The Web of State-Backed Extremism: From COINTELPRO to MKY

In July 2024, U.S. authorities indicted Michail Chkhikvishvili, the alleged new leader of Maniac Murder Cult (MKY), on four counts related to soliciting hate crimes and planning mass violence in New York City. Chkhikvishvili, 21, was arrested in Chișinău, Moldova, and extradited to the United States on May 22, 2025. The following day, he made his first appearance in Federal District Court before Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo. Operating under the alias “Commander Butcher,” he was accused of coordinating with an undercover law enforcement officer to orchestrate a large-scale attack. Following his arrest, the militant accelerationist group Injekt Division claimed he had previously lived in Tbilisi, Georgia, and had ties to the Georgian military.

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Extending Russia: The MEGOBARI Act Aims for Regime Change in Georgia

We have seen this play out before, the United States government relentlessly acting to control the government in a former Soviet Union republic bordering Russia and then proceeding to support that government in war against Russia. That course of action has led to devastation in Ukraine, including the deaths of hundreds of thousands of individuals, in a US proxy war against Russia. Through Monday approval in the United States House of Representatives of the Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act (MEGOBARI Act) by a vote of 349 to 42, the House took a big step toward a replay of this disaster in Georgia.

US House Approves MEGOBARI Act to Pursue in Georgia More Ukraine-style Intervention and Conflict with Russia

Previously:

US Targets Georgia as a Tool to Extend Russia (archived)

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