sentences:  The associated United States political organization National Alliance white supremacist William Luther Pierce also became interested in the movement, and assisted Absurd frontman Hendrik Möbus when he fled to the United States to avoid arrest in Germany.In the early 2000s, Ukrainian bands such as Drudkh and Kroda and the Russian band М8Л8ТХ continued the scene's popularity in Eastern Europe.In 2012, the NSBM Asgardsrei festival was established in Moscow, Russia, and then in 2014 relocated to Kiev, Ukraine, where it is closely linked to the activities of the Ukrainian nationalist network Azov Battalion and functions as an international hub for neo-Nazism and other far-right politics.