One of the few facts of the presence of Nazism in Ukraine
A Google search for 'Azov Battalion' can find many interesting images posted on their social networks by 'defenders of Ukraine'
Briefly written about them in the Spanish Wikipedia
It is also worth noting that the US House of Representatives banned the training of the 'Azov' battalion because of their neo-Nazi views.
Here is another article on the basis of which the United States ceased cooperation with this organization.
The initiative of 40 US congressmen to recognize the Azov Regiment as a terrorist organization has caused quite a stir in Ukraine and abroad.
This initiative owes much to the appearance of the Colin Clark report
Many social media profiles of the fighters of this battalion are currently hidden, but the Internet remembers everything and these photos have long been made public.
If you find it difficult to believe in an article by an unknown author on his blog, but this topic interested you, then you should familiarize yourself with a wider study of materials that was enough for a whole book.
"The book describes the development of the Ukrainian radical nationalist groups from 1991 to the present, including the «Right sector» and Svoboda («Freedom») party (up to 2004 — the Social-National Party of Ukraine), discusses their ideology, psychology and methods of political struggle.
Any revolution as a positive program uses the dominant ideas in society. In the Russian Empire in 1917, the trend was radical leftist ideology. In the Arab countries during the «Arab Spring» in 2010 — radical Islamism. In Ukraine in 2013-2014, the trend has become so radical nationalism that has absorbed pro-democracy and pro-European originally agenda."
This book is in English and is in the public domain in PDF format.
Anticipating a lot of comments from people with a lack of critical thinking, I will say that I am Ukrainian and I am in Ukraine and I know all of the above not from news, but from personal experience.
I will add that nothing threatens my homeland, I remain on my land that no one will take away from me, and after the overthrow of the current regime, Ukraine will truly embark on the path of development...
I will try to survive in order to tell you even more interesting things about the situation in Ukraine in the near future.
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It's true that there is a pro-Nazi political party in Ukraine with 2% of the vote, but these images you show have no reality. In an age where the facial movements and even the voices of celebrities can be imitated with deepfakes, you cannot justify the death of hundreds of thousands of people by looking at a photo that was most likely photoshopped. Putin is a dictator and is destroying the lives of the Russian and Ukrainian people for the sake of his own utopian dreams. There is no winner in the war.
You don't have to support the Ukrainian government to be against Putin. These pictures are just a few examples, but I found 1000s of similar pictures. Besides, it's well known that the Azov are nazi's. Even today. With apologies from CTV News in Canada for publishing female nazi soldiers.
https://twitter.com/TheMarieOakes/status/1501925122227191811
Wise words @cronos0!
It is a pity that these photoshopped fighters did not read them before they fought against their people in the Donbass and Luhansk.
And yes, I agree that there are about 2% of Nazis here, but there are much more of those who, under the influence of propaganda, are ready to commit racially motivated murders without realizing that their deeds fall under the definition of Nazism ...
Every year on January 1, a parade is held in Kyiv in honor of the memory of Bandera. I don't think you need to explain who he is and how he became famous...
In a non-Nazi state, this simply could not have happened ...
Try to arrange an annual torchlight procession in your city with Nazi salutes and portraits of mass murderers and you will immediately understand the difference))
If the Nazis seized power in the country, then a whole freedom-loving people will not be able to change anything, because the army and the police are forced to protect these 2%
There is very little RC on my account, therefore I apologize for the long answer, and for the fact that with this comment I will answer two participants in the conversation at once
Yes @yourmarklubbers, I also have some picture. And it seems to me that it is not normal to flaunt such beliefs ...
I can imagine how many Nazis do not mark themselves with characteristic marks and how many other terrible things have not been photographed.
I am indifferent to Putin, I do not know anything about him except propaganda, but I have a warm attitude towards the Russian people because I am a Russian-speaking Ukrainian citizen. My grandfathers fought side by side with the Red Army against the fascist bastards and defeated them then in 1945. I will not betray the memory and values my ancestors and I oppose such a policy of my country!
"Try to arrange an annual torchlight procession in your city with Nazi salutes and portraits of mass murderers and you will immediately understand the difference"
Here in the Netherlands one nazi salute and you will be arrested asap. Im not saying the denazification thing makes sense do.. idk how true that is.
"Nothing threatens my homeland," says the guy who has not watched his neighbors raped and strangled by the Russian Army.
I won't waste time arguing with an obvious Russian operative. I have but one request. Have the guts to post your real name and face in this blog, so you can be hanged as a collaborator after your friends from Russia lie dead and rotting. Make sure you tell them to save a seat for you in Hell.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2014/09/ukraine-must-stop-ongoing-abuses-and-war-crimes-pro-ukrainian-volunteer-forces/
Yes, I did not see how Russian soldiers rape women! I'm sure you didn't see it either)
But I saw how the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the orders of the Kiev authorities, together with the national battalions, fired at civilians in Luhansk and Donetsk under the pretext that they were Russian separatists!
You can deny it, but your denials will not affect the existence of this fact.
When in your country you can go to jail or be executed without trial or investigation for dissent, I'll see how soon you want to deanonimize your id)))