U.S. Slaps Terrorist Designation On Russian, Swedish Extremists

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced its first sanctions against White supremacists.

Among those fighting against Ukraine are members of the Russian Imperial Movement, or RIM. 

RIM, and three of its senior members, were the first and only White supremacists designated as terrorists by the U.S. government in 2020. That happened under the Trump administration, and now joining that list of 'specially designated global terrorists', is Alexander Zhuchkovsky.

The Department of Treasury says he “has raised over 200 million rubles to purchase weapons and military equipment” to support RIM and other pro-Russian fighters in eastern Ukraine.  In a statement the department said he even helped fighters to travel there.