Konstantin Rodionovich Kasimovsky (; born May 26, 1974, in

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) is a

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. Formerly a member of

Pamyat The National Patriotic Front "Memory" (NPF "Memory"; , also known as the Pamyat Society; , , ) was a Russian far-right antisemitic, and monarchist organization. ''Pamyat'' also identified itself as the "People's National-Patriotic Orthodox ...

, he has led two parties of his own, the

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and the Russian National Socialist Party, as well as a less well-defined group known as Russian Action. It is claimed that he split from Pamyat and became convinced of

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after a 1992 visit to

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. He initially shared leadership of the RNU with Aleksei Vdovin but took sole charge in 1997 when Vdovin was expelled (before going on to join

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). He has also been a close associate of

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and with him invited

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to Russia in 1999.'The Ties That Bind'
from

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Kasimovsky has claimed that history has been defined by a constant struggle against decline and has argued that this struggle has been led by various 'orders' such as the

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, the

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movement and the SS and has sought to build his movement in the same model.Shenfield, ''Russian Fascism'', p. 240 In his ideas he has been influenced by

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and is close to the

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Society of Nav.

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