An Estonia court has recently convicted members of a neo-Nazi terrorist group called Feuerkrieg Division, which is known to plan attacks. Meanwhile the Slovak police issued a warning about a Nazi group plotting violent attacks. According to the Internal Security Service, such extremism has the potential to escalate and has been spreading over the last years.

Meanwhile, just last week the Slovak police issued a warning about a Nazi organization named “Valhalla” connected to violent attacks. I’ve written much about the reality of neo-Nazism and its role in post-Maidan Ukrainian politics, but there is a larger context: National-Socialist (Nazi) ideology and its variants remain a real problem in post-Soviet states in Eastern and Central Europe (including Baltic nations). This international far-right network has a presence in Western Europe, too, although it is particularly active in Central and Eastern Europe.

For instance, this year once again, as has been the case every February, hundreds of neo-fascist and neo-Nazi activists will soon gather in Budapest to commemorate the Nazi German 1945 failed attack against the Soviet army, calling it the “Day of Honour”. On that day German and Hungarian forces battled against Soviet troops. The event involves a music festival with various far-right bands, and the revenue is said to fund extremist organizations, including terrorist groups, as is often the case with such concerts.

In December last year a neo-Nazi musical event in Budapest co-organized by a “Nordic Sun Cultural........

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