Angry patriots

Russian political grouping

The Latin alphabet letter Z has become a prominent symbol of pro-war sentiment in Russia.

Angry patriots,[a][1] also known as the war party,[2] Z-patriots,[b][3] turbopatriots, ultrapatriots,[4] and megavatniks,[5] are a loose group of Russian ultranationalist political commentators and milbloggers in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but critical of what they see as ineffective or incompetent prosecution of the war by the Russian government.[6][7]

Political experts in Russia and in the United States have described the far-right ultranationalist opposition to Putin as possibly "the most serious challenge" to the Russian regime.[8][9][10]

## Notable members and organizations

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A notable organization in the movement is the Club of Angry Patriots, founded in April 2023 by former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent and militant leader Igor Girkin, who is also known as Igor Strelkov.[6][11] Girkin himself has been described as the "most prominent voice" within the Z-patriot sphere.[12] The "club" also prominently includes Girkin's fellow Donetsk People's Republic leader Pavel Gubarev and Russian nationalist writer Maxim Kalashnikov.[13]

## History

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### Before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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Before Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, ultranationalists were largely on the fringes of Russian politics. The annexation brought these groups into "the Kremlin's ideological big tent".[10]

Prominent Russian liberal opposition figure Alexei Navalny said before his 2020 poisoning that the Kremlin was "far more afraid of ultra-nationalists than they were of him", noting that "[the ultranationalists] use the same imperial rhetoric as Putin does, but they can do it much better than him".[10]

### Rise to prominence

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Wagner Group military equipment in Rostov-on-Don during the Wagner Group rebellion, June 2023

During the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the group has gained increased prominence and power.[6] In mid-2022, after the collapse of the Russian frontline in the northeast due to the Ukrainian 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive, the ultranationalist faction reacted with rage and frustration. Several ultranationalists, including Girkin, called for nuclear strikes against Ukraine and other forms of escalation.[14] Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to the criticism, saying that there was room for some "critical points of view, as long as they remain within the law", but warning that "the line is very, very thin, one must be very careful here".[14]

In December 2022, during the bloody battle of Bakhmut, Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group that was doing much of the fighting in the city, began to harshly criticize the Russian Ministry of Defense for what he saw as incompetence and corruption in the leadership. A Wagner Group-Ministry of Defense conflict continued for the following months.[15]

On 1 April 2023, a group of Russian ultranationalists led by Igor Girkin announced the formation of the Club of Angry Patriots. Speaking to reporters, Girkin said that a struggle was beginning within the Russian elite for a "post-Putin" era.[6] On 2 April, Vladlen Tatarsky, a former militant who fought in the war in Donbas and later became a pro-Russia milblogger in the "angry patriot" sphere, was assassinated in the 2023 Saint Petersburg bombing.[16] Tatarsky - real name Maxim Fomin - was one of the more prominent milbloggers in Russia, and had been repeatedly critical of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Russian political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya said that whether the assassination had been performed by Ukrainian or Russian government agents, the assassination would leave Russia's "patriotic camp [...] feeling exposed and potentially at risk".[17]

In June 2023, the Wagner-Ministry of Defense conflict culminated in Prigozhin launching a brief armed rebellion against the Ministry of Defense. which ended in a peaceful settlement.[18]

### Crackdown on far-right criticism

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A makeshift memorial to Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin in Moscow after their deaths in the 2023 Wagner Group plane crash

In the wake of the failed rebellion, Prigozhin "sharply curtailed" his verbal attacks against authorities. In July 2023, Igor Girkin was arrested and charged with "inciting extremism" by Russian authorities, ending a long period over which he was considered "untouchable" due to his history and government connections. Some Western commentators analyzed the events as signalling a larger trend of cracking down on far-right criticism.[19]

On 23 August 2023, exactly two months after the rebellion,[20] Prigozhin was killed along with nine other people when a business jet crashed in Tver Oblast, north of Moscow.[21] The Wall Street Journal cited sources within the US government as saying that the crash was likely caused by a bomb on board or "some other form of sabotage".[22][23] International relations expert Sam Ramani said that "in the short term, [the death of the Wagner Group leadership] clamps down on any kind of ultranationalist unrest", but predicted that ultranationalist opposition may consolidate again in the future, particularly at the time of the 2024 Russian presidential election.[24]

In November 2023, Igor Girkin announced his intention to run as a candidate in the 2024 elections, describing elections in Russia as a "sham" in which "the only winner [referring to Putin] is known in advance".[25] On 24 December 2023, hundreds of people gathered for a demonstration in Moscow in which they expressed their support for Girkin's candidacy.[26]

Girkin appeared in court in Moscow in 2024 on charges of inciting extremism. He was convicted of the charges on January 25. When the verdict was read out, Girkin reportedly shouted "I serve the Fatherland!".[27] He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony for four years.[28] Girkin's lawyer said the verdict was "an ugly judicial act" and would be appealed "immediately".[27]

## Notes

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1. ^ Russian: рассерженные патриоты, romanized: rasserzhennye patrioty
2. ^ Russian: Z-патриоты, romanized: Z-patrioty

## See also

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* Russian nationalism
* Far-right politics in Russia

## References

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1. ^ Ярновости. ""Рассерженные патриоты": в России зарождается новая оппозиция". Ярновости. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
2. ^ Ignatov, Oleg (5 April 2023). "Russia's shifting far right: the war party". Lowy Institute. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
3. ^ ""Z-патриоты" на фронт не спешат" (in Russian). 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
4. ^ McGlynn, Jade (2023-02-27). "Ultra-patriots are Putin's greatest threat". UnHerd. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
5. ^ Туркова, Ксения; Зонов, Алексей (2023-03-07). "Словарь войны. «Турбопатриоты»". ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-17.
6. ^ a b c d Faulconbridge, Guy (2023-05-13). "Pro-war nationalists say they are entering Russian politics to counter turmoil". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
7. ^ Ellyatt, Holly (2023-04-04). "Russia's ultranationalists appear increasingly vulnerable after pro-war blogger's killing". Retrieved 2023-07-26.
8. ^ Shalinov, Stanislav (14 December 2022). "Vladimir Putin's failing invasion is fueling the rise of Russia's far right". Retrieved 26 July 2023.
9. ^ Garina, Irina. "What Igor Strelkov's arrest means for Russia's 'patriots' faction". Retrieved 26 July 2023.
10. ^ a b c Matthews, Owen (2022-09-15). "More mad than Vlad: Russia's ultra-nationalist threat". Retrieved 2023-07-26.
11. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 8, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
12. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2022-09-08). "'We have already lost': far-right Russian bloggers slam military failures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
13. ^ Petrenko, Roman (2 April 2023). ""We are heading towards military defeat": ex-leader of Russian militants in Donetsk creates "club of angry patriots"". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
14. ^ a b Corcoran, Jason. "Putin is facing pressure from Russia's hawkish nationalists who want all-out war in Ukraine". Retrieved 2023-07-26.
15. ^ "«Шансы Пригожина тают». Чем может закончиться конфликт владельца ЧВК Вагнера с Минобороны".
16. ^ "Rise of Russia's turbo-patriots and why they pose a threat to Putin". Retrieved 2 August 2023.
17. ^ Ellyatt, Holly (2023-04-04). "Russia's ultranationalists appear increasingly vulnerable after pro-war blogger's killing". Retrieved 2023-12-25.
18. ^ Sanger, David E.; Barnes, Julian E. (24 June 2023). "U.S. Suspected Prigozhin Was Preparing to Take Military Action Against Russia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
19. ^ Osborn, Andrew (2023-07-22). "Pro-war nationalist Putin critic Girkin charged with inciting extremism". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
20. ^ Russell, Graham (24 August 2023). "Biden points finger at Putin as Prigozhin's reported death seen as a warning to 'elites'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
21. ^ Gardner, Frank; Greenall, Robert; Lukiv, Jaroslav (23 August 2023). "Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash". BBC News. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
22. ^ Troianovski, Anton; Barnes, Julian E; Schmitt, Eric (August 24, 2023). "'It's Likely Prigozhin Was Killed,' Pentagon Says". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
23. ^ Court, Elsa (2023-08-24). "WSJ: US officials do not believe air defense shot down Prigozhin plane". The Kyiv Independent. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
24. ^ "Prigozhin's dead, but is Putin's authority strengthened after plane crash?". 2023-09-02. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
25. ^ "Putin critic Girkin wants to stand in Russia presidential election". 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
26. ^ "Hundreds Gather In Moscow To Support Nationalist Putin Critic Girkin's Presidential Hopes". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
27. ^ a b "Russia jails nationalist critic Igor Girkin for four years over 'extremism'". Al Jazeera. 25 January 2024.
28. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (25 January 2024). "Russia jails ultra-nationalist Putin critic and woman convicted of bomb attack". The Guardian.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Overview

General|

* Outline
* Timeline
* Prelude
* Feb–Apr 2022
* Apr–Aug 2022
* Aug–Nov 2022
* Nov 2022 – Jun 2023
* Jun–Aug 2023
* Sep–Nov 2023
* Dec 2023 – Mar 2024
* Apr–Jul 2024
* Aug–Dec 2024
* Jan–May 2025
* Jun 2025 – present
* Aerial warfare
* Defense lines
* Foreign fighters
* Information war
* Naval warfare
* Legality
* Map
* Order of battle
* Peace negotiations
* Ukraine's Peace Formula
* China peace proposal
* June 2024 peace summit
* Proposed no-fly zone
* Red lines
* Reparations
* Territorial control

Prelude|

* Reactions
* Disinformation
* Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory
* Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction
* 2021 Russia–United States summit
* 2021 Black Sea incident
* Belarus–European Union border crisis
* "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians"
* Crimea Platform
* Zapad 2021
* December 2021 ultimatum
* 2022 Ukraine cyberattacks
* Zametil 2022
* Union Resolve 2022
* Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing
* British–Polish–Ukrainian trilateral pact
* Evacuation of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* Mobilization in Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* "Address concerning the events in Ukraine"
* "On conducting a special military operation"

Background|

* Dissolution of the Soviet Union
* 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
* Annexation of Crimea
* reactions
* War in Donbas
* 2022 timeline
* Minsk agreements
* humanitarian situation
* international recognition of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR
* Putinism
* Foundations of Geopolitics
* Novorossiya
* Ruscism
* Russian irredentism
* Russian imperialism

Foreign
relations|

* Russia–Ukraine
* Belarus–Ukraine
* Belarus–Russia
* Russia–United States
* Ukraine–United States
* Russia–NATO
* Ukraine–NATO
* enlargement of NATO
* eastward expansion controversy
* open door policy

Military engagements

Southern
Ukraine|

* Snake Island campaign
* Siege of Mariupol
* Battle of Kherson
* Capture of Melitopol
* Battle of Mykolaiv
* Battle of Enerhodar
* Battle of Voznesensk
* Kherson counteroffensive
* Liberation of Kherson
* Dnieper campaign
* Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam

Eastern
Ukraine|

* Battle of Volnovakha
* Battle of Kharkiv
* Battle of Izium
* Battle of Rubizhne
* Battle of Popasna
* Battle of Marinka
* Battle of Donbas
* Battle of the Siverskyi Donets
* Battle of Sievierodonetsk
* Battle of Lysychansk
* Battle of Pisky
* Battle of Bakhmut
* Battle of Soledar
* Battle of Vuhledar
* Kharkiv counteroffensive
* Battle of Lyman (September–October 2022)
* Luhansk Oblast campaign
* Kupiansk
* Northeast Donetsk
* Battle of Avdiivka
* Battle of Chasiv Yar
* Battle of Krasnohorivka
* Battle of Ocheretyne
* Battle of Toretsk
* Pokrovsk offensive
* Battle of Kurakhove
* Dobropillia offensive

Northern
Ukraine|

* Capture of Chernobyl
* Russian Kyiv convoy
* Battle of Kyiv
* Battle of Antonov Airport
* Battle of Hostomel
* Battle of Bucha
* Battle of Irpin
* Battle of Makariv
* Battle of Moshchun
* Destruction of the Kozarovychi Dam
* Battle of Brovary
* Battle of Slavutych
* Battle of Sumy
* Siege of Chernihiv
* Northeastern border skirmishes
* 2025 Sumy offensive

Russia|

* Bryansk Oblast raid
* Kremlin drone attack
* Moscow drone strikes
* 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions
* 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
* February 2024 Belgorod missile strike
* May 2024 Belgorod missile strike
* March 2024 western Russia incursion
* Kursk campaign
* occupation
* Battles for Olgovskiy Forest
* Toropets depot explosions

Airstrikes
by city|

* Chernihiv strikes
* Dnipro strikes
* Huliaipole strikes
* Ivano-Frankivsk strikes
* Kharkiv strikes
* Kherson strikes
* Khmelnytskyi strikes
* Kryvyi Rih strikes
* Kyiv strikes
* Lviv strikes
* Mykolaiv strikes
* Odesa strikes
* Rivne strikes
* Vinnytsia strikes
* Zaporizhzhia strikes
* Zhytomyr strikes

Airstrikes
on military
targets|

* Chuhuiv air base attack
* Millerovo air base attack
* Chornobaivka attacks
* 7 March 2022 Mykolaiv military barracks attack
* Yavoriv military base attack
* 18 March 2022 Mykolaiv military quarters attack
* Berdiansk port attack
* Sinking of the Moskva
* Desna barracks airstrike
* Attack on Nova Kakhovka
* Crimea attacks
* Saky air base attack
* Drone attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base
* Missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters
* Dyagilevo and Engels air bases attacks
* Makiivka military quarters shelling
* Machulishchy air base attack
* Zarichne barracks airstrike
* Operation Spider's Web

Resistance|

| Russian-occupied Ukraine|

* Popular Resistance of Ukraine
* Berdiansk Partisan Army
* Yellow Ribbon
* Atesh

|

Belarusian and Russian partisans|

* Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky
* Civic Council
* Irpin Declaration
* Killing of Darya Dugina
* National Republican Army
* Military commissariats arsons
* Ust-Ilimsk military commissariat shooting
* Black Bridge
* Rail war in Russia
* Stop the Wagons
* Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists
* Rail war in Belarus
* Busly liaciać
* BYPOL
* Community of Railway Workers
* Cyber Partisans

Russian
occupations|

* Flags used in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Ongoing|

* Annexation referendums
* Annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts
* Elections in Russian-occupied Ukraine
* Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
* Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol
* Donetsk Oblast
* Kharkiv Oblast
* Kherson Oblast
* Luhansk Oblast
* Mykolaiv Oblast
* Zaporizhzhia Oblast
* Sumy Oblast (2025, reentry)

Previous|

* Chernihiv Oblast
* Kyiv Oblast
* Odesa Oblast
* Sumy Oblast (2022)
* Zhytomyr Oblast

Potentially
related|

* Black Sea drone incident
* Bridge collapses in Russia
* Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant drone strike
* Mystery fires in Russia
* Transnistria attacks
* Zagreb Tu-141 crash

Other|

* 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
* 2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
* 2025 Crimean Bridge explosion
* Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* Coup d'état attempt in Ukraine
* Bridges in the Russo-Ukrainian War
* Dragon drone
* Violations of non-combatant airspaces
* Missile explosion in Poland
* Operation Synytsia
* Ukraine and electronic warfare
* Use of long-range weapons by Ukraine in Russia
* 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
* 2024 Ukrainian cyberattacks against Russia
* Wagner Group rebellion

War crimes

General|

* Accusations of genocide in Donbas
* Allegations of genocide of Ukrainians
* child abductions
* Attacks on hospitals
* Cluster munitions
* Incendiary weapons
* Landmines
* Russian filtration camps
* Russian mobile crematoriums
* Russian theft of Ukrainian grain
* Russian torture chambers
* Looting
* Sexual violence
* Mistreatment of prisoners of war

Attacks on
civilians|

* February 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Kharkiv government building airstrike
* 3 March Chernihiv bombing
* Irpin refugee column shelling
* Mariupol hospital airstrike
* Stara Krasnianka care house attack
* Mykolaiv cluster bombing
* March 2022 Donetsk attack
* 2022 Borodianka airstrikes
* Chernihiv breadline attack
* Mariupol theatre airstrike
* Kyiv shopping centre bombing
* Sumykhimprom ammonia leak
* March 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Mykolaiv government building missile strike
* Bucha massacre
* Kramatorsk railway station attack
* April 2022 Kharkiv cluster bombing
* Bilohorivka school bombing
* Shooting of Andrii Bohomaz
* Maisky Market attack
* Kremenchuk shopping mall attack
* Serhiivka missile strike
* Chasiv Yar missile strike
* Olenivka prison massacre
* Kharkiv dormitories missile strike
* Chaplyne railway station attack
* Izium mass graves
* September 2022 Donetsk attack
* Zaporizhzhia civilian convoy attack
* Kupiansk civilian convoy shelling
* Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike
* Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
* 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike
* Sloviansk airstrike
* Uman missile strike
* Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike
* Lyman cluster bombing
* 2023 Pokrovsk missile strike
* Chernihiv missile strike
* Kostiantynivka missile strike
* Hroza missile attack
* Volnovakha massacre
* December 2023 strikes
* 2024 Pokrovsk missile strike
* 2024 Donetsk attack
* Lysychansk missile strike
* 6 March 2024 Odesa strike
* March 2024 strikes
* Human safari (terror campaign)
* May 2024 Kharkiv strikes
* 8 July 2024 strikes
* 2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
* 26 August 2024 strikes
* September 2024 Poltava strike
* November 2024 strikes
* February 2025 Poltava strike
* 2025 Sumy airstrike

Crimes
against
soldiers|

* Torture of Russian soldiers in Mala Rohan
* Torture and castration of a Ukrainian POW in Pryvillia
* Rape of Donetsk People's Republic soldiers by Kadyrovites
* Murder of Yevgeny Nuzhin
* Makiivka surrender incident
* Execution of Oleksandr Matsievskyi
* 2022 Ukrainian prisoner of war beheading

Legal cases|

* ICC investigation
* Arrest warrants
* ICJ court case
* Task Force on Accountability
* Universal jurisdiction
* Crime of aggression tribunal
* Criminal proceedings
* Vadim Shishimarin
* Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov
* Anton Cherednik

Reactions

States
and
official
entities|

| General|

* Sanctions
* people and organizations
* restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad Oblast
* Military aid
* European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine
* People's Bayraktar
* Signmyrocket.com
* Humanitarian aid
* Sanctioned yachts
* Relations with Russia

|

Ukraine|

* Application to NATO
* Be Brave Like Ukraine
* Brave1
* Bring Kids Back UA
* Ban on Russia-associated religious groups
* Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War
* Decolonization and derussification law
* Delta
* Destroyed Russian military equipment exhibition
* For Courage and Bravery (Ukraine)
* Grain From Ukraine
* Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
* Hero City
* I Want to Live
* International Legion and other foreign units
* Belarusian Volunteer Corps
* Terror Battalion
* Black Maple Company
* Canadian-Ukrainian Brigade
* Freedom of Russia Legion
* German Volunteer Corps
* Karelian National Battalion
* Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment
* Norman Brigade
* Pahonia Regiment
* Polish Volunteer Corps
* Romanian Battlegroup Getica
* Russian Volunteer Corps
* Separate Special Purpose Battalion
* Sibir Battalion
* Turan Battalion
* International Sponsors of War
* Forced confiscation law of Russian property [ru; uk]
* Look for Your Own
* Lukoil sanctions
* Martial law
* Mobilization
* Media Center Ukraine
* National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine from the War [uk]
* National Multi-Subject Test [uk]
* North Korea–Ukraine relations
* Points of Invincibility
* Recognition of Ichkeria
* Rescuer City
* Save Ukrainian Culture [uk]
* Syria–Ukraine relations
* Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
* United24
* United News

Russia|

* highways in the annexed territories
* A290
* A291 "Tavrida"
* R260
* R280 "Novorossiya"
* 2022 Moscow rally
* 2023 Moscow rally
* 2022 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade
* 2023 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly
* Blockade of Ukraine [ru]
* Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion
* Censorship in Russia [ru]
* Chechnya
* Pro-Ukrainian Chechen fighters
* Conmemorative Medal "Participant of a Special Military Operation" [ru]
* Conversations about Important Things
* Krasovsky case
* Legalization of parallel imports [ru]
* Manifesto of the South Russian People's Council
* Martial law
* Masha Moskalyova case
* Metropolis of Crimea
* Mikhail Simonov case
* Mobilization
* Recruitment of irregular forces [ru]
* Operation Doppelgänger
* Opinion polling [ru]
* Orthodox Christmas truce proposal
* Wagner Group–Ministry of Defense conflict
* Russian Orthodox clergymen appeal against war
* Salvation Committee for Peace and Order
* Special Coordinating Council
* Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory
* Unfriendly countries list
* War censorship laws
* We Are Together. Sports
* "What Russia Should Do with Ukraine"

United
States|

* 2022 Joe Biden speech in Warsaw
* 2022 State of the Union Address
* Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
* Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
* Disinformation Governance Board
* Executive Order 14071
* Pentagon document leaks
* Task Force KleptoCapture
* Ukraine Defense Contact Group
* Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act
* Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative

Other
countries|

* Belarus
* Canada
* Canada–Ukraine authorization for emergency travel
* China
* Closer ties with Russia
* Chinese peace plan
* Hong Kong
* Croatia
* Denmark
* Danish European Union defence opt-out referendum
* France
* Mission Aigle
* Georgia
* Germany
* German Taurus controversy
* Taurus leak
* Zeitenwende speech
* Hungary
* India
* Operation Ganga
* Iran
* Closer ties with Russia
* Israel
* Operation Israel Guarantees
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* New Zealand
* Russia Sanctions Act
* North Korea
* Poland
* border crisis with Ukraine
* Syria [ru]
* Taiwan
* United Kingdom
* Economic Crime Act
* Homes for Ukraine
* Operation Interflex
* 2025 London Summit on Ukraine
* Coalition of the willing

United
Nations|

* Emergency special session
* Resolution ES-11/1
* Resolution ES-11/2
* Resolution ES-11/3
* Resolution ES-11/4
* Resolution ES-11/5
* Resolution ES-11/6
* Resolution ES-11/7
* Security Council Resolution 2623
* Resolution A/RES/77/229
* Easter truce

International
organizations|

* Accession of Moldova to the EU
* Accession of Ukraine to the EU
* Brussels summit
* European Political Community
* 1st summit
* 2nd summit
* 3rd summit
* Madrid summit
* NATO virtual summit
* Operation Oscar
* Ramstein Air Base meeting
* EU–Ukraine Summit
* REPowerEU
* Steadfast Defender 2024
* SWIFT ban against Russian banks
* Ukraine Recovery Conference
* Versailles declaration
* 2023 Vilnius summit
* 15th BRICS summit
* 2024 Washington summit
* Weimar+

Other|

* Consecration of Russia
* F-16 training coalition
* Finland–NATO relations
* Finland–Russia border barrier
* Iron diplomacy
* Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia
* Removal of monuments and memorials
* Streets renamed
* Ukraine Square, Oslo
* Serving heads of state and government that have visited Ukraine during the invasion
* Sweden–NATO relations
* Swedish anti-terrorism bill

Public|

| Protests|

* In Ukraine
* in Russian-occupied Ukraine
* demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin
* ArmWomenNow
* Ukrainian Artistic Front
* In Russia
* Angry patriots
* Club of Angry Patriots
* Anti-War Committee
* Suspicious deaths of Russian businesspeople
* Congress of People's Deputies
* Council of Mothers and Wives
* Feminist Anti-War Resistance
* Flower protests
* Marina Ovsyannikova
* Russian Action Committee
* North Caucasian protests
* 2022 Russian Far East protests
* State Duma initiative for charging Vladimir Putin of high treason
* White-blue-white flag
* In Belarus
* In China
* Great Translation Movement
* In Czech Republic
* Czech Republic First!

|

Companies|

* Address of the Russian Union of Rectors
* Boycott of Russia and Belarus
* "Do not buy Russian goods!"
* E.N.O.T. Corp.
* Igor Mangushev
* McDonald's in Russia
* Vkusno i tochka
* NashStore [ru]
* People's Satellite
* Starlink satellites
* Stop Bloody Energy
* Wagner Group
* Andrey Aleksandrovich Medvedev
* Death of Nemes Tarimo
* Yale CELI List of Companies

Technology|

* Anonymous and the invasion
* alerts.in.ua
* DDoS attacks on Romania
* DeepStateMap.Live
* Denys Davydov
* IT Army of Ukraine
* Killnet
* Liveuamap
* Open-source intelligence
* peacenotwar
* Russian Asset Tracker
* Squad303 [pl]
* Ukraine Siren Alerts
* Wikipedia
* threat to block in Russia
* detention of Mark Bernstein

Spies|

* Diplomatic expulsions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
* Russian spies in the Russo-Ukrainian War

Other|

* Association of Azovstal Defenders' Families
* Black Sea Grain Initiative
* Collaboration with Russia
* We Are Together with Russia
* Concert for Ukraine
* Free Buryatia Foundation
* Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum
* Game4Ukraine
* Get Lost
* Global Tour for Peace
* Go by the Forest
* Guide to the Free World
* Mozart Group
* Olena Zelenska Foundation
* Open letter from Nobel laureates
* Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion
* Rubikus.HelpUA
* Ruslan Shostak Charitable Foundation
* Russia's War Crimes House
* Save Ukraine
* Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online
* Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
* Spain letter bomb attacks
* Yermak-McFaul Expert Group on Russian Sanctions
* Pavel Filatyev
* True Russia
* Volos Declaration
* Vyvozhuk
* Wimbledon ban

Impact

Effects|

* Aircraft losses
* Casualties
* journalists killed
* Russian generals killed
* Economic impact
* Inflation surge
* 2022 Moldovan energy crisis
* 2022–2023 protests
* 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
* Russia–EU gas dispute
* 2022 Nord Stream pipelines sabotage
* Russian debt default
* 2022 Russian oil price cap
* 2022-2024 German economic crisis
* 2023 Russian oil products sanctions and price cap
* EU natural gas price cap
* Education
* End of the Whisky War
* Environmental impact
* European re-armament
* Eurovision Song Contest 2022
* Russia
* Ukraine
* Eurovision Song Contest 2023
* Food crises
* Impact on theatre [uk]
* List of notable deaths
* Lukoil oil transit dispute
* Nuclear power plants
* Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
* Nuclear risk
* Religion
* Russian emigration
* The Ark
* Ship losses
* Ukrainian cultural heritage
* art theft and looting
* damaged cultural sites
* Trauma
* Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion
* Ukrainian energy crisis
* Violations of non-combatant airspaces
* Women

Human
rights|

* Humanitarian impact
* Ukrainian refugee crisis
* 2025 Amsterdam stabbing attack
* Sobieskiego 100
* UN Commission of Inquiry
* UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission

Terms,
phrases|

* "And now I will show you where the attack on Belarus was prepared from"
* "Anglo-Saxons"
* "Bavovna"
* "Grandpa in his bunker"
* "Good evening, we are from Ukraine"
* "Orc"
* "Putin khuylo!"
* "Khuy Voyne!"
* "Russia is here forever [uk]"
* "Russian warship, go fuck yourself"
* "Slava Ukraini!"
* "Special military operation"
* "To bomb Voronezh"
* "Strength is in truth"
* "Westsplaining"
* "Where have you been for eight years?"
* "Without you"

Popular
culture|

| Songs|

* "12"
* "Bakhmut Fortress"
* "Bayraktar"
* "Bilia topoli"
* "City of Mary"
* "Flowers of Minefields"
* "Generation Cancellation"
* "Generation Z"
* "I'm Russian"
* "Oyda"
* "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
* "Mama ŠČ!"
* "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna"
* "Slava Ukraini!"
* "Stefania"
* "Ukraine"
* "Crushed"

|

Films|

* 20 Days in Mariupol
* A Rising Fury
* Follow Me
* Intercepted
* Russians at War
* Turn in the Wound
* Ukraine on Fire 2 [uk]

Other|

* Babylon'13
* Back to the Cold War
* Borodianka cat [uk]
* Ghost of Kyiv
* Kherson watermelon
* Královec Region
* Madonna of Kyiv
* North Atlantic Fella Organization
* Newspeak in Russia
* Patron
* "Putler"
* "Putinversteher"
* Raccoon of Kherson
* Saint Javelin
* Saint Mariuburg [ru; uk]
* Vasylkiv maiolica rooster
* Vladimir Putin's meeting table
* Walk of the Brave
* "Z" military symbol

Key people

Ukrainians|

* Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* speeches during the invasion
* visit to the United States
* visit to the United Kingdom
* visits to Europe
* Anatolii Kryvonozhko
* Anatoliy Barhylevych
* Andrii Hnatov
* Andriy Biletsky
* Andriy Yermak
* Denys Shmyhal
* Denys Kireyev X
* Denys Monastyrsky †
* Denys Prokopenko
* Ihor Klymenko
* Iryna Venediktova
* Kyrylo Budanov
* Mykhailo Drapatyi
* Mykola Oleschuk
* Oleksandr Pavlyuk
* Oleksandr Syrskyi
* Oleksii Reznikov
* Oleksiy Danilov
* Oleksiy Neizhpapa
* Ruslan Khomchak
* Rustem Umerov
* Sergiy Kyslytsya
* Serhiy Shaptala
* Serhii Sternenko
* Valerii Zaluzhnyi
* Vasyl Malyuk
* Vitali Klitschko
* Yevhen Moisiuk
* Yulia Svyrydenko

Russians|

* Vladimir Putin
* Aleksandr Dvornikov
* Aleksandr Lapin
* Aleksey Dyumin
* Aleksey Nagin †
* Alexander Bortnikov
* Andrei Kolesnikov
* Andrei Sychevoi
* Andrey Belousov
* Andrey Vorobyov
* Dmitry Medvedev
* Gennady Zhidko #
* Igor Kastyukevich
* Ivan Popov
* Mikhail Mishustin
* Maria Lvova-Belova
* Nikolai Patrushev
* Oleg Salyukov
* Oleg Tsokov †
* Ramzan Kadyrov
* Roman Berdnikov
* Rustam Muradov
* Sergey Kobylash
* Sergey Lavrov
* Sergey Naryshkin
* Sergei Shoigu
* Sergey Surovikin
* Timur Ivanov
* Valery Gerasimov
* Viktor Sokolov
* Viktor Zolotov
* Vitaly Gerasimov
* Vyacheslav Gladkov
* Vyacheslav Volodin
* Yevgeny Prigozhin X

Other|

* Alexander Lukashenko
* Denis Pushilin
* Leonid Pasechnik
* Sergey Aksyonov
* Vitaly Ganchev
* Vladimir Saldo
* Yevgeny Balitsky
* Yuriy Barbashov

Related

* 2023 North Korea–Russia summit
* 2023 visit by Joe Biden to Ukraine
* 2023 visit by Fumio Kishida to Ukraine
* 2023 visit by Xi Jinping to Russia
* 2023 visit by Yoon Suk Yeol to Ukraine
* 2025 Putin–Trump call
* Anti-drone mesh
* Anti-Russian sentiment
* Anti-Ukrainian sentiment
* Antonov An-225 Mriya
* Axis of Upheaval
* Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
* Azovstal Iron and Steel Works
* Brovary helicopter crash
* Bryansk Oblast military aircraft crashes
* Claims of Vladimir Putin's incapacity and death
* Decolonization in Ukraine
* Decommunization in Ukraine
* Derussification in Ukraine
* Demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Ukraine
* Foreign leaders that have visited during the invasion
* Institute for the Study of War
* Irkutsk Su-30 crash
* Ivanovo Ilyushin Il-76 crash
* Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
* Kyivstar cyberattack
* Lady R incident
* Moldovan coup d'état attempt allegations
* Nord Stream 2
* Proposed Russian annexation of Transnistria
* Punisher
* Russian nuclear weapons
* Sarmat
* Rico Krieger
* Russian military presence in Transnistria
* Ryazan Il-76 crash
* Siberian wildfires
* Sinhury mid-air collision [uk; zh]
* Soloti military training ground shooting
* Soviet imagery
* Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support
* Turtle tank
* U-24 association
* Ukrainian-African Renaissance
* Ukrainian conscription crisis
* Western long-range weapons in Russia
* Ural Airlines Flight 1383
* "The Vladimir Putin Interview"
* Voronezh An-26 crash
* Wagner Group plane crash
* Yeysk Su-34 crash
* Yaroslav Hunka scandal
* Time of Heroes

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* v
* t
* e

Russian nationalism

History|

| Expansionism,
imperialism and
Russification|

* 1500–1800
* Siberia
* Khanate of Sibir
* Central Asia
* North America
* Partitions of Poland
* Crimea, 1783
* Amur
* Zheltuga Republic
* Yellow Russia
* Caucasus
* Military occupations
* Crimea, 2014

|

* Ukrainian language suppression
* Slavophilia and westernism
* Pochvennichestvo
* Black Hundreds
* Mladorossy
* Galician Russophilia
* White movement
* Smenovekhovtsy
* Solidarists
* 1993 constitutional crisis
* National Salvation Front
* Russian marches
* 2010 Manezhnaya Square riots [ru]
* 2013 Biryulyovo riots
* 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
* Russian invasion of Ukraine

Concepts|

* All-Russian nation
* Collector of Russian lands
* Emperor of all the Russias
* Little Russian identity
* Ethnic nationalism
* Eurasia
* Gayrope
* Holy Rus
* Moscow, third Rome
* Nuclear Orthodoxy
* Of all Rus' [ru; uk]
* Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality
* Orthodoxy or death!
* Russia for Russians
* Russian civilization
* Russian Idea
* Russian irredentism

* Russian-occupied territories
* Krymnash

* Russian soul
* "Russian world"
* Russophilia and Russophobia
* United and Indivisible Russia [ru; uk]

Ideologies|

* Eurasianism
* Far-right politics
* National Bolshevism
* Neo-Nazism
* Neo-Sovietism
* Neo-Stalinism
* Pan-Slavism
* Putinism
* Ruscism
* Soviet patriotism

Modern organizations|

| Active|

* Atomwaffen Division Russland
* Black Hundreds (1992)
* Club of Angry Patriots
* Angry patriots
* Donetsk Republic
* Essence of Time
* Ethnic National Union
* Eurasia Movement
* Eurasia Party
* Eurasian Youth Union
* Free Donbas
* Great Russia
* Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
* Lithuanian People's Party
* Narodny Sobor
* National Socialism / White Power
* Northern Man
* Obnovlenie
* The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov
* Popular Resistance Association
* Right Bloc
* Rodina
* Russian All-People's Union
* Russian Community
* Russian Imperial Movement
* Russian National Front
* Russians
* Russkiy Mir Foundation
* Serbian Party Oathkeepers
* Union of Orthodox Banner-Bearers
* United Russia
* Young Guard of United Russia

|

Defunct|

* Artpodgotovka
* Combat Terrorist Organization
* Congress of Russian Communities
* Format18
* Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union
* Male State
* Movement Against Illegal Immigration
* Nation and Freedom Committee
* National Bolshevik Party
* National Russian Liberation Movement
* National Socialist Society
* Northern Brotherhood
* Pamyat
* People's National Party
* Russian All-National Union
* Russian National Socialist Party
* Russian National Union
* Russian National Unity
* New Russian National Unity
* The Savior
* Slavic Union
* Union of the Russian People

Personalities|

| After 1991|

* Viktor Alksnis
* Sergey Baburin
* Alexander Barkashov
* Alexander Belov-Potkin
* Dmitry Demushkin
* Aleksandr Dugin
* Dmitry Galkovsky
* Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky
* Konstantin Kasimovsky
* Yegor Kholmogorov
* Konstantin Krylov
* Vladimir Kvachkov
* Alexander Lebed
* Eduard Limonov
* Vyacheslav Maltsev
* Maxim Martsinkevich
* Zakhar Prilepin
* Vladimir Putin
* Dmitry Rogozin
* Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
* Igor Shafarevich
* Dmitri Vasilyev
* Vladimir Zhirinovsky
* Gennady Zyuganov

|

Before 1991|

* Ivan Ilyin
* Pyotr Krasnov
* Konstantin Rodzaevsky
* Mikhail Skobelev
* Ivan Solonevich
* Vasily Shulgin

Media|

* Fashist
* The Fourth Political Theory
* Foundations of Geopolitics
* History: Fiction or Science?
* The Last Will of a Russian Fascist
* Nash Put'
* "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians"
* "Rebuilding Russia [ru]"
* "What Russia Should Do with Ukraine"

Opposition and criticism|

* Great Russian chauvinism
* Iazychie
* Nashism
* Ruscism
* Prison of peoples
* Pobedobesie
* Vatnik
* Volos Declaration

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