Posted on 03/07/2022 6:08:53 AM PST by Red Badger
In the days before Russia’s all out invasion, white Z’s started showing up on Russian military hardware. Now they are everywhere.
What started out as curious markings slapped in white paint on Russian tanks and trucks has now become a symbol of Vladimir Putin’s own version of World War Z.
Now, the “Z” has become akin to a new “swastika” or symbol of hatred and is showing up everywhere supporters of Russia’s uninvited invasion of Ukraine can be found.
Kamil Galeev, a Galina Starovoitova Fellow at Woodrow Wilson Center, has been curating examples of the creepy character’s use on Twitter. “‘Z’ is a letter that Russian Military are putting on their vehicles departing to Ukraine. Some interpret ‘Z’ as ‘Za pobedy’ (for victory). Others - as ‘Zapad’ (West). Anyway, this symbol invented just a few days ago became a symbol of new Russian ideology and national identity,” he tweeted before the invasion. Now Galeev believes the symbol means Putin has taken a page out of the world’s worst tyrants, including Benito Mussolini. “To put it simply, it’s going full fascist,” he tweeted. “Authorities launched a propaganda campaign to gain popular support for their invasion of Ukraine and they're getting lots of it.”
Let's discuss what's happening in Russia. To put it simply, it's going full fascist. Authorities launched a propaganda campaign to gain popular support for their invasion of Ukraine and they're getting lots of it. You can see "Z" on these guys' clothes. What does it mean? 🧵 pic.twitter.com/F2zjcpJCDZ
— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) March 6, 2022 Indeed, the symbol, which is likely not directly tied to Mussolini’s fasces symbol which also sported a “Z” any more than it is a reference to the 2013 Brad Pitt film “World War Z” which premiered at the Moscow film festival that year—though it could be argued that Russian troops are not so different from the zombie invasion the film is based on.
But it certainly is gaining popular appeal. Over the weekend Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak was seen wearing a white “Z” on his leotard as he stood next to Ukraine’s Kovtun Illia, who had just won the gold in the Gymnastics World Cup event in Doha.
Business owners put "Z" - showing their support of invasion on their trucks. Here you see a funeral service fully endorsing Z message pic.twitter.com/NM43dO1SrZ
— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) March 6, 2022 Severely ill Russian children at a cancer center in the city of Kazan were reportedly made to line up in the “Z” formation for a photograph that has been widely distributed in social media. The badges of dead Ukrainian soldiers have also been photographed lined up in the “Z” formation, and the letter has shown up on flags, on trucks, and in convoys of supposed supporters of Putin’s war.
Here you see terminally ill children from hospice and their parents making a Z formation. Yes, Russians are forcing terminally ill children dying from cancer, and their families to declare their support to Russian invasion of Ukraine. See letters Детский хоспис? Hospice for Kids pic.twitter.com/3yeHMPWXl0
— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) March 6, 2022 There is even a video of Russian spy Marina Butina, who pleaded guilty in 2018 to conspiracy to act as a foreign agent, drawing one on the lapel of her jacket.
It is difficult to say if the letter, which may have been first used to simply identify Russian military hardware to distinguish them from Ukrainian machines, has any other hidden meaning. The letter “Z” does not exist in Cyrillic Russian script, but it has now become the most prominent symbol of Russia’s senseless war.
https://time.com/5926750/azov-far-right-movement-facebook/
To use a modern buzzword — It's empowering!
It allows the intellectually and psychologically lazy an opportunity to prance around and feel important.
If a miracle happens and they get power, they take out their previous resentment of being lower on society's totem on those they have power over — and that's how atrocities happen!
That was my thought as well.
Im quite sure the Ukrainians most hardened fighters are led by neo-nazis so....theres that
2 - Putin is a rotten SOB.
Wiser men than I have had to deal with "allies" who you would otherwise not want to deal with. So I picked the most famous and made it my tagline.
I can see this causing problems for my granddaughter Zoe.
Well I’ve been told I know nothing about this conflict. So since I’m not on the ground in Ukraine to personally behold these neo-nazis I will refrain from commenting.
With zillions of people around the world, protesting in the streets, it looks like Zelensky will be the leader of the NWO. It’s almost biblical………..
Its that mass group psycosis thing going all the way to the top.
The stolen election is having unintended circumstances, eh?
brownsfan wrote:
“
So many lies, so much propaganda, I only think I know two things:
1 - The Ukrainian government is corrupt and has some uncomfortable ties with the worst elements in our government.
2 - Putin is a rotten SOB.
Anything else? It’s all just guess work because finding good information is like trying to find the truth about the covid jab.
“
Could be that 1 —and— 2 are both true.
Couple bad guys fighting...
Fair enough but its not a big secret. There have been many informative post here on FR that shines a light on the issue. Because the MSM has their version of these ‘freedom fighters’ doesnt mean they do not exist.
Yep.
I have heard there are some who have been involved in fighting insurgents in the eastern Ukrainian provinces for while. Don’t know how many there are or how influential they are within their units.
“The only Nazis fighting in Ukraine are on the Ukraine side.”
Probably not true, since the Russian separatists in Donbas had their own Nazi militia battalion just like the Azov battalion.
Good catch...
Now we know for sure....
But Ukrainian leader is Jewish how can he host nazis? Err.
But those liberals are caucasian, why would they speak ill of and against their own race?
Wish people would wake up.
Nazi’s vs Nazi’s driven on by a Communist KGB guy...
All while the Jewish comedian is trying to keep his Nation afloat against his own internal issues with the Rada and it’s controlling neo-fascist Oligarchs...
While in our Country a drunken, senile, pedophile and his opportunistic whore VP are driving our ship of State off a cliff.
Interesting times.
YIKES!
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