Monarchism
Advocacy of a monarch or monarchical rule
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| January 3 2025 | Bratislav Živković was killed by Ukrainian forces during the Kursk offensive. |
| 2024 |
J. G. Ballard
The Met Gala's dress code was inspired by Ballard's 1962 short story 'The Garden of Time', highlighting his ongoing cultural influence.
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| 2023 |
J. G. Ballard
An anthology 'Reports From the Deep End' was planned but ultimately terminated due to opposition from the J. G. Ballard Estate, which would have included an expanded version of 'The Hardoon Labyrinth'.
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| 2022 |
Reichsbürger movement
Large-scale anti-extremist raids were conducted across Germany, Austria, and Italy, involving over 3,000 police officers including GSG 9 unit, searching more than 130 sites.
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| December 2022 |
Reichsbürger movement
German authorities arrested 25 people for planning a coup against the German government, including Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, who was intended to become the head of state if the coup succeeded.
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| December 7 2022 |
Reichsbürger movement
Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, a lawyer, judge, and former AfD Bundestag member, was arrested as part of the Reichsbürger movement investigation.
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| August 2022 |
Ruhollah Khomeini
Salman Rushdie survives a murder attempt related to the ongoing fatwa issued by Khomeini.
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| April 2022 |
Reichsbürger movement
Four members of a Reichsbürger group called United Patriots were detained for plotting to overthrow the government. Their plan included destroying electrical substations and power lines to cause a nationwide power outage, and allegedly kidnapping German health minister Karl Lauterbach.
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| 2021 |
Reichsbürger movement
The state office for the Protection of the Constitution in Lower Saxony published a study highlighting the dangerous radicalization resulting from the mixing of corona deniers, Reich citizens, and right-wing extremists during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| 2021 |
J. G. Ballard
Short story 'The Drowned Giant' adapted as the eighth episode of the second season of Netflix anthology series Love, Death & Robots
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| November 2021 |
Reichsbürger movement
The Patriotic Union began planning an armed attack on the Bundestag and plotting to publicly arrest politicians to incite widespread unrest, with the goal of overthrowing the government.
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| 2020 | The Iranian intelligence minister accused the Kingdom Assembly of Iran of planning 27 attacks against the regime. |
| 2020 | Bakov declared a new project called Arca Noë, planned to be based in neutral Mediterranean waters near Venice as part of the seasteading movement. |
| August 1 2020 | Jamshid Sharmahd, spokesperson of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, was detained by Iran's Ministry of Intelligence. Iranian state television accused him of involvement in the 2008 bombing of the Hosseynieh Seyed Al-Shohada Mosque in Shiraz and a 2010 bombing at Ruhollah Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran. |
| March 2020 |
Reichsbürger movement
The antisemitic Reichsbürger organization was prohibited by German authorities.
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| 2019 |
Reichsbürger movement
Adrian Ursache was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 7 years in prison for the 2016 shooting incident.
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| January 21 2019 |
Orléanist
Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris dies in Paris at the age of 85, ending his period of royal pretension.
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| 2018 | Bakov ran for President of Russia from the Monarchist Party, was registered, and then withdrew himself, citing legal concerns about dual citizenship. |
| 2018 |
Reichsbürger movement
The German magazine Focus reported that Reichsbürger adherents were attempting to build an armed militia in preparation for 'Day X', an imagined uprising against the German government.
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| 2018 | Serb paramilitary chief Bratislav Zivkovic was arrested in Serbia for joining the separatist movement in Ukraine. |
| June 2018 | Ukraine's General Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into 54 suspected members of a pro-Russian foreign legion, including six Serbs who had fought in Ukraine and later in Syria. |
| 2017 | Bratislav Zivkovic was banned from Romania for 15 years after spying on NATO bases. |
| November 2017 | Ukrainian ambassador in Serbia Oleksandr Aleksandrovych stated that approximately 300 Serbs were operating in Ukraine, warning that suspicious Serb tourists would be halted at the border and potentially arrested. |
| October 23 2017 |
Reichsbürger movement
Wolfgang P., the Reichsbürger activist responsible for the shooting of police officers in Georgensgmünd, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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| 2016 |
Reichsbürger movement
Adrian Ursache, a Reichsbürger activist and former Mister Germany winner, violently resisted eviction from his house in Reuden. He claimed the property was part of the self-proclaimed State of Ur and flew the old German Reich flag. During a police eviction attempt, he opened fire and injured two officers, resulting in him being shot and hospitalized.
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| 2016 |
Reichsbürger movement
In Georgensgmünd near Nuremberg, a Reichsbürger activist fired on a Bavarian Police special response unit during a firearms confiscation, injuring three police officers. One officer later died from his injuries, leading to increased concern about the movement's potential for violence.
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| 2014 |
Reichsbürger movement
A Reichsbürger group (Free State of Prussia) attempted to smuggle weapons into Germany to create its own militia.
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| August 2014 | Chetniks reportedly killed 23 Ukrainian soldiers and destroyed a significant amount of armored vehicles during clashes with the Ukrainian army in eastern Ukraine. |
| March 2014 | Serb volunteers calling themselves Chetniks, led by Bratislav Živković, travelled to Sevastopol in Crimea to support the pro-Russian side during the Crimean crisis, citing 'common Slavic blood and Orthodox faith'. |
| March 31 2014 | The micronation issued a manifesto under the name Imperial Throne, declaring Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen as Emperor Nicholas III, successor to Nicholas II. |
| 2013 | Bakov's daughter Anastasia Bakova was the Monarchist Party's candidate in the Yekaterinburg mayoral elections. |
| 2013 |
J. G. Ballard
An untitled 17-page typescript of a 'Vermilion Sands' short story draft was edited into an 8,000-word text by Bernard Sigaud and published in a French reissue by Éditions Tristram under the title 'Le labyrinthe Hardoon'.
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| July 2013 | Bakov claimed his micronation granted citizenship to Edward Snowden while he was seeking asylum in Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. |
| 2012 |
Reichsbürger movement
NeuDeutschland group is founded in Wittenberg, claiming 3,500 members and led by Peter Fitzek, who proclaims himself the 'King of Germany'.
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| June 2012 | Bakov registered the Monarchist Party with the Russian Ministry of Justice, establishing the only legalized monarchist party in Russia. |
| 2010 | Bombing at Ruhollah Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran that wounded several people, allegedly linked to the Kingdom Assembly of Iran. |
| 2010 | The Kingdom Assembly of Iran (Tondar) gave an interview to The Wall Street Journal, where spokespersons acknowledged having 'fighters' who aim to replace Iran's current system with a monarchy. |
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