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Those Nazi groups may have been established by a certain foreign nation primarily to discredit the civil movement and to establish cause for military interventi
by eurasiantiger 5y ago
Those Nazi groups may have been established by a certain foreign nation primarily to discredit the civil movement and to establish cause for military intervention.
- cato_the_elder 5y agoDoesn't seem likely, TBH. Azov Battalion is apparently part of the Ukraine's national guard [1]. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion
- eurasiantiger 5y agoSomehow, that particular page doesn’t seem trustworthy at this point in time.
- cato_the_elder 5y agoOk, so I took a look, and it doesn't seem like that it was created (or made more biased) in response to the recent events. Here's the history of that Wikipedia page if you'd like to see older versions: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Azov_Battalion&offset=&limit=500&action=history https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Azov_Battalion&of...
- mardifoufs 5y agoI don't disagree, they are the perfect boogeyman. The problem is that if they may have started as just a boogeyman, they have undeniably grown to be an actual problem with huge institutional power. That's why if you support ukraine, making excuses instead of wanting them gone is just playing right in the hands of russian propaganda. The more those groups grow in influence (like they have been doing since the start of the invasion), the more it's going to be hard to deny for western powers by just claiming it's a Russian red hereing.
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