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'{{Short description|Separatist party in Russia}} {{Infobox organization | full_name = <big>Karelian National Movement<br />_{Карельское Национальное Движение}<br />_{Karjalan kansallisliike}</big> | logo = File:Karelian National Movement Icon.svg | logo_caption = Logo of the organization | formation = {{start date and age|2014}} | founder = Dmitry Kuznetsov | location_country = [[Republic of Karelia]], [[Russia]] | website = https://stop-occupacii-karelii.net/ | purpose = Karelian [[separatism]]<br />Karelian [[nationalism]] }} The '''Karelian National Movement''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: ''Карельское Национальное Движение''; [[Karelian language|Karelian]] and [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: ''Karjalan kansallisliike'') or '''KNM''' is a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] and [[Ethnocentrism|ethnocentric]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title="Нужны не земли, а люди". Может ли Карелия отделиться от России? |url=https://www.severreal.org/a/mozhet-li-kareliya-otdelitsya-ot-rossii-/32235862.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Север.Реалии |language=ru}}</ref> [[Karelians|Karelian]] separatist organization founded in 2014 under the name Stop the Occupation of Karelia by a political émigré Dmitry Kuznetsov, who also goes by the name Miteri Panfilov.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Николай Патрушев обнаружил "финских реваншистов" в Карелии |url=https://www.dp.ru/a/2015/03/19/Nikolaj_Patrushev_obnaruzhi |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=dp.ru |language=ru}}</ref> As of January 2023, the Karelian National Movement has 25 members who actively work there.<ref name=":0" /> ==History== The KNM was founded in 2014 under the name '''Stop the Occupation of Karelia''' as an online forum that advocated for the full independence of [[Karelia]]. The website was banned by [[Roskomnadzor]] in 2015.<ref name=":1" /> In 2016 Dmitry Kuznetsov gained political asylum in [[Spain]] after being prosecuted in [[Russia]] for [[Separatism in Russia|separatism]]. At the point of prosecution, he had already been living in Spain for more than 2 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Карельский националист Дмитрий Кузнецов получил убежище в Испании |url=https://article20.org/de/news_old/karelskij-nacionalist-dmitrij-kuznecov-poluchil-ubezhishhe-v-ispanii/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Article20.org |language=ru-RU}}</ref> The leader of the [[Republican Movement of Karelia|Karelian Republican Movement]], [[:ru:Штепа,_Вадим_Владимирович|Vadim Shtepa]], refused to cooperate with the KNM, citing their ethnocentrism as the reason. He also stated that the Karelian National Movement has no future due to their extreme [[nationalism]] and complete misunderstanding of the current situation in the [[Republic of Karelia]].<ref name=":0" /> The movement became active again after the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)|Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and became part of the [[Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Политики и эксперты обсудят в польском Гданьске независимость Карелии, Ингрии, Кёнигсберга и других регионов России |url=https://www.idelreal.org/a/32042644.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=RFE/RL |language=ru}}</ref> New members joined the organization after the invasion, such as Vladislav Oleynik, the administrator of a far-right online group called "Væringjavegr ᛝ [[Fennoscandia]]". He became the head of international relations of the organization.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Владислав Олейник {{!}} Регион.Эксперт |url=https://region.expert/author/vladislav-oleinik/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=region.expert |language=ru-RU}}</ref> The KNM is in conflict with the Finnish [[Karjalan Liitto]] organization, which represents [[Evacuation of Finnish Karelia|Karelian evacuees]] in [[Finland]], due to their refusal to cooperate with the KNM to [[Karelian question|"return” Karelia]].<ref name=":0" /> Kuznetsov later claimed that the Finnish organization is supported by the [[Federal Security Service|FSB]]. [[File:Бійці Карельського національного батальйону.jpg|left|thumb|Fighters of the [[Karelian National Battalion]] in [[Ukraine]] with the flag of the former [[Azov Brigade|Azov Assault Brigade]]]] The KNM refuses to cooperate with other separatist movements in Karelia. They criticized the use of [[guerrilla warfare]] and called [[2022 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement|partisan movements]] such as the Green Gendarme a trap by the FSB, but those claims were later deleted from their [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] channel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karjalan Tašavalta/Tazovaldkund/Tazavaldu |url=https://t.me/karjalaonolevavapaa/668 |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Telegram}}</ref> In 2023 the Karelian National Movement organized a [[Karelian National Battalion|volunteer battalion]] that became a part of the [[International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Закревская |first=София |date=2023-01-21 |title=Карельские националисты создали батальон в составе ВСУ и пообещали бороться за освобождение края от российской оккупации |url=https://news.obozrevatel.com/russia/karelskie-natsionalistyi-sozdali-batalon-v-sostave-vsu-i-poobeschali-borotsya-za-osvobozhdenie-kraya-ot-rossijskoj-okkupatsii.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=OBOZREVATEL NEWS |language=ru}}</ref> ==Goals== The Karelian National Movement seeks the creation of an independent Karelian state for Karelians, [[Finns]], [[Ingrian Finns]], [[Vepsians]], [[Pomors]] and [[Kola Norwegians]]<ref name=":0" /> based on traditional [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] values.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Степанов |first=Александр |date=2023-01-23 |title=Пропагандистский батальон «Карелия» или «Союз меча и орала» |url=https://mustoi.ru/propagandistskij-batalon-kareliya-ili-soyuz-mecha-i-orala/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Черника |language=ru-RU}}</ref> The movement opposes [[Russians]] involving themselves in Karelian separatism and considers them [[Colonization|colonizers]] and occupants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KARJALA-КАРЕЛИЯ |url=https://t.me/karjala474/1603 |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Telegram}}</ref> The movement also uses [[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazi]] imagery, such as the [[Wolfsangel]] and justifies the policies of Finland during the [[East Karelian concentration camps|occupation of Eastern Karelia]]. The KNM also claims territories lost by Finland after the [[Winter War]], including the city of [[Vyborg]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Karjalan Liitto epäilee Suomeen kohdistuvaa informaatiovaikuttamista – ”Huonolla suomen kielellä viestejä Karjalan itsenäistymisestä…” |url=https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000009309756.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> Their claims also include [[Kandalaksha]], the southeast of the [[Kola Peninsula|Kola peninsula]] and the towns of [[Onega, Russia|Onega]], [[Tikhvin]] and [[Vytegra]], which were once part of the [[Olonets Governorate]].<ref name=":0" /> == See also == * [[Karelian National Battalion]] - a voluntary military unit consisting of ethnic Karelians, including members of the KNM * [[Republican Movement of Karelia]] - another Karelian [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalist]] and separatist organization * [[Separatism in Russia]] == References =='