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For years, far right Russian skinheads have been accused of hate crimes against immigrants in big cities like Moscow and St Petersburg.

Now, with the authorities beginning to jail the supremacist gangs they deem to be responsible, the skinheads are vowing to fight back by becoming a more dominant political force.

The Â鶹Éç's Tom Esslemont has been finding out what drives Russia's far right.

The producer of Russia's Far Right was Michael Gallagher.

(Image: 'Ultranationalists' in Russia. Credit: Alexey SAZONOV/AFP/Getty Images)