Nation and Freedom Committee Комитет «Нация и свобода» | |
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Abbreviation | KNS (English) КНС (Russian) |
Leader | Vladimir Basmanov |
Founded | 21 September 2014 |
Banned | 29 July 2020 |
Preceded by | Movement Against Illegal Immigration |
Headquarters | 144th building, Varshavskoye Highway, Moscow, Russia |
Ideology | Russian ultranationalism Anti-communism Anti-immigration European nationalism Pan-Slavism |
Political position | Far-right |
Colours | Yellow Black |
Slogan | "Russia will be Russian and free!" (Russian: "Россия будет русской и свободной!") |
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komitetns.org | |
The Nation and Freedom Committee (KNS; Russian: Комитет «Нация и свобода»; КНС; Komitet «Natsiya i svoboda», KNS) is a Russian nationalist socio-political association whose purpose is to ensure the consolidated centralized participation of Russian nationalists in the general civil protest movement and to uphold the rights of the Russian population. KNU is the most active far-right protest organization in the Russian Federation, monthly featured in thematic reviews of human rights defenders who monitor the activities of ultra-right political movements in the Russian Federation.[1][2] KNS is the core of the right wing of the Russian protest movement, in connection with which the organization's associates are regularly arrested during protests,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] pressure, less often - searches. The website,[citation needed] YouTube-channel,[12][13][14][15] blog at livejournal.com[16] of KNS were blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation at the request of the authorities. The blocking and removal of the channel on youtube was preceded by the removal of a video criticizing Putin's migration policy.[17] KNS Facebook page was removed by the social network in connection with the propaganda of european nationalism,[18][19] prohibited by the internal rules of the social network.
The Nation and Freedom Committee is one of the main organizers of the Russian March in Moscow (see links in the section "actions"), the main organizer of the Russian March in St. Petersburg[20][21] and Novosibirsk,[22] organizer of solidarity actions with the Russian March in a number of regions, the list of which is changing year to year. During its existence, the CND has held more than 10 protest campaigns, a number of conferences, organized or took part in hundreds of street protests, which follows from the organization's annual open reports, accompanied by photographs and videos.[23][24][25][26][27] The organization has a restrained attitude to participation in elections, but from time to time it supports nationalist and right-liberal candidates in elections.[citation needed]