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"Many commentators have already debunked Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
absurd claim to be waging war to “de-nazify” Ukraine.
Some have pointed out the far right received only 2% of the vote in Ukraine’s
2019 parliamentary elections, far less than in most of Europe. Others have
drawn attention to Ukraine’s Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the
efforts of the Ukrainian state to protect minorities like Crimean Tatars and
LGBTQ+ people, who are subject to brutal persecution in Russia.
What has received less coverage is the Putin regime’s own record of
collaboration with far-right extremists. Even as Russian diplomats condemned
“fascists” in the Baltic states and Kremlin propagandists railed against
imaginary “Ukronazis” in power in Kyiv, the Russian state was cultivating its
own homegrown Nazis."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
