Far-right underbelly of Ukraine’s “most powerful brand” — Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, adopted his “signature style” after Russia invaded his country. Much if not most of his wardrobe, from his olive-green shirts and sweaters and pants, to fleece and winter jackets, and even his Star Wars apparel, is from M-TAC, Ukraine’s “largest and most powerful brand…

Pt. 1: Growing Networks to ‘Support Azov’ — As previously reported on “Ukes, Kooks & Spooks” last year, the Azov movement in Ukraine sent a delegation to the United States that met numerous members of Congress (Pt. 1, Pt. 2), followed by two trips to Washington and New York by a neo-Nazi press officer of the Azov Regiment…

Zelensky & Congress Salute “Representatives of Diaspora” — During Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, a group of Ukrainians sat in the gallery of the House Chamber. Soon after Zelensky stepped up to the rostrum, they cheered, “Slava Ukraini!” The President of Ukraine waved back at them and answered, “Heroyam Slava.”…

Azov Regiment Press Officer Returns to DC & NYC — Last month on “Ukes Kooks & Spooks,” it was reported that Dmytro “Orest” Kozatsky, the neo-Nazi press officer of the far-right Azov Regiment, was on his way to New York City from Washington. According to organizers of the motorcade that brought him to New York, he was subsequently flying back…

Azov Regiment Photographer Traveling From DC to NYC — Three days before the last of Ukraine’s defenders in Mariupol surrendered in May, one of them tweeted, “NAZI!!!!” Dmytro “Orest” Kozatsky, a 26-year old fighter from the notorious Azov Regiment holed up in the Azovstal steel plant, where he became the head of its press service, tweeted this in response…

Operation Paperclip Hits Close to Home, Pt. 1 — I grew up in New Jersey near Fort Monmouth, the now-closed military base and former “Home of the Signal Corps,” the branch of the army responsible for communications and information systems. This 2,000 acre installation served as “the Signal Corps’ principal research, development and training center.” …

Hypocrisy of LaRouchite Efforts to Lead Anti-War Movement — INTRODUCTION: CONCERN TROLL U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare is proud to be a “32 year associate of the late Lyndon LaRouche,” a prolific conspiracy theorist and neofascist cult leader who died at the age of 96 in 2019. …

In recent weeks there has been a flurry of articles celebrating Twitter’s mostly anonymous “internet army” called NAFO, or the North Atlantic Fellas Organization. This “social media movement” of dogmatic pro-Ukraine keyboard warriors with customized Shiba Inu avatars is all about ridiculing, gaslighting, and piling on those labeled by the…

Over two weeks ago, a delegation from Ukraine of the neo-Nazi-led Azov movement arrived in the United States, at a time when myth making about the far-right network’s “depoliticization” has reached a fever pitch. Since that “Ukes, Kooks, and Spooks” scoop, more information has come to light about Azov’s recent…