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Tom Ball's headline in The Times, "Azov Battalion drops neo-Nazi symbol exploited by Russian propagandists"
twitter.com ^ | May 30, 2022 | Tom Ball via Aaron Maté @aaronjmate

Posted on 08/21/2023 5:01:52 PM PDT by ransomnote

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: azov; insignia
Seems like the western MSM probably helped the Ukrainian Azov neo-Nazis 'get ready for their closeup' with a name change which they naturally blamed on Russia.

1 posted on 08/21/2023 5:01:52 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote
"Azov Battalion drops neo-Nazi symbol

Hey they dropped it. They're ok now.

2 posted on 08/21/2023 5:03:01 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: ransomnote

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3 posted on 08/21/2023 5:07:19 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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On one can exploit something that doesn’t exist, but it existed. Thus Russians exploited nothing. The touted the truth. Anyone denying that is not being truthful.


4 posted on 08/21/2023 5:29:09 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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they did it because they’re not nazis anymore/s


5 posted on 08/21/2023 5:39:15 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Simply look to the "other" symbol so often and prominently displayed, as when Zelensky wore a sweater with it to meet Pope Francis.

"Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists"

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Ukrainian_Nationalists

6 posted on 08/21/2023 5:43:01 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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The US media joyfully exploited their Nazi symbols from 2014 on. Then they got caught and were called out.


7 posted on 08/21/2023 7:13:12 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
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