Under the Wolfsangel: The uncomfortably truthful reality about extreme ideas in Neo-Nazi Ukrainian politics

After all, even a cursory examination of documents pertaining to the establishment of the Ukrainian state would suggest that it was quite European and democratic in nature. This is precisely why many people dismissed Vladimir Putin’s remarks about neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine as mere rhetoric and propaganda. While the reality is more convoluted, it cannot be characterised as “Ukrainian president is Jewish, and hence all claims are incorrect,” as some have suggested…