Who are the Fighters of the Male State, who deny links to bomb scares on flights

Introduction

"We fighters of the male state will leave a mark in history with our actions today. Your feminist regime will remember it forever." This is the closing sentence of the email that arrived at Italian airports yesterday, November 5, announcing explosions within sixty minutes. The acronym refers to the Russian ultranationalist and misogynist movement Muzhskoye Gosudarstvo, known as Male State or Male Legion, i.e. male state.

Today, however, "Male State" denied to the BBC any connection with the false alarms which caused disruption to flights across Europe. Responding to the BBC's Russian report, a Telegram account - one of many linked to the so-called "Male State" and its founder Vladislav Pozdnyakov - mocked any suggestion that the group was involved in sending the email threats. "Which Male State? Where have you seen it? It hasn't existed for many years," reads the message on the channel.