I see some fringe russophiles on both left and right wing, both here in europe and in US. But in 99% of cases it's „I hate my government, so I just believe in opposite if what they say“. The only sincere love for actual Russia is Stalin-adoring tankies. But that's what.. the 0.00001%?
Sure, but tankies miiiight be 1% of the left while the Russophilia is pretty strong in the entire alt-right, which is like 40% of the right. The problems are similar in nature but different in scale.
The thing is tankies love the real Russia as it is. Some in alt-right like the propaganda image that has nothing to do with reality. And some just follow „enemy of the enemy is my friend“ for better or worse. So the nature of the problem is widely different too. The whole BS surrounding Tucker interview is a good example IMO.
Here in Lithuania alt-right is very anti-Russian since we have both pretty good on-the-ground information as well as, let's say, historical experience. It's funny watching our alt-right meeting West alt-right.
