Russia's battle against the country's neo-Nazis is reaching boiling point as a new report revealed the extent of the extremists' murderous campaign.

Neo-Nazis killed 71 people in the country last year, the latest shocking figures show.

One group recently posted a sickening video message on the internet celebrating a stabbing attack which killed a Ghanaian man in December.

Yet members of the country's most prominent ultra-nationalist group deny their tactics are violent.

The Slavic Union spoke to Sky News during their bi-monthly "training" in remote woods just outside Moscow.

Dressed in winter camouflage they greet each other with macho hugs as they gather round a campfire and help each other attach red arm bands emblazoned with their adapted swastika.

Rifles and semi-automatic weapons are assembled and they are ready to start flexing their muscles.

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