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Maniacs: Murder Cult
Маньяки: культ убийства
FounderYegor Kraznov[1]
LeaderCommander Butcher
FoundationUkraine, 2017
IdeologyAccelerationism, Anti-Americanism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Ecofascism, Homophobia, Neo-Nazism, Neo-fascism, ONA Satanism, Right-wing extremism, Transphobia, White supremacy, White nationalism, Misogyny, Misanthropy
Size70-130 members (c. 2022)

The 'Maniacs: Murder Cult (M.M.C. or M.K.U.) is an international far-right extremist and neo-Nazi terrorist network that originated in the Russia but has since branched out into other parts of the world. Claiming to have been established in 2017[1], it rose to public recognition in the early 2020's, recognized as terrorist by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation [ru] on January 16, 2023.[2] Activities of the M.K.U.[a] are aimed at inciting ethnic hatred,[3] beatings,[4] murders, and preparation of terrorist attacks and mass shootings.[1][5] There have even been attempts to prepare terrorist acts in the USA[6][7][8]. Members of the M.K.U. have been held responsible for a number of murders, bombings, planned terrorist attacks, and other criminal actions.

As part of the “Maniacs” movement, the "Cult of Murder” ideology was formed, and consists of characteristics that are teleological; show scientific character; has wide audience coverage; Has the presence of symbols and paraphernalia; discussion of topics that are socially negative in nature; using linguistic means understandable only to community users; Concern for the “purity of the Russian nation”; hatred of LGBT community; Discussion of the “weakness of the peoples of modern Europe”; hatred of Jews; hatred of peoples of the Caucasus; Attitude to religion; Attitude towards the “Negro race”; Attitude towards Ukraine and Ukrainians; Relation to AUE; Justification of fascism; Ideology of National Socialism; Calls for military action; Discussion of clothing behavior and weapons of participants in the MKU movement; and a number of others.[9][10][11]

As a result of immersion in such content, violence and murder cease to evoke natural negative emotions in adolescents, leading to a feeling of disgust and empathy for their victims. The M.K.U. professes the so-called “religion of murder,”[7] while inciting interethnic hatred, promoting violence, murder, terrorist attacks and mass shootings.

History

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As a teenager, Yegor Krasnov joined youth right-wing organizations, where he found comrades-in-arms. In 2017, he and his associates created the hide: Маньяки: Культ Убийств (М.К.У), lit. 'Maniacs: Murder Cult (M.K.U.)' They started a telegram chat and began committing extremist activities.[10] The Dnieper cell carried out murders, beatings, attempted murders mainly homeless people and drug addicts, sometimes persons non-Slavic appearance[12][13]. Russian M.K.U. groups were formed in 2018. On November 7, 2019, Al Massalmeh Mrshed[1] was attacked. On the evening of December 27, 2019, Dmitry (who asked not to give his last name) was attacked because he was a drug addict. However, he survived and subsequently identified his attacker, Yegor Krasnov, by his tattoos[1]. On December 10, 2020, Yegor Krasnov was detained[9] In Russia, 10 criminal cases were opened against Yegor Krasnov under the article “Murder”[14]. Evidence against him was presented as the videos uploaded on their Telegram channels, shot by the neo-Nazis themselves, recorded three episodes filmed in St. Petersburg.

In the first episode, a man is kicked near the Technological Institute station, in the second, he is beaten in an unknown location, in the third, a man is shot with a flare gun[1]. In December 2020, Andrei S. was detained in Tambov; he was preparing to blow up a building. During a search in his rented apartment, they found components for creating explosives[11]. At the end of January 2021, 25-year-old Muscovite Alexey Narzyaev, coordinator of the actions of M.K.U., was detained. in the Russian Federation[15]. Subsequently, there were a number of arrests of M.K.U. supporters.

  • On February 18, 2021, the FSB detained three alleged supporters of “M.K.U.”, accused of inciting ethnic hatred and preparing terrorist attacks and massacres[16]. The detainees themselves deny their guilt and associate themselves with the Nationalist organization "Russian Corps"[5][17].
  • On March 19, new arrests of alleged M.K.U supporters took place. 13 people were taken in Gelendzhik, another one in Yaroslavl. According to Russian media reports, members of the M.K.U. cell from Gelendzhik they beat people leading an antisocial lifestyle, filming the beatings on video, and then posting these videos on the Internet. As loyalty to "M.K.U." members of the cell burned a copy of the Victory Banner[18][10][19].
  • On April 29, 2021, FSB officers detained 16 alleged supporters of “M.K.U.” in 9 cities of the Russian Federation: Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Saratov, Tambov, Tyumen, Chite, Anapa, Pushchino Moscow region, Pereslavl-Zalessky Yaroslavl region. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, they are involved in committing violent crimes, promoting extremism, as well as preparing to blow up administrative buildings of government bodies and armed attacks on citizens[16][20]. The detainees were coordinated by Yegor Krasnov, who was at that time in a pre-trial detention center[5][21]
  • On July 1, 2021, seven MKU supporters were detained in Belgorod. According to the FSB, the group members intended to carry out attacks on law enforcement officers and civilians.[22] During the searches, bladed weapons and extremist materials were confiscated from them, and a drug laboratory was also found.
  • On December 13, 2021, 106 members of supporters of the neo-Nazi youth group “M.K.U.” were identified. in 37 regions of Russia. The FSB carried out operational search activities and investigative actions against them.[23][19]
  • It is also known about a supporter of “M.K.U.” Inna Belesikova, she used a gas canister as a weapon against a shawarma shop employee[24], and then attacked a person with a knife before she was detained.[25] The leader of another neo-Nazi organization Ethnic National Association (ENO) claims that in Voronezh there are no MKU cells, and those detained by the police were members of the ENO, not connected with the MKU in any way and not supporting them[citation needed]

You understand that we don’t care who is sitting in Voronezh if it’s not ours. But I wrote everything as it is: the Voronezh residents are not guilty (there is no MKU). They were brought in by the cops solely in order to shift the blame onto someone else and re-raise the topic of “Ukrofashists.” Yegor only killed homeless people who were lying under the bench, and none of our people supported this.

— M.M.C.

Involvement with COM

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Supporters of M.K.U. have their own telegram channel, in which they post videos with attacks on people and calls for violent action[26]. The videos are processed in a dark style, they use psychedelic melodies and overlay Horrorcore (Skabbibal) and murdercore (Cold Blood Murder) music. The videos show more than 50 attacks. Mostly in the videos they are kicked and stabbed. Images with an extremist nature, graffiti with the mention of “M.K.U” and calls for violent actions are posted. Campaigning "M.K.U." through graffiti is carried out in the cities of Russia and Ukraine, graffiti has also been noticed in London, on Cyprus[1]. On June 3, 2021, the Russian TV channel “NTV” aired a global investigation of the organization “M.K.U.”, in which former members of the group (Inna Belisikova, Evgeny Talykov, etc.) were interviewed[27].

Being on Telegram, the M.K.U. entered a "partnership" with the decenralized network known as COM, particularly, Cascar.[28] Yegor met an individual from COM, known as "Kush" or "@ArchivistofSickness," who invited Kraznov to promote his videos, ideology, and influence others throughout COM[9][7]. In early 2022, Kraznov met an artist/troll who went by "Nikita Khvoikin", an artist who was loosely (though indirectly) tied to the artistic archivist collective known as 6996. Yegor was fascinated with the artwork produced by 6996, which frequently showcased gore and violent avant-garde artwork. Kraznov and Khvoikin became particularly good friends, and Yegor asked Nikita if he was allowed to use 6996 branding in their vandalism, to which Nikita approved. However, Nikita was not ever officially a part of the artistic collective, and therefore sparked a misconception by investigators and the media between which groups are involved in what. Nikita introduced a member of COM, 17-year-old named Nino Luciano H. to Kraznov. In April, Tobbz livestreamed himself stabbing a 74-year-old woman, whom he believed to be Roma, to death in Mediaș, Romania on call with Francesco "Riley764"[29][30][31]. This was allegedly so he could "prove himself" as a member of the M.M.C.[29] Nino Luciano H. was born in Germany but was raised by a foster family in the nearby village of Dumbrăveni, Romania.[31][29] Two months prior, he was on a video call when he began attacking an 82-year-old man.[12]

Recognition as a Terrorist Organization in Russia

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Tobbz was sentenced to 14 years in prison in August 2023[12] along with the current owner of 764 at the time, Francesco. He got tattoos of an X on four of his fingers, a swastika on his wrist, "Necro" written on his forearm, and "764" and "6996" on his arms.[12][28]

In August 2022, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of Russia stated that the M.K.U and similar movements do not stop trying to involve teenagers in their illegal activities, including through the Internet. Subsequently, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to recognize the international movement "Maniacs: Murder Cult" as a terrorist organization. and the ban on its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation. According to the prosecutor's office, the MKU movement was created in Ukraine, it is based on Nazi ideology, and the goal is the formation of a racially pure state, the formation of a cult of violence, and stimulation of murder. The Supreme Court satisfied this claim, the decision was made on January 16, 2023[2].

Notes

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  1. ^ M.K.U. - maniacs: the cult of murder

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