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December 31, 2018 Why Does No One Care That Neo-Nazis Are Gaining Power In Ukraine?
The Forward ^ | December 31, 2018

Posted on 03/08/2022 9:17:54 AM PST by JonPreston

Ukraine really does have a far-right problem, and it’s not a fiction of Kremlin propaganda. And it’s well past time to talk about it.

Ukraine’s far-right is like a hydra, with ugly heads that pop up far too frequently. Just within the last few weeks, an American-born cabinet minister thanked a group of violent neo-Nazi “activists” for their services, a soldier was photographed wearing a Nazi death’s head patch right behind President Petro Poroshenko and almost 1,500 neo-Nazis and friends threw a two-day Hitler-salute-fest.

Ukraine’s notorious Azov movement keeps growing. Since it was created in 2014 to fight Russian-led forces in the east, it made news by accepting openly neo-Nazi members into its rank. Now the Azov Battalion has become an official Ukrainian National Guard regiment. In 2016 the group formed a political party, which, they claim, now has tens of thousands of members. Earlier this year they unveiled a paramilitary force that doubles as a street gang.

Even as their party polls barely a percent, Azov is trying – as one of their higher-ups has told me personally – to build a far-right “state within the state,” running everything from nationalist study groups and mixed martial arts training to free gyms for youth and programs for the elderly. They’re also trying to turn Kiev into a capital of the global far-right, inviting neo-Nazis and white supremacists from around the world to visit.

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To: JonPreston

The Forward? Everybody to the right of Lenin is a Nazi to them


101 posted on 03/08/2022 11:15:25 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: marktwain

Not the CCP forces, but Chaing's troops adapted Nazi-era German uniforms.

102 posted on 03/08/2022 11:25:37 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: TiGuy22

Exactly!!! I tell people this all the time. First off that’s the European model, they have big government right and left. They both have the same end point..tyranny.

In the USA, we have big government, limited government or anarchy. We are limited government and we’re not socialists…the left here is!!!


103 posted on 03/08/2022 11:27:01 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: JonPreston

Nazis are left wing. They are socialists.


104 posted on 03/08/2022 11:44:51 AM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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To: TiGuy22

Precisely


105 posted on 03/08/2022 11:49:10 AM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: DesertRhino

So where in Russia do you live?


106 posted on 03/08/2022 12:08:05 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: irishjuggler

Yes, My apologies. Got my Helmuts mixed up.


107 posted on 03/08/2022 12:52:26 PM PST by Pxzftrnqfrn
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To: JonPreston

This type of garbage needs to be banned from FR.

Sicko FREAKS.


108 posted on 03/08/2022 1:51:19 PM PST by Vaden (CAUTION: Defending Putin=Defending Hitler=MAGA Destruction)
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To: JonPreston

when did naziis become far right?

what losers.


109 posted on 03/08/2022 1:51:25 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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