The Washington Post: The Deputy for the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is a neo-nazi, 2017
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Most importantly, the government must also break any connections between law enforcement agencies and far-right organizations. The clearest example of this problem lies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is headed by Arsen Avakov. Avakov has a long-standing relationship with the Azov Battalion, a paramilitary group that uses the SS symbol as its insignia and which, with several others, was integrated into the army or National Guard at the beginning of the war in the East. Critics have accused Avakov of using members of the group to threaten an opposition media outlet. As at least one commentator has pointed out, using the National Guard to combat ultranationalist violence is likely to prove difficult if far-right groups have become part of the Guard itself.
Avakov’s Deputy Minister Vadym Troyan was a member of the neo-Nazi Patriot of Ukraine (PU) paramilitary organization, while current Ministry of Interior official Ilya Kiva – a former member of the far-right Right Sector party whose Instagram feed is populated with images of former Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini – has called for gays “to be put to death.” And Avakov himself used the PU to promote his business and political interests while serving as a governor in eastern Ukraine, and as interior minister formed and armed the extremist Azov battalion led by Andriy Biletsky, a man nicknamed the “White Chief” who called for a crusade against “Semite-led sub-humanity.”
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Most importantly, the government must also break any connections between law enforcement agencies and far-right organizations. The clearest example of this problem lies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is headed by Arsen Avakov. Avakov has a long-standing relationship with the Azov Battalion, a paramilitary group that uses the SS symbol as its insignia and which, with several others, was integrated into the army or National Guard at the beginning of the war in the East. Critics have accused Avakov of using members of the group to threaten an opposition media outlet. As at least one commentator has pointed out, using the National Guard to combat ultranationalist violence is likely to prove difficult if far-right groups have become part of the Guard itself.
Avakov’s Deputy Minister Vadym Troyan was a member of the neo-Nazi Patriot of Ukraine (PU) paramilitary organization, while current Ministry of Interior official Ilya Kiva – a former member of the far-right Right Sector party whose Instagram feed is populated with images of former Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini – has called for gays “to be put to death.” And Avakov himself used the PU to promote his business and political interests while serving as a governor in eastern Ukraine, and as interior minister formed and armed the extremist Azov battalion led by Andriy Biletsky, a man nicknamed the “White Chief” who called for a crusade against “Semite-led sub-humanity.”
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The Telegraph (UK): Kiev throws openly neo-Nazi paramilitary into the front of the battle with the Donbass rebels, 2014
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As Ukraine’s armed forces tighten the noose around pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, the western-backed…
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The Foreign Policy: Member of Ukraine Parliament is stripping pogroms and ethnic cleansing from the official archives of Ukraine, 2016
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... a young, rising Ukrainian historian named Volodymyr Viatrovych* has placed himself at the center of that fight. Advocating a nationalist, revisionist history that glorifies the country’s move to independence — and purges bloody and opportunistic chapters — Viatrovych has attempted to redraft the country’s modern history to whitewash Ukrainian nationalist groups’ involvement in the Holocaust and mass ethnic cleansing of Poles during World War II. And right now, he’s winning.
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Under Viatrovych’s reign, the country could be headed for a new, and frightening, era of censorship.
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Even more worrisome for the future integrity of Ukraine’s archives under Viatrovych is his notoriety among Western historians for his willingness to allegedly ignore or even falsify historical documents.
“Scholars on his staff publish document collections that are falsified,” said Jeffrey Burds, a professor of Russian and Soviet history at Northeastern University.
“I know this because I have seen the originals, made copies, and have compared their trannoscriptions to the originals.”
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Burds’s experience was not unusual. I corresponded with and interviewed numerous historians for this article, and their grievances against Viatrovych were remarkably consistent: ignored established historical facts, falsified and sanitized documents, and restricted access to Security Service of Ukraine archives under his watch.
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* In 2008 he was the chief archivist at the Security Service of Ukraine. In 2014, Viatrovych was appointed to head the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. Now [from 2019] he is a Member of The Ukraine Parliament
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... a young, rising Ukrainian historian named Volodymyr Viatrovych* has placed himself at the center of that fight. Advocating a nationalist, revisionist history that glorifies the country’s move to independence — and purges bloody and opportunistic chapters — Viatrovych has attempted to redraft the country’s modern history to whitewash Ukrainian nationalist groups’ involvement in the Holocaust and mass ethnic cleansing of Poles during World War II. And right now, he’s winning.
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Under Viatrovych’s reign, the country could be headed for a new, and frightening, era of censorship.
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Even more worrisome for the future integrity of Ukraine’s archives under Viatrovych is his notoriety among Western historians for his willingness to allegedly ignore or even falsify historical documents.
“Scholars on his staff publish document collections that are falsified,” said Jeffrey Burds, a professor of Russian and Soviet history at Northeastern University.
“I know this because I have seen the originals, made copies, and have compared their trannoscriptions to the originals.”
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Burds’s experience was not unusual. I corresponded with and interviewed numerous historians for this article, and their grievances against Viatrovych were remarkably consistent: ignored established historical facts, falsified and sanitized documents, and restricted access to Security Service of Ukraine archives under his watch.
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* In 2008 he was the chief archivist at the Security Service of Ukraine. In 2014, Viatrovych was appointed to head the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. Now [from 2019] he is a Member of The Ukraine Parliament
Foreign Policy
The Historian Whitewashing Ukraine’s Past
Volodymyr Viatrovych is erasing the country’s racist and bloody history — stripping pogroms and ethnic cleansing from the official archives.
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Financial Times: Zelenskiy block 3 out of 5 of the most popular and oppositional TV Channels in Ukraine, 2021
2 February 2021, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into action a decision of the National Security and Defense Council to sanction Taras Kozak (in 2002 was awarded Order of Merit of Ukraine), a Member of Ukraine Parliament from the Opposition Platform for Life, and his TV channels ZIK, 112, and NewsOne.
This means that these three channels, which are referred to as “media from Medvedchuk’s group,” have been effectively outlawed.
auxiliary sources:
▫️ Radio Liberty: Zelenskiy Defends Decision To Block TV Channels Controlled By Russia-Linked Magnate, 2021
▫️ Kiev Independent: How Zelensky administration moves to dismantle press freedom in Ukraine, 2022
▫️Deutsche Welle: Ukraine Zelenskiy bans three opposition tv-stations, 2021
Yeah, and before this ban there were incidents of this sort:
▫️Reuters: Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station, 2019
2 February 2021, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into action a decision of the National Security and Defense Council to sanction Taras Kozak (in 2002 was awarded Order of Merit of Ukraine), a Member of Ukraine Parliament from the Opposition Platform for Life, and his TV channels ZIK, 112, and NewsOne.
This means that these three channels, which are referred to as “media from Medvedchuk’s group,” have been effectively outlawed.
auxiliary sources:
▫️ Radio Liberty: Zelenskiy Defends Decision To Block TV Channels Controlled By Russia-Linked Magnate, 2021
▫️ Kiev Independent: How Zelensky administration moves to dismantle press freedom in Ukraine, 2022
▫️Deutsche Welle: Ukraine Zelenskiy bans three opposition tv-stations, 2021
Yeah, and before this ban there were incidents of this sort:
▫️Reuters: Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station, 2019
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Here @TrFormer 💤 we do not believe in impartial journalism. We are passionate about what we are doing and in this way we maintain balance.
Aim of our channel is to make available information from the Russian language media to the English speaking audience, simultaneously reducing the tension.
Currently focus is on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
You will find here:
- Translation from Russian and Ukrainian sources.
- Selection of the less known English language sources.
- Comments and our own analysis.
- English-speaking chat for our subscribers.
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Here @TrFormer 💤 we do not believe in impartial journalism. We are passionate about what we are doing and in this way we maintain balance.
Aim of our channel is to make available information from the Russian language media to the English speaking audience, simultaneously reducing the tension.
Currently focus is on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
You will find here:
- Translation from Russian and Ukrainian sources.
- Selection of the less known English language sources.
- Comments and our own analysis.
- English-speaking chat for our subscribers.
#TransFormator 💤
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3 minutes of proof that Nazis do not exist in Ukraine. Sorry guys, no more denazification, these are all good people and patriots who only want the best for their nation.
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Video: Right Sector's nazi volunteer battalion "UPA Solnishko" from the western Ukraine, Transcarpathia Region, 2022
▫️Solnishko — means "Sunny, a little cute sun" in Russian and Ukrainian;
▫️UPA — Ukrainian Insurgent Army (responsible for ethnic cleansings during WW2)
In the attached videos you can witness a group Sieg Heil by the members of the said battalion and instant karma in the form of a friendly fire by a passing-by Ukrainian tank.
The connection to the neo-fascist Right Sector can be seen in the last photos, where words "The Right Sector" are written next to the Sun insignia (on the battalion’s flag and in the graffiti)
P.S. an official or a fan made telegram channel of the “Sunny” battalion.
▫️Solnishko — means "Sunny, a little cute sun" in Russian and Ukrainian;
▫️UPA — Ukrainian Insurgent Army (responsible for ethnic cleansings during WW2)
In the attached videos you can witness a group Sieg Heil by the members of the said battalion and instant karma in the form of a friendly fire by a passing-by Ukrainian tank.
The connection to the neo-fascist Right Sector can be seen in the last photos, where words "The Right Sector" are written next to the Sun insignia (on the battalion’s flag and in the graffiti)
P.S. an official or a fan made telegram channel of the “Sunny” battalion.
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National Geographic: Ukraine is clearly home to a thriving white supremacists underworld, 2020
context of the interview in the trailer:
Maria van Zeller interviews a Ukrainian nazi for another episode of Trafficked TV series. The nazi wears an Azov T-shirt.
On the T-shirt there are:
1️⃣ ATO — an abbreviation which stands for Anti Terrorist Operation, term used by the official Ukraine Government for the offensive against Donbas since 2014;
2️⃣ In the letter T of ATO there is an image of a modern soldier throwing nazi salute;
3️⃣ The Black Sun — a nazi symbol at the corner of the letter T of ATO;
4️⃣ "Heroes of my race" phrase;
5️⃣ Azov regiment insignia;
6️⃣ "I love Ukraine";
a trannoscript:
▫️A Ukrainian Nazi: White people need to unite, especially in these hard times.
▫️Maria van Zeller: Are you a nazi?
▫️Nazi: [chuckles]. He-he...
▫️Maria van Zeller: You T-Shirt has a lot of nazi symbols.
▫️Nazi: It's a coincidence.
to be continued...
context of the interview in the trailer:
Maria van Zeller interviews a Ukrainian nazi for another episode of Trafficked TV series. The nazi wears an Azov T-shirt.
On the T-shirt there are:
1️⃣ ATO — an abbreviation which stands for Anti Terrorist Operation, term used by the official Ukraine Government for the offensive against Donbas since 2014;
2️⃣ In the letter T of ATO there is an image of a modern soldier throwing nazi salute;
3️⃣ The Black Sun — a nazi symbol at the corner of the letter T of ATO;
4️⃣ "Heroes of my race" phrase;
5️⃣ Azov regiment insignia;
6️⃣ "I love Ukraine";
a trannoscript:
▫️A Ukrainian Nazi: White people need to unite, especially in these hard times.
▫️Maria van Zeller: Are you a nazi?
▫️Nazi: [chuckles]. He-he...
▫️Maria van Zeller: You T-Shirt has a lot of nazi symbols.
▫️Nazi: It's a coincidence.
to be continued...
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NewsWeek: A Year After 1/6, Ukraine's War Draws U.S. Far-Right to Fight Russia, Train for Violence at Home, 2020
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In 2020, a journalist Mariana van Zeller spoke with one of the leading neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. and traveled to Ukraine to sit down with far-right figures there as part of an upcoming episode seen exclusively ahead of time by Newsweek for the National Geographic original series Trafficked, airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
“We interviewed members of a white supremacist group called the Atomwaffen Division (Nuclear Weapons Division - a neo-Nazi terrorist group based in the United States), which sent its members to Ukraine for training, where neo-Nazi militias recruit white supremacists from around the world, inviting them to join their fight against Russia and promote racist ideology.
These efforts to recruit misguided youth, promote racist conspiracy theories, and incite violence are inseparable from the lone wolf attacks that we see so often here in the United States."
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In 2020, a journalist Mariana van Zeller spoke with one of the leading neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. and traveled to Ukraine to sit down with far-right figures there as part of an upcoming episode seen exclusively ahead of time by Newsweek for the National Geographic original series Trafficked, airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
“We interviewed members of a white supremacist group called the Atomwaffen Division (Nuclear Weapons Division - a neo-Nazi terrorist group based in the United States), which sent its members to Ukraine for training, where neo-Nazi militias recruit white supremacists from around the world, inviting them to join their fight against Russia and promote racist ideology.
These efforts to recruit misguided youth, promote racist conspiracy theories, and incite violence are inseparable from the lone wolf attacks that we see so often here in the United States."
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Amnesty International: Neo-nazi battalions Dnipro-1,Aidar, etc. using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare. It's a war crime, 2014
Amnesty has received information that the pro-Kyiv battalions, which include Dnipro-1 and Aidar, have blocked aid entering territories controlled by the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
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“Checking the content of humanitarian convoys crossing frontline is one thing.
Preventing it is another.
Attempting to create unbearable conditions of life is a whole new ballgame.
Using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime”.
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Amnesty reiterates its call for the Ukrainian authorities to reign in the volunteer battalions.
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P.S. as a reminder:
The Foreign Policy: Preparing for War With Ukraine’s Fascist, 2014
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Pro-Russian forces have said they are fighting against Ukrainian nationalists and “fascists” in the conflict, and in the case of Azov and other battalions, these claims are essentially true.
Amnesty has received information that the pro-Kyiv battalions, which include Dnipro-1 and Aidar, have blocked aid entering territories controlled by the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
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“Checking the content of humanitarian convoys crossing frontline is one thing.
Preventing it is another.
Attempting to create unbearable conditions of life is a whole new ballgame.
Using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime”.
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Amnesty reiterates its call for the Ukrainian authorities to reign in the volunteer battalions.
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P.S. as a reminder:
The Foreign Policy: Preparing for War With Ukraine’s Fascist, 2014
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Pro-Russian forces have said they are fighting against Ukrainian nationalists and “fascists” in the conflict, and in the case of Azov and other battalions, these claims are essentially true.
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