Maniac Murder Cult

Maniac Murder Cult (MMC) is an ideologically motivated violent extremist group founded in 2018. While primarily based in Russia and Ukraine, its members are found around the world. MMC adheres to a nihilistic national socialist, militant accelerationist, and neo-Nazi ideology believing in the necessity of violent, nihilistic actions to promote fear and chaos to further the perceived collapse of Western society. MMC operates online and also seeks to mobilize offline violence, promoting violence and violent acts against racial and ethnic minorities, the Jewish community, individuals experiencing homelessness and/or mental illness, and other groups it deems as "undesirables". A primary objective of MMC is for its adherents to be viewed as the most sadistic threat actors, and share instructional material on a variety of tactics, including how to attack prospective victims and avoid detection. Members are required to record and share their violent activities in a bid to inspire and mobilize further extremism. On January 22, 2025, a 17-year-old student shot and killed a schoolmate at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee. According to prosecutors, the shooter said he had been acting on behalf of the MMC, and his manifesto named MMC's leader Mikhail Chkhikvishvili as his inspiration. In early 2025, a 19-year-old from Winnipeg was arrested and charged for allegedly spray-painting racist and antisemitic graffiti. The 19-year-old was later charged with four terrorism-related changes after an investigation found links to MMC. In August 2024, an individual wearing a tactical vest adorned with Nazi symbols livestreamed himself stabbing approximately five people outside a mosque in Eskisehir, Türkiye. A manifesto attributed to the attacker included explicit references to violent statements made by Chkhikvishvili. Before the attack, the attacker distributed violent propaganda, including MMC's ideological and its instructional manual, the