Congress of RNU Congress of RNU ADDENDUM:
Russian National Unity: Members wear black and camouflage uniforms; the group adopted a red and white modified swastika emblem, openly expressed admiration for German national socialism and publicly celebrated the rise of the Nazis.
Among fighters for Russia are Russian nationalists extremists and neo-Nazis activists supported by the Russian government and criminals wanted by Russian police.
During the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, Barkashov led RNU fighters in their defense of the Russian White House against Boris Yeltsin‘s forces.
In 2014, when the war in Donbas started, many of RNU members joined pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.
Back then the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated a telephone conversation of Barkashov and a local Donetsk activist Boitsov was intercepted. Reportedly Barkashov said to Boitsov that he could call off the referendum on independence of the territory.
Barkashov said that it is not necessary to perform referendum the legit way. He said that in the end no one would care about it. All that Boitsov has to do is to write whatever he finds suitable. If he wants, he can say that 99% of people voted for joining Russia.