovakia and signatories of the communist-era Charter 77.
“They are bringing a message aimed at undermining the EU and breaking NATO”, Budaj said.
With a wall of black, six feet high, and a thorn wire on the top, surrounding the object, few who know what happens inside.
But, judged by photographs taken by the drone, there are tanks, armoured vehicles, and police equipment.
According to the newspaper Hospolardske Noviny, the local branch of the Night Wolfes is led by Joseph Hambalek, who, as this medium writes, owns the property and is close to former Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak. None of them made public comments on the base.
Hambelek reportedly wants to open a military museum in the complex.
But military equipment is said to be owned by the Ministry of Defence, which has suspended Milooslav Chapallovic, head of the Military History Institute, for permission to rent the equipment to Hambalek.
“Cartiarza, head of Military History Institute Milooslav Chapallovic, has failed to fully control the background of this association of citizens, and has thus exceeded its constitutional competencies”, Defence Ministry spokeswoman Danka Capakova said.
Cross borders
Police said they have monitored the group's activities, but, so far, have seen nothing illegal.
The Foreign Ministry voiced concern, saying that “the activities of members of the group must be monitored and carefully assessed”.
Jaroslav Nagy, director of the Slovakia Institute for Security Policy, warned against the soft approach to the issue.
This is beyond allowed borders... Their actions are always seen as propaganda”, Nagy told the Russian Radio Service Free Europe.
Night Wolf Leader Alexandr Zaldostanov has often been seen in public with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and is known for his harsh nationalist statements.
The leader of the Night Wolfes, Alexandr Zaldostanov, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Crime, 2017.
He has led the group on some provocative trips in the past, including the trip to Berlin on Victory Day and the lighting of candles in Catin, where José Stalin is said to have ordered the execution of tens of thousands of Polish officers during World War II.
In March, although without Zaldostanov, dozens of Night Wolfmen have participated in a tour they called the Russian Bolkan “Balkan”
In Slovakia, the Student Initiative group expressed concern over the situation and called for protest on July 27th.
“Call on all citizens to come and oppose such an object on our territory, as well as to show that our country's security has not been stolen”, Timothy Lauko from the Student Initiative said.
