Abstract This article presents the results of a case study of the online community Russian Nationalism, one of the most popular Russian nationalists’ online communities on VKontakte in 2012–2016. The article aims to find out where network leaders and common members of nationalist online groups closed on the Russian Internet go and in which thematic communities they continue their activity. Russian Nationalism members’ personal profiles and friendly links on VKontakte were used as data sources. The metrics of social network analysis were used to study Russian Nationalism’s network structure. The study showed that the ban of a massive extreme right nationalist online group leads to an increase in the number of smaller shelter groups that retain their ideological basis, but abandon the clearly expressed hate speech; members of a banned nationalist group flow to groups whose content is both close (militaristic, cultural, and historical) and far (everyday) to the extreme right. The content of the latter can transform in line with the nationalist ideology. The case study of Russian Nationalism shows a high potential for diffusion of extreme right nationalist ideas in the Russian network space, which manifests in their ability to penetrate other thematic and ideological areas of public discourse.

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当他们的社区被禁止时，俄罗斯在线民族主义者会去哪里：俄罗斯民族主义的案例研究

摘要 本文介绍了在线社区俄罗斯民族主义的案例研究结果，该社区是 2012-2016 年 VKontakte 上最受欢迎的俄罗斯民族主义者在线社区之一。这篇文章旨在找出在俄罗斯互联网上关闭的民族主义在线团体的网络领袖和普通成员去了哪里，以及他们在哪些主题社区继续活动。俄罗斯民族主义成员的个人资料和 VKontakte 上的友好链接被用作数据来源。社交网络分析的指标被用来研究俄罗斯民族主义的网络结构。研究表明，对一个庞大的极右民族主义在线团体的禁令导致了保留其意识形态基础但放弃明确表达的仇恨言论的小型庇护所团体的数量增加；被禁止的民族主义团体的成员会流向内容既接近（军事、文化和历史）又远离（日常）极右翼的团体。后者的内容可以根据民族主义意识形态进行转换。俄罗斯民族主义的案例研究表明，极右民族主义思想在俄罗斯网络空间中传播的潜力很大，这体现在它们渗透到公共话语的其他主题和意识形态领域的能力上。