Inside the Pipeline Part 1: How Russia Infiltrated the Oath Keepers
Looking at evidence of Russian integration into American Militia chat groups first hand.
Over the last twenty years, Russian-aligned outlets like The Saker and Unz Review have been quietly integrated into the American militia movement’s internal media diet.
Leaked Oath Keeper communications show these sources being shared, quoted, and reframed in ways that dovetail perfectly with New World Order (NWO) and anti-U.S. government conspiracy narratives.
🔗 The Media Nodes
The Saker (Andrei Raevsky)
Pro-Kremlin analyst/blogger, openly critical of NATO, U.S. foreign policy, and “AngloZionist” influence.
Hosted on Unz Review — a site with a history of publishing Kremlin-aligned commentary, antisemitic conspiracy content, and far-right geopolitics.
Key Narrative Themes:
“AngloZionist Empire” — code for a global elite cabal blending antisemitic tropes with anti-U.S./anti-NATO sentiment.
Multipolar world as the cure for U.S. “imperialism.”
Western democracy as psyop; Russia and allies as defenders of sovereignty.
📬 From Moscow to Militia Mailbox: The Snippets
These excerpts from leaked Oath Keeper files are not casual mentions — they’re full embeds of Saker articles, passed internally and preserved in HTML captures.
“When Exactly Did the AngloZionist Empire Collapse?” — The Saker, Unz Review
Shared in full inside OK email archives. Reframes U.S. decline as a spiritual and geopolitical inevitability, with Russia cast as both model and liberator.
“The AngloZionists Are Launching a Strategic PSYOP Against China” — The Saker
Received with zero commentary, indicating acceptance. Fits the militia worldview that Western intel agencies fabricate enemies and provoke wars for elite profit.
“Will Trump Really Start Two Wars Instead of ‘Just’ One?” — The Saker
Used in an internal thread to argue that even Trump could be manipulated by “globalists,” feeding distrust in all formal political leadership.
🧩 The Reframe Inside Oath Keeper Lore
Original Saker Framing: Russia as rational, multipolar champion; U.S./NATO as aggressor.
Militia Recast: Swap “NATO” for “Deep State” and Russia becomes a symbolic ally against a tyrannical U.S. government.
Narrative Merge:
Kremlin propaganda →
Militia anti-globalist talking points →
NWO conspiracy ecosystem (COVID, gun confiscation, election fraud).
🕸 Narrative Laundering in Action
In the Oath Keeper-adjacent channels, Russian-aligned narratives from The Saker and Unz Review didn’t just appear unchanged — they were translated into militia-friendly language that reframed global geopolitics into the domestic “Deep State” mythos.
When The Saker declared that the “AngloZionist Empire” was collapsing, militia influencers reframed it as proof that the “Deep State” was already on the run. The effect was to create a false sense of imminent victory, encouraging radical patience rather than immediate action.
Similarly, claims that the West was orchestrating a “psyop against China” were recast into the idea that the “Deep State fabricates enemies,” a frame designed to undermine trust in U.S. military intentions and erode support for foreign policy countering Beijing or Moscow.
And perhaps most importantly, The Saker’s assertion that a “multipolar world is inevitable” became, in militia rhetoric, “the One World Government can be stopped” — flipping a Kremlin narrative about Russia’s ascendance into a morale-boosting rallying cry that casts Moscow as the leader of global resistance against a supposed cabal.
🛠 Why This Matters
Operational Impact: These narratives help justify potential armed action against the U.S. government by reframing it as a proxy of an illegitimate global cabal.
Foreign Influence: Shows direct penetration of Russian-aligned messaging into a domestic extremist group’s strategy conversations.
Propaganda Resilience: Once laundered into militia lore, these narratives survive even if their origin is exposed.
🔮 Closing Thoughts
In the Oath Keeper-adjacent channels, Russian-aligned narratives from The Saker and Unz Review didn’t just appear unchanged — they were translated into militia-friendly language that reframed global geopolitics into the domestic “Deep State” mythos.
When The Saker declared that the “AngloZionist Empire” was collapsing, militia influencers reframed it as proof that the “Deep State” was already on the run. The effect was to create a false sense of imminent victory, encouraging radical patience rather than immediate action.
Similarly, claims that the West was orchestrating a “psyop against China” were recast into the idea that the “Deep State fabricates enemies,” a frame designed to undermine trust in U.S. military intentions and erode support for foreign policy countering Beijing or Moscow.
And perhaps most importantly, The Saker’s assertion that a “multipolar world is inevitable” became, in militia rhetoric, “the One World Government or NWO can be stopped” — flipping a Kremlin narrative about Russia’s ascendance into a morale-boosting rallying cry that casts Moscow as the leader of global resistance against a supposed cabal.
The Saker didn’t need to send an email to Stewart Rhodes. The work was done the moment these articles entered a Telegram thread, a shared website capture, or an “FYI” forward. From there, they became part of the American anti-government mythos — cleaned of Russian branding, weaponised for U.S. political chaos.