Far-right politics in Russia
In contemporary Russia, the far-right scene spans a wide spectrum of political groups, authors, activists, political movements, skinhead subcultures and intellectual circles. The mainstream radical right that is allowed or supported by the government to participate in official mass media and public life includes parties such as the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and Rodina as well as far-right political thinkers such as Aleksandr Dugin and Lev Gumilev. Other actors of Russia's far right include skinheads and political movements like the Movement Against Illegal Immigration and contemporary successors of the Pamyat organization. Some of the main radical right-wing groups and figures in contemporary Russia had become active in politics before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Alexander Dugin and Vladimir Zhirinovsky started their political career in the 1980s.