region, we can take to weapons if it was necessary. reporter: a photo emerged recently, a russian cossack warrior in full glory, standing with pro russian militants in east ukraine. i m fighting against american evil, he said. translator: imagine that somewhere in the u.s. and texas, tomorrow, cowboys say this is our land, we have lived here, and we want our own order here. cowboys order. and they ll put on cowboy hats, checkered shirts, jeans, and start walking in the streets together with the policemen and make their own order. and the ground of this is our land and let s revive old cowboy traditions. thank you to our partners at evocative for that report. we re back with zanab and zanali. before we get their reaction to that piece and that important emergence of that group in russia, we re going to go to president obama in the briefing
without the policemen, we do not take decisions about arresting someone. translator: do you have weapons? translator: no, but we are allowed to carry whips. whips are the national cossacks weapon. reporter: in various campaigns to defend the mother land over the years, cossacks are credited with murdering tens of thousands of jews, muslims and turks. translator: there were mountain ethnic groups living here, but then they got dispersed. cossacks were needed not only to inhabit the lands, but also to protect the borders of the territory. reporter: over the past few hundred years, cossacks secured a reputation as battle hardened horse men, who put fear in their enemies hearts. this video shot about 15 years ago shows cossacks harassing turks. this kind of violent crackdown is what used to be called a pogrum in this part of the
russian leader vladimir putin. as soon as they started to sing, some nearby patrolmen, part of a contingent of cossacks, swooped in. he just hit me with a guitar neck on the head. i was bleeding, blood all over my face. reporter: the cossacks have lived in russia and ukraine for centuries. in imperial times, they were known as the czar s henge men, fierce men making enemies of the state pay with blood. now the orthodox christian blood line is making a comeback. translator: a cossack without faith is not a cossack. in this particular case, pussy roid offended our feelings. apparently the cossacks took this decision and god will judge them, not us. reporter: alexander corbin lives in southern russia. he makes his living as a cossack patrolmen. translator: we are at the command of the policemen.
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the rise of nationalism in russia. and now that extends to the resurgence of a legendary group of militants. fierce horsemen with roots deep in the kremlin. called the cossacks. they re revered in russia. much like cowboy or minute men are here in the united states. and as our partners reveal, despite complicated legacies that are both violent and tragic, the cossacks are back. reporter: it was one of the most shocking images from the 2014 olympics. a group of punk rockers beaten by men with whips. the women and their supporters are members of the now famous band pussy riot. the band and their friends, male and female, went to sochi to make a music video criticizing