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Our Database is an information hub on global political movements and insurgencies. Our writers are entirely neutral on all issues covered, and this archive does not in any way seek to condone violence or extremism. The journalistic objective of The Modern Insurgent is to create a purely informative database of scholarly articles and analyses of political movements.
Russian Penal Battalions in the Russo-Ukrainian War
"Shtorm" penal units recruited from Russian prisons have bolstered the Russian war effort in Ukraine.
Orlando Miceli
Feb 6
110
Cossacks in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Cossacks have a centuries-long history in Ukraine and have fought countless wars in the region.
Orlando Miceli
Oct 24, 2024
333
Sandworm
Overview Sandworm (also known as VooDoo Bear, Telebots, IRIDIUM, Seashell Blizzard and Iron Viking) is the name given to Russia’s GRU...
Daniel Hall
May 17, 2024
320
Malorussian Liberation Army (MLA)
Introduction & Overview The Malorussian Liberation Army is a militant group active on the pro-Russian side of the Russo-Ukrainian War....
Orlando Miceli
Apr 4, 2024
1,663
Young Army Cadets National Movement (Yunarmiya)
The Young Army Cadets National Movement (Russian: Всероссийское военно-патриотическое общественное движение «Юнармия»), commonly known as "Y
Antoine Guignard
Mar 14, 2024
175
Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL)
Insurgency Overview The Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL Russian: Легион «Свобода России») is a pro-Ukrainian paramilitary consisting of...
Liam Coyle
Jun 26, 2023
474
Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK)
Insurgency Overview The Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) is an armed, far-right paramilitary organization fighting against the Russian...
Daniel Hall
Jun 12, 2023
543
Anarcho-Communist Combat Organisation (BOAK)
Insurgency Overview The Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization (BOAK) is a group of far-left activists currently engaged in anti-war...
Daniel Hall
May 14, 2023
1,421
Ajnad al-Kavkaz
Insurgency Overview Exiled from their homeland following their defeat in the Second Chechen War in 2009, the Jihadist fighters of Ajnad...
Daniel Hall
Apr 21, 2023
377
Sheikh Mansur Battalion (SMB)
Insurgency Overview The Sheikh Mansur Battalion (SMB) is a Chechnian volunteer peacekeeping unit fighting for Ukraine since the start of...
Liam Coyle
Feb 28, 2023
520
Artsakh Defence Army (ADA)
Introduction & Overview The Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) is the military of the unrecognized Armenian breakaway Republic of Artsakh, also...
Daniel Hall
Feb 6, 2023
369
Islamic State - Caucasus Province (IS-CP)
Insurgency Overview The Islamic State - Caucasus Province (IS-CP) was formed in 2015 when members of the Caucasus Emirate (a Jihadist...
Joseph Collins
Jan 8, 2023
327
Slovenski Branci
Introduction & Overview Slovenski Branci (Slovak for “Slovakian Conscripts”) was a militia based in Slovakia which was founded in 2012 as...
Orlando Miceli
Dec 26, 2022
847
Cyber Partisans
Introduction and Overview The Cyber Partisans are a Belarusian hacktivist group founded in September of 2020. The group formed as a...
Ryan McLiverty
Dec 24, 2022
677
Armed Forces of South Ossetia (AFSO)
Insurgency Overview The Armed Forces of South Ossetia (AFSO), often simply referred to as the South Osstian Army, is the military of the...
Mike Godwin
Dec 9, 2022
398
Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (AFPMR)
Introduction & Overview The Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (AFPMR) were founded on the 8th of September 1991....
Orlando Miceli
Nov 28, 2022
352
Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)
Insurgency Overview Since 2014, The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine have been engaged in direct confrontations with...
Liam Coyle
Nov 26, 2022
448
Abkhazian Armed Forces (AAF)
Insurgency Overview The Abkhazian Armed Forces (AAF) is the acting military of the Georgian breakaway state, the Republic of Abkhazia,...
Liam Coyle
Nov 25, 2022
382
Wagner Group
Group Overview The ‘BTG Wagner Group’ (Battle Tactical Group Wagner; also known as Wagner Group or PMC Wagner) is a Russian mercenary...
Bianca Bridger
Oct 24, 2022
888
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