Beness Aijo (Russian: ????? ????????????? ???, Benes Hristoforovich Ayo, born 8 June 1979 in Rezekne, Latvian SSR), sometimes called the Black Lenin (Russian: ?????? ?????), is a Latvian citizen of Russian/Ugandan ethnicity.
He has been an activist of the National Bolshevik Party since 1998, member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist), and the Korean Friendship Association-UK.
Aijo has participated in many actions in solidarity with Palestine.
He was active in the 2014 Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and is currently active in the War in Donbass.
Aijo has been arrested multiple times and tried for his political activities.