Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières An interview with Bellingcat journalist Michael Colborne on the Azov movement in Ukraine.
An interview with Bellingcat journalist Michael Colborne on his recently published book on Ukraine’s Azov movement and the global far right, in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war.


Eviane: Your latest book, From the Fires of War: Ukraine’s Azov Movement and the Global Far Right, was just published this month by Ibidem-verlag/Columbia University Press. This is no doubt a timely read in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Could you begin by telling us about what motivated you to write this book?

Michael: My motivation was fairly simple, honestly. After several months of covering and researching the Azov movement in late 2018 and early 2019, I felt that there was a lack of insight and knowledge into what this movement really was, despite it being the subject of so much media discussion. My book, of course, is hardly some sort of absolute capital-T Truth on what the Azov movement is, but I felt that it was necessary to peel back the layers, as it were, and share my research, analysis and perspectives.

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Azov Movement In Ukraine

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières An interview with Bellingcat journalist Michael Colborne on the Azov movement in Ukraine.
An interview with Bellingcat journalist Michael Colborne on his recently published book on Ukraine’s Azov movement and the global far right, in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war.


Eviane: Your latest book, From the Fires of War: Ukraine’s Azov Movement and the Global Far Right, was just published this month by Ibidem-verlag/Columbia University Press. This is no doubt a timely read in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Could you begin by telling us about what motivated you to write this book?

Michael: My motivation was fairly simple, honestly. After several months of covering and researching the Azov movement in late 2018 and early 2019, I felt that there was a lack of insight and knowledge into what this movement really was, despite it being the subject of so much media discussion. My book, of course, is hardly some sort of absolute capital-T Truth on what the Azov movement is, but I felt that it was necessary to peel back the layers, as it were, and share my research, analysis and perspectives.

Continue reading @ Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières.

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