One of the main justifications of the Russian leadership for the offensive war against Ukraine is that the government in Kiev is led by “Nazis” from whom the neighboring country must be rid. An untenable lie to objective observers – and one that is increasingly difficult to sustain even within Russia.
Because there are doubts about the Kremlin’s representation from its own ranks. For example, the head of Russia’s private army Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, recently publicly questioned the fact that there really were “Nazis” in Ukraine. Therefore, he is not sure about Russia’s official goal of wanting to “denazify” Ukraine, he explained on the Telegram channel of his company Concord.
On the other hand, real neo-Nazis can be found on the Russian side. The “Rusich” unit, founded by a Russian neo-Nazi, has far-right symbols such as the “Black Sun” in its emblem and, as part of the Wagner Group, is fighting alongside Russian troops and may be responsible for the beheading of a captured Ukrainian soldier.
conquer “living space”.
On Telegram, the group’s leader has now also stated that fascists or Nazis on the Ukrainian side are “almost non-existent”. He cites other reasons why there is war in Ukraine – and uses clear Nazi rhetoric: they fight “for the living space for our Nordic people,” they say. The opponents are called, among other things, “subhuman”.
Recently, the “Rusich” unit also shared a video of the beheading of a captured Ukrainian soldier and wrote that many more would follow. The group may also be responsible for the murder itself.
Because of such statements, the Russian state is struggling to maintain consistency in its core narrative that the invasion of Ukraine parallels the Soviet experience of World War II, Britain’s defense ministry said on Saturday, citing intelligence analysis.
Authorities rehashing debunked myths
The Russian authorities are therefore trying to unite the public in their country by reviving debunked myths from the 1940s. In mid-April, the state news agency Ria Nowosti reported “unique” documents from the archives of the domestic secret service FSB, according to the London ministry, according to which the Nazis were involved in the murder of thousands of Poles in the Katyn massacre. in 1940.
In reality, the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKWD), the forerunner of the FSB secret service, was responsible for the mass murder of about 4,400 captured Poles, mostly officers. Russia’s State Duma posthumously condemned Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in 2010 for ordering the killings. The fact that such clear-cut positions are now being questioned again is an example of how much Putin’s wartime rhetoric has poisoned public opinion in Russia.
Source: Krone
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