The war in Ukraine is pushing contradictions in the Netherlands further apart, according to the general intelligence service AIVD. “We see that the war in Ukraine is becoming part of the narrative of right-wing extremists and anti-government extremists,” AIVD director Erik Akerboom said to NOS. Putin’s rhetoric is finding its way to the Netherlands and fitting into radical groups’ existing ideas, he said. In its annual report for 2021, the AIVD raised concerns about the increased threat of violence by right-wing extremist groups, which are gaining support in the Netherlands, NOS and NU.nl report. While many members outwardly advocate nonviolence, they consider violence a real option within their groups, the AIVD said. “That makes an attack by right-wing terrorist loners or groups imaginable.” According to the intelligence and security service, right-wing extremists share a belief that “the white population of the Netherlands is structurally disadvantaged, and its survival is even threatened by ‘repopulation’ or genocide.” Among right-wing extremists, there is a movement called “accelerationism,” whose supporters think that a race war is coming and want to hasten it by carrying out attacks
via nltimes: War in Ukraine feeding right-wing extremism in NL: AIVD