It was a Russian poke at the volunteer neonazi Azov brigades - the only openly nazi batallion in any army in the world (AFAIK). It has the explicit support of U

It was a Russian poke at the volunteer neonazi Azov brigades - the only openly nazi batallion in any army in the world (AFAIK). It has the explicit support of Ukraine and the implicit support of the west and was instrumental in Ukrainian state's ability to hang on to Mariupol. The BBC said they voted against it because the motion was done for "propaganda purposes" and because neonazis are a "small proportion of ukrainians": https://www.bbc.com/news/60292915 https://www.bbc.com/news/60292915 It's a weird justification coz voting against it because it targets Azov is kind of making Russia's case for them.