National Bolshevik Party - International Groups

International Groups

Several small groups named National Bolshevik Party have existed in countries including Latvia, Moldova, Sweden, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Serbia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Israel. They are often made up of Russian immigrants.

In Belarus, a Pentecostal church in Minsk was vandalised in 2006 with the NBP emblem drawn on its walls. The NBP was not, however, officially registered in the country. This followed a similar incident at the Latvian embassy in the city the previous year.

In Latvia, the NBP has had members hold office in Riga and has executed notable publicity stunts, but the party has been largely marginal in that country. The Latvian branch has been led by Konstantin Mihailuk and Vladimir Linderman. One of the leaders of Latvian NBP was Ayo Benes, a Mulatto immigrant from Uganda. In 2006, the Latvian NBP was active in anti-capitalist demonstrations and in blockades against SS veterans' parades during Latvian Legion Day. In May 2007, two Russian NBP members were detained while attempting to illegally cross the border between the two countries.

In Lithuania, National Bolsheviks appeared in 2005 in Visaginas and Klaipėda. One of their most notable actions was against education reform.

The Moldovan NBP was refused registration as a political party in 2005, so it registered as a non-governmental organization, with Transnistria as its main centre of activity.

In Ukraine, the NBP joined other small parties in signing a Declaration of the Kiev Council of Slav Radical Nationalists in 1996, in an initiative led by the Ukrainian National Assembly. The Ukrainian NBP, which was largely based in the east of the country, was active in anti-Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and anti-NATO demonstrations. During the Orange Revolution, the Ukrainian NBP decided not to support Viktor Yushchenko or Viktor Yanukovych.