The Whitewashing of Neo-Nazis: Lev Golinkin & Ben Makuch on How Far Right Is Exploiting Ukraine War

Multiple reports are reinvestigating the neo-Nazi fighters and militias involved in the war both in Russia and Ukraine. "You have neo-Nazis on both sides of this conflict," says Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin, a longtime reporter on the far right in Ukraine and Russia who is critical of the Western media's normalization of groups like the Azov Battalion. "We are sending a very dangerous message that if you're the right type of neo-Nazis, we will not only work with you, we will celebrate you," Golinkin notes.
We also speak with national security reporter Ben Makuch, whose investigations reveal the networks connecting Ukrainian and Russian militias and American neo-Nazis. An anti-Putin Russian militia that carried out attacks inside Russia in May was led by a neo-Nazi who has maintained links with American neo-Nazis. In a new piece, Makuch also shares the story of an American military veteran wanted for murder who is now fighting for ultranationalist groups in Ukraine. "We know there has been secretive pipelines and networks," says Makuch. "That still exists."
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[@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos]

If they're CIA approved, they're not neo Nazi, they're freedom fighters 😂

[@allfrieden]

the german antifa are for this hitlerlovers in ukraine.

[@regularshiftrs3676]

If they're KGB approved, they're not neo nazis, they're worst than that. Because at least UA neo nazis are fighting against even higher neo nazi level. You pick what bothers you the most...UA ofc.

[@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos]

@@regularshiftrs3676 when you start by "at least" you know you're wrong from the beginning

[@regularshiftrs3676]

@@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos nope Im not. Not all is bad. Im not excusing them. And I saw a lot of content of pro ukranians and more neutral sources and no one said thats the right type of neo nazism. Impossible to "play" 100% clean in war. But is possible to play less dirtier.

[@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos]

@@regularshiftrs3676 when you start by "less dirtier" you know you're dirty

[@garethmartin6522]

There's nothing unusual about America supporting Nazis and Fascists, it has been a consistent element of US foreign policy throughout the Cold War.

[@bobbybass3586]

because usa is hijacked by marxists .. they are behind all these wars

[@lyndonfair9850]

U are a smart person

[@JD-ve6kn]

yep look no further than NATO's CIA entrenched Operation Gladio, Western Europe's stay-behind secret war against socialism

[@pr0use]

Correct they trained, and used Nazi's, Fascists etc, to fight communism. Same reason why the Vatican was helping war criminals escape after ww2. No suprise this still happens at the current day and age.

[@WideReciever360]

@@lyndonfair9850he’s right

[@uncatila]

In operation paper clip the US brought lots of Nazies here to work for the defence department.

[@Alain.Robert]

Russia did the same, called Operation Osoaviakhim

[@OFFICIALRAMKO]

@@Alain.Robert Not the same thing exactly. It was a part of war reparations. NATO did it in order to destroy Russia.

[@jturtle5318]

Now they're in Congress.

[@Ralfi_PoELA]

​@@Alain.RobertRussia also has strict laws against Nazism, and Neo-Nazis why even ethnic Russians who participate in such acts get deported. Meanwhile in the United States military its an issue served with a couple of open Neo-Nazis and there is plenty of footage of even top teir units such as Navy seals possing with such Nazi symbols while deployed overseas.

[@Factory_Muff]

Wernher von Braun , baby! Disney Nasa alliance!

[@jonid8365]

“Ukraine is the world’s only nation to have a neo-Nazi formation in its armed forces,” a correspondent for the US-based magazine, the Nation, wrote in 2019. -In January 2018, Azov rolled out its street patrol unit called National Druzhyna to “restore” order in the capital, Kyiv. Instead, the unit carried out pogroms against the Roma community and attacked members of the LGBTQ community

[@maryanchabursky9148]

Hey dip shit Nationa Corps (Nazionalna Druzhina) was created by one of the former leaders of the Azov battalion AFTER he was kicked out due to his extreme ideology (along with anyone else displaying extreme ideology) during the 2015 purge and integration into the national guard of the volunteer battalions. National Corps has under 15,000 members and not electoral representation (except for one local council seat). Stop consuming ruSSian propaganda.

[@marcelocipriani308]

What about the Wagner Group in Russia its filled with Nazi and career criminals. They posion gas attacked civilians in Syria as well as attacked US troops. Not to mention they committed thousands of war crimes in Ukraine. They second in command at Wagner who Putin murdered was also a Neo Nazi.

[@emil.0000]

Russian speakers were also killed, as in Odessa on May 2

[@La3inivetc]

Cool guys then

[@vitunya99]

Based

[@devapala879]

"Nazis in Stanford" should have been bigger news!

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Not with Michael McFaul practically running Stanford.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

I'm getting some Stanford T shirts and stuff and I'm gonna wear them on the streets of SF and Palo Alto. Screw McFaul.

[@stevecasanueva1456]

Crazy thing nobody wants to see... "US" or the whole "America" thingy from the git go has been a Yiddish invasion. The "WHITE HOUSE" is and has been "NAZIS" since 1774... Officially anyhow. I mean the Hand of Death Cult aka the Order of the Eastern Star created the Pentagon.... The OTO has origins in Imperial Jah Pan... The Empire State.... What is an IMP? As in IMP POSTER. PAN is the PASTORAL GREEK GOD aka MOSES. JAH is Jehovah or Yeshiva / Joshua / Judea / Utah. Those roots are traced to KEMET EGYPT and the MOOR MEN. When you think about it... The German NAZI's were said to be red laced "BOOT STOMPERS"... The term "KIKE" derived from "KICK"... As in KICKERS... Red is from the German "Roth". Also Wraith. It's PHONETICS. I was a US Army Signal Technician for many moons in a past persona, before the spirit came over I. Dang alley gay terds and them teeth... REVELATION 9:8 KJV. Gay is GA as in the Free Mason's Square is the "A" and the "G" is the "J-HOOK" and upside down it's the Gallows where Jesus is hanging out on trial in the bottomless pit of Amalek aka Abaddon aka Apollo. King Georgia and those Caucuses Mountains. How can any American be Caucasian? I have never been there, so why would "white americans" claim such roots?

[@user-yr9lt7dz8k]

Nazis run nearly every major university in the United States of America.

[@freedomforall236]

OTTAWA too

[@duoweisa1974]

I have seen numerous videos, in which Ukraine soldiers did Nazi salutes and put Nazi symbols on their body, uniforms, and vehicles. They are pretty proud of doing it

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

So it's all of them? You are all making it out that it's all of Ukraine when it's not LOL. Worry about Nazis when The real enemy , You know Russia which illegally entered a sovereign nation to rape and murder its citizens, are sent packing back to Moscow.

[@gabrielbakalarz5722]

@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax 😂😂😂

[@user-nz4yt8ey5y]

Show us at least one such video!

[@gabrielbakalarz5722]

@@user-nz4yt8ey5y on redacted last year were shown many of them .

[@knoll9812]

Multiple videos if the same guys from years ago. Right wing is decreasing in Ukraine not increasing. What is increasing us the number of Ukrainians fighting to protect democracy and western values.

[@ronniecozzi8385]

Putin did not begin this war, NATO did.

[@maryanchabursky9148]

Lol so ruSSia is controlled by NATO in your delusional mind.

[@Patrick-ih4oe]

No way.

[@martijnstam6186]

Imagine Putin spent the trillion dollars he stole and the 500 billion spent on the war on the Russian economy then Russia would be the richest country in the world.

[@ronniecozzi8385]

@@martijnstam6186 Where did you get that disinformation? Putin has been good for the Russian people. Things are okay there as Tucker Carlson showed.

[@michalgajdos7575]

Amy, I wish you had this report out at 2014

[@LaGrandeBayou]

Lol. The Leftist Globalst pigs in America were happy with their orchestrated *Maidan Massacre in 2014* That's when Hunter Biden was on the board at Burisma and the Demonicrats were too busy Conspiring the Ukrainian Coup that Victoria Nuland herself flew $5Billion in Cash to the new puppet regime. Oh yeah and don't forget Lindsey Graham and John McCain flew to Ukraine in 2014 ALSO! Guess what they did??

[@tatianalyulkin410]

She couldn't. She was busy shilling for the Blake Association. She still does.

[@Dannyboy0202]

​@tatianalyulkin410 what's the blake association

[@GuinessOriginal]

There were reports out about Azov in 2014, some of them are still on KZbin

[@siddbastard]

journalism is only to be used when everything else failed

[@louiscassis3426]

Better late than never. Folks have been talking about this for quite a while. We were all called Putin apologists.

[@hypnokitten6450]

Sounds like something a Putin apologist would say. Or wait, let me not assume.... are you saying Putin was right in invading Ukraine and that we should not support Ukraine?

[@comradecracker447]

@@hypnokitten6450my goodness. We can critique capitalism without being a Marxist and we can critique communism without being a Nazi. You can critique the Democrat party without being a Republican. I have personally seen the effects of Ukraine waging war against its Russian speakers. I was telling people about the neo nazis. Critiquing our own leaders for funding neo nazis. For god sakes the supermart racist shooter had SLAVA UKRAINi!!!!!!! On it before russia even invaded. In what world do I have to literally make the same fricken arguments since 6 years ago and now all of the sudden I’m a Putin apologist?

[@comradecracker447]

@@hypnokitten6450clearly you were unaware of the war in Europe that was real. The bombs and guns being used back 8 or so years ago. So if you knew and didn’t speak out against our support of neo nazis then and a genocidal government. Shame on you. But if you didn’t know, then you are still ignorant.

[@MrMAXZ888]

That's because you are.

[@shriekinambassador5042]

@@comradecracker447 no you have not- because Kharkhiv a metropolis with 1.5 Million inhabitants where over 85% of speakers can speak russian and do so in their day to day lives did not face any opression. Youre making up a false narrative propaganded by putin media. Apparently poor Russian speakers in Donbass were persecuted but the biggest Russian speaking city continued on without any issues?:D To this day a huge chunk of Ukrianian soldiers, commanders speak russian as a first language and speak rudimentary Ukrainian. Russia invaded in 2014. 2022 was just a full scale invasion. The invasion itself began in 2014 Right after Ukrainians kicked out a pro russian president and canceled the lease on the Sevastopol naval base. There was no "opression of russians". igor Strelkov (codename Girkin and Runov) who is responsible for the crimean takover as an ex fsb functionaire openly talks about it in his podcasts/talkshows and telegram that it was him who captured military bases and bureacratic buildings in Crimea. The russian "opression" was just a ruse to capture land in an imperialist effort. Dont forget even conservative estimates point to around 100 K dead soldiers (with wagner mercenaries) that are Russians or Rossiyan. 100 thousand dead russians for a war effort of one single party and Siloviki power structure. Especially since most of the Ukrainian refugees I meet in GERMANY right now speak russian and barely ukrainian. And wanna know who they blame? yes exactly they blame Russia and Putin for destroying their eastern Ukrainian homes. Their parents still speak Russian without an issue. you can go to Kiev and speak russian without an issue as long as youre not a Russian citizen for obvious reasons. Some of the kids have Fathers fighting for Ukraine. some of them lost their whole family (yes some kids are unaccompanied refugees whose parents died in rocket strikes) Guess what I do? I teach Ukrainian refugees because I am an ethnic russian born to Russian parents. Not a single kid or parent I met are from Western Ukraine. All of them are Russian speakers many of them with Russian family names from Eastern Ukraine that Russia carpet bombs, strikes with artillery and the areas they hold on they mined full on. So you can shut yer trap about your lies before a Russian has to curse you in russian for your obvious pro -putinist narratives.

[@LordLoMR2]

So are they saying Putin wasn’t lying about Ukrainian nazis? 😂

[@trappedinamerica7740]

I do think anyone against gays and want an ethno state is a Nazi also even if they don’t call themselves that. That includes Russia

[@diffened]

Oh, so the US has plenty of nazis, it's okay if putin invades US? How about Canada? So many moronic statements here, like everybody else really knows what he or she is talking about.

[@notamurderer6226]

Guess what dipshit there are nazis in Russia to

[@MRSZ5440]

That's what I got out of the interviews.

[@Gundum]

correct but Putin has his own nazis... white ppl are a special group of people

[@islandboy71]

The moral corruption of those in government and in educational institutions is sickening.

[@Anashadk]

That could easily be said about just about any government regardless of which country they govern.

[@Johnconno]

​@@AnashadkGoddamn right.

[@user-ul9wy8fi9n]

The main thing not said is that in Russia there are less than a fraction of one percent of Nazis. Nobody cultivates their views; they are illegal. While in Ukraine most of society is sick with neo-Nazism. They are supported in every possible way at the state level. Who in the West knows about several thousand Ukrainian nationalists who took part in the war in the Chechen Republic on the side of international terrorism from different countries? There is no doubt that the handlers of these militants were the CIA and MI6. Who in the West knows about Amir ibn al-Khattab, and he was on the same side with Islamist terrorists and Ukrainian nationalists against Russians and Chechens who did not want the spread of Wahhabism and radical groups controlled by the intelligence services of the United States and England.

[@centeno2254]

Denazification was not the only reason for the special military operation. The need to respond to NATO that had supported the coup in 2014 and was attacking ethnic Russians in the east was critical. The need to keep Ukraine out of NATO's hands was key. The death of 14,000 or so Russians by the rightwing was also important. Russia did not have to grasp to find reasons to intervene. The Ukrainian right and its Western supporters gave it many reasons to act.

[@coopermc69]

And this is where my tax dollars are going?

[@BobBob-wb2ld]

No, it's going to all of Ukraine, not this one paramilitary group.

[@hypnokitten6450]

No. Your tax money is going to a military that's specked to fight the three largest enemies on earth at the same time, which is US doctrine. Russia was one of those three. Your money went to taking down that country's military, in the middle of its expanding and increasing threat (as it tried to re-establish the USSR while destabilizing western democracies through cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns), without a single US boot on the ground (Ukrainians are doing the dying for us), and mostly by moving out our old equipment that we were mothballing or replacing anyway. Or, if you prefer morality over military practicality, your tax money went to defending innocent women and children that were and are being injured, bombed, executed, kidnapped, and r***d by Russian invaders. Or, if you prefer economic practicality over both, your tax money is going toward supporting one of Europe's breadbowl nations as its being invaded and leveled by Russia, so that its food can continue to feed people in Africa. Which keeps African nations from further destabilizing, which would have a cascading economic and migration effect in the middle of an escalating climate crisis.

[@temich1985]

And zely is still crying that it’s NOT ENOUGH

[@randomguy7175]

Yes.. US wants to defend the last Nazi state in world... Ukraine is a hard core Nazi state run by CIA , the CIA thugs are supporting Nazis..

[@shriekinambassador5042]

someonme has no clue about geopolitics. You always ask more than you need for. So that you will get the exact ammount you originally wanted.

[@adrianosverko6601]

Free Gonzalo Lira. A US citizen held without charges or trial by Fascists

[@soundcanvas1450]

🙏 yes

[@Drufi]

Murdered by Ukraine. The last American independent journalist is Patrick Lancaster and I hope Russia keeps him safe. If you want to know what eastern Ukrainians think then he’s the last place to get that perspective

[@redlipstickmafia]

RIP Gonzalo Lira - American citizen journalist beaten, tortured, and killed in Ukrainian prison becaude of truthful words he said.

[@user-pf8wb6qv5h]

Благодарю ❤ Нацизм будет повержен!!!

[@hasheemal-minz7531]

No it will not, because it’s human nature.

[@real-cr3qo]

Communism will be defeated

[@nazihater2798]

EXCELLENT about time Democracy Now addressed this issue, thank you for the great work.

[@sabrinatscha2554]

Nazi Germany was like the 110th country to expel them. Why don’t you hate the other 109 with the same passion?

[@eurbul]

There is a long history of nazism in the Ukraine, look up Stepan Bandera and how is regarded as a national hero in the Ukraine.

[@notamurderer6226]

Ya he is then look up why

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Don't forget Simon Petlyura. The rapist of little Jewish girls. He's the National Hero of Ukraine as well.

[@DD-wx4jc]

@@notamurderer6226 you support nazism, wow

[@bck481]

Stalin killed millions.

[@dro355]

For Ukrainians he's a means to an end (sovereignty against russia) - I GUARANTEE you that any country would accept the help of neo-nazi brigades if in Ukraine's position. He's a symbol of Ukrainian nationalism and against Communists and Polish occupation at the time. Its wrong to say that ipso facto that makes Ukrainian society or even a part of their society, right-wing or neo-Nazi because its obviously not true. Far right part received less than 0.5% of the last parliamentary vote and have ZERO seats in parliament! Which is far far less than far right in UK, Germany, France, Sweden, etc etc

[@eetdarichmarx7423]

This full throated calling out of Nazis in Ukraine should have happened on here a long time ago. What took you so long?

[@megamillionswinner6367]

It was, that’s how you found out, remember? 😂

[@Petru_July-fc2bp]

Yo, it’s like when the big game’s about to end, and the „refs“ suddenly start calling fouls. They’re just trying to save face, you know? But we’ve been hip to it from the jump.

[@randomguy7175]

Now Nazis in Ukranie are losing badly..

[@hypnokitten6450]

it was called out a long time ago? But its only a small percent of the population (just like in the EU and US), they're not doing 'nazi things' as part of the war, they're willing to fight alongside the unicorn battalion and under the command of a Jewish president, and the incoming threat is too great for infighting. Basically Ukraine has a boat, and there are some really bad people on the boat. And the boat catches fire, and a bucket brigade forms, including some of those bad people, 'cause they'll burn up right alongside everyone else if they don't. And when the fire started everyone looked (yes, you'll find plenty of articles on this) and said 'hey... those people are bad'. And then everyone gained some sanity and said 'buuuuut... maybe Now is not the moment for that and, as long as they don't do bad stuff, we can deal with that when the boat is Not on fire. Doesn't mean we'll tolerate them doing bad things, they'll have to fall in line, and they are falling in line. But lets focus on the fire'. What I'm more curious about, timing wise, is why this story (that was very well covered at the start of the war, when Putin tried to change the story about the invasion to be 'oh, we're there to fight nazi') surfaced up right now. At the start of Ukraine's offensive, while Putin's top ranks are being decimated and military is in confusion, while Crimea is being cut off for a potential liberation, and while Russia is targeting grain ships and ports that are shipping food to starving nations. Almost like a sudden distraction?

[@bramanko]

@@hypnokitten6450 Done justifying our tax money being spent on swastika adorned vikings against our will?

[@duanem.5738]

We've known this for a long time now. The fact that it took so long to come across MSM (Democracy Now included) affirms why I don't watch these channels.

[@ishizukahikaru643]

We knew this like for years!

[@aldousbrawndo996]

TranzHumanists are the real threat to humanity.

[@jeffk464]

Isn't Puttin far right authoritarian and Ukrainian democratic

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

So, what are those really awesome, unbiased news channels that you watch? Fox? MSNBC? ABC? CBS? BBC? RT & PRAVDA? The Chinese Central News TV? Newsmax? Hindustan Times? the Saudi or Bahrain or Qatari news? Iran's news? North Korea's news? The fact of the matter is, there is ZERO news out there that's created to be tall fair, unbiased, and totally benevolent in every way. News are, by nature, the VIEWS and INTERESTS of those who have the resources or connection to get them across. You simply have to cross check and watch enough of them to get some decent & larger picture of what's going on in any country, region, or the entire world. The real question is, WHY or HOW are you guys surprised there are NEO NAZIS from the US, to Germany, to France, to Britain, to Poland, to Italy, to the Netherlands, to Ukraine, to Russia, etc? Nazis and Neo Nazis haven't been shy of their beliefs and conducts; they worship and display thoughts, works, pictures, regalia, flags, symbols of Hitler, the Nazis, the SS, and other such things clearly. There are Asians into Nazism/Neo Nazism; there are Blacks, Latinos, Muslims, women, Jews into Nazi and Nazism. "But we are not like those Nazis in Germany. We are better and real! We are only fighting for persecuted people, especially White Christians Conservatives who are true nationalists. Anyone could join. In fact we have Blacks, Asians, Latinos, homosexuals, women, all kinds... because they're also into MERITOCRACY. We just hate the privilege given to MINORITIES who don't deserve the wealth, position, and such in society..." These are, in short, idiots. Why or how are you surprised there are dangerous, violent idiots in every country? Why DEMOCRACY NOW or ABC or MNSBC or the NY Times or the Post or the BCC, etc. supposed to let you know immediately, fairy, and fully every time something is off in the world? That is YOUR responsibility; you should only use news channels, papers, books, documentary, etc. to SUPPLEMENT your own research, studies and/or understanding of world affairs, of ideologies, and of individuals and groups...

[@Condoug10]

Exactly

[@Kittysoftpaws989]

it would be a dangerous oversight to deny Ukraine’s antisemitic history and collaboration with Hitler’s Nazis, as well as the current-day embrace of neo-Nazi factions in some quarters.

[@ianbaird2525]

Nothing new here. Glen Greenwald did an excellent piece months ago on how after February 2022 anyone reminding us that Ukraine has always had this ultra-nationalist problem would get labeled pro-Putin by the Western MSM.

[@jonimoroni7475]

Both Glenn Greenwald and Matt Tiabbi appeared frequently on DN in the past, yet continue to be targeted by the Biden Administration with assistance from MSM…when’s the last time either Glenn or Matt have appeared on DN?

[@nilslarson7532]

so very true, certainly not new. Met these types 2 decades ago.

[@diffened]

@@nilslarson7532 So you are putin apologists if you think invasion is justified. USA has plenty of nazis, you think putin should invade? Or maybe Canada?

[@alexugurie]

Indeed. And Amy is still missing the point: Ukrainian neo-nazis don't need to be elected in order to form national policy. This is because their militia men are free to roam the halls of power and they do so in such numbers to intimidate and threaten any politician who dares speak against them. The Neo-nazis are already in power.

[@WilliamJohnwon1522]

It's funny how the BBC make a documentary about it, then quietly forget about it.

[@oliveryt7168]

Same happened here in Germany.. After the Maidan thing German (state) media regularly reported about the Nazi situation in Ukraine.. There were many debates in TV... Nowadays this topic isn't brought up very much.. almost no mentions about this.

[@ChristopherGray00]

ah yes because one singular battalion that was only known for holding these beliefs in 2014 is somehow representative of the entire ukrainian army currently, gotcha.

[@gabriel-gr4cv]

@@ChristopherGray00 Azov, Right Sector, Division Galizia, C13, Ajdar ... enough or you need some more of your favourite NAZI Miitias ...

[@ernst624]

Did they also make a documentary about Russian right-wingers......

[@far_centrist]

​​@@ChristopherGray00 that is correct. The government and its politicians supported the ideology. Even their ambassador to germany is a fervent bændera supporter/worshipper (BILD). The summer brainwashing camp for teenagers has been held since 2014 (the guardian), and the banning of anything they consider lesser than themselves such as language and culture. The one who launched the coup are the far right group, so the government policies reflected that. So it's definitely not just a "singular battalion"; it is systemic. The media, even western ones reported on this since 2014, no need to downplay it.

[@pertpesc7058]

Two brigades? Azov , Right Sector , Kraken , Safari , Aidar and also some more.

[@graciasan460]

I'm certainly not conservative nor Republican but I agree with them on this subject. I'm angry that America is arming and helping Nazis.

[@redlipstickmafia]

me too!

[@regsmith5972]

The wolfsangel (translation wolfshook) is not a neonazi symbol it's a Nazi symbol, used by the second ss panzer division 'das rich', that had numerous documented war crimes. Other SS divisions also used this symbol.

[@pat-2024]

And?

[@ensteffo]

@@pat-2024 And what?

[@pat-2024]

@@ensteffo I didn’t ask you!

[@regsmith5972]

@@pat-2024 If you cannot understand the difference between neonazi and a German 1939-45 original nazi, I cannot help you.

[@cigan4401]

​@@ensteffo...so they have to be destroyed by the Russians..stupide Nazi sleeper!!!! FREE JULIAN ASANGE

[@alexgoslar4057]

Politics and Hypocrisy are cousins with a good relationship.

[@hx-flixblog4569]

That's for sure!

[@Archie-td6ox]

Incestuous.

[@andyturvey6397]

no mention of why Wagner is called Wagner

[@HungryGhost999]

@@andyturvey6397we call them wankerites in the U.K.

[@shardovl586]

@@andyturvey6397 Yevgeny Prigozhins right hand man is Neo Nazi

[@jbx.7995]

It is not about nazi. It is about the invasion of a country, Ukraine,who didn't want this war..

[@tylerdurden3722]

That's an excuse that makes things go in circles. E.g. The war started 10 years ago in 2014. Pro-EU protesters in Kiev overthrew the government by violent means. In response protests in Odessa, Kherson, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, etc overthrew their local governments and demanded referendums to secede. They didnt want a war either, but were given an ultimatum by the Ukrainian goverment..the speratists chose not to, so the Ukrainian gov decided to use military force, which kicked off a civil war. Then Russia gave ultimatums to end the civil war, Ukraine chose not to, so Russia interviewed. 2022 was the inevitable escalation of an 8 year old war. Now Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world, stuck in a quagmire, losing a lot of lives. It's a never ending circle of death, that all started when violence broke out at the Maidan Protest, and I'm willing to bet those Neo-Nazis were a key component to help spark that initial violence that is now a semi fullscale war (yes, this is not fullscale yet, and it can get worse, as in WW3 and nuclear winter worse) "He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword"

[@SasoZorman]

America is at hart of all mayor world problems. Often America is the architect of those problems.

[@CrunchyMom88]

ZOG governments* No citizens of any country are responsible for anything, even American citizens.

[@f-86zoomer37]

Lol that’s hilariously wrong 🤣🤣

[@evaeves8569]

As for America being behind all the problems in the world, don't know about that, but one thing is for sure, as for the Jews and Neo Nazis, Neo Nazis who adore Hitler should understand that this isn't the 1940s anymore, no matter how big tough and bad you are, there isn't going to be anymore death marches. Israel will see to that for their own. And as for reporting these Neo Nazi militias, yes, the media should report that there are a bunch of guys with nothing else to do, out there that are getting themselves involved in foolishness. Remember, Hitler lost the war.

[@truthadvocacy]

YES!

[@stephen4121]

yeah not like US regime changed Ukraine in 2014. Guess we pretend Nuland tapes of her talking with US Ambassador to Ukraine of who will be in the new Ukrainian government while the president was still in office didn't happen. OK genius

[@rhetorical1488]

when the apologists claim "they maybe be nassies but they are our allies" you know the plot was lost. operation paper clips descendants now in power in the west.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Yes they are! I'll never forget the reaction when my godfather Herbert Berghof died and since he was being " claimed " by the German and Austrian theater world even though his parents were butchered at Aushwitz and he had to run for his life those governments - whose pathetic Nazi ...- were sending condolences! You should have seen his friends' reactions! That bitter sarcastic laughter still resonates in my ears! They never trusted the Germans and never will again.

[@DirkusTurkess]

Now now, atleast those Nazis got results.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Heil Hydra!

[@Maja-Danmark]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend in the battle for survival.

[@jacqueslee2592]

American military and CIA are Nazis. US is a Nazi country. US inspired Nazism by the US extermination campaigns of the natives in the 19th century and the eugenicist movement in 20th century. US foreign policy is Nazi inspired. It echoes the doctrine of Nazi expansion towards Russia and as well the colonial doctrine inspired by Western Europe towards the non-Western world

[@frankerck]

Let's ask Ro Khanna. Let's ask the U.S U.N representative who voted against condemning Nazi rhetoric. Please. The U.S. State/Security Departments doing their best propaganda.

[@doofyler]

Russia is faking fighting nazi, proof is that it welcomes american and European neonazis. Even russian neonazi fighting for russia receive medals

[@jturtle5318]

Condemning Nazi rhetoric would infringe on the free speech of a lot of American politicians.

[@yelenashishkina8804]

Only American propaganda could sell Holocaust and save Azov in a same sentence to the public.

[@tvbopc5416]

It's not like the Azov Battalion was held up as incredibly brave and tough defenders of Ukrainian Democracy, Freedom and Mariopol or anything. Just ignore the man in the green t-shirt behind the curtain. Where, oh where could this new positive spin on the 'N' ideology have come from?

[@mspleasant8184]

Thank you Mr. Golinkin for reporting on this! People need to know.

[@W_Bin]

Perhaps now you can look at your own neo nazis. Hypocrites.

[@scottdavis421]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@sviat9729]

Talking about promoters of hate ideologies, Amy Goodman has on many occasions made comments or accusations that indicate a latent Ukrainophobe streak in her that was likely adopted from the extreme left milieu she grew up in. So there's little surprise that she keeps inviting reporters who themselves are very biased to report on their very limited and one-sided "investigations" of certain groups or individuals as they are directed to do by their corporate bosses. Golinkin, for example, takes every biographical fact he comes across and gives it a false, extreme right spin. For example Prokopenko's youth can in no way be subsumed by the description "the Kyiv soccer hooligan milieu." It's true that he belonged to the fans of the Kyiv soccer team Dynamo which was called not "whites boys" but the "white-blues" which are the colors of the Dynamo team (how ignorant can Golinkin get?!). Some Russian propagandist inserted that lie in Wikipedia and lazy Golinkin gobbled that up without any further research. The totenkopf sign is one of the most common symbols among clubs throughout the world and having that symbol does not make them neo-Nazi since that symbol was widely used centuries before the Nazis, as for example by ship pirates. Are all the motorcycle clubs with that symbol fascist? Just because some Russian propagandist said that Azov was a neo-Nazi gang doesn't make them such. If someone calls Golinkin a neo-Bolshevik does that make it so? Did Golinkin observe and meet with members of Azov in 2014 when they started? No, his reliance on prejudiced sources suffices for this cheap hater. Zelensky didn't simply take the 5 Azov commanders out of Turkey, rather Erdogan handed them over to him. Everyone knows this except Golinkin. What makes Azov and similar groups in Ukraine neo Nazi? Can he find a single word of praise of Hitler or the Nazis anywhere in their literature? No, because there isn't. Do they have the swastika on any banner of even letterhead? No. The symbol they use is a combination of the initials of the words I for idea of the nation (N) arranged in the medieval symbol for catching wolves. Had they wanted to be neo Nazis they would have taken a more common Nazi symbol rather one that was barely used by some minor group which most likely was entirely unknown to them. Their ideology is nationalistic but does not preach wiping out any group. Golinkin is coming from a place of enormous prejudice to Ukrainian nationalism. He most likely learned to look askance at Ukrainians and considered himself a Soviet with Ukrainian identity coming only very recently. This whole video is worthless misinformation serving solely to propagate hatred and bias.

[@W_Bin]

@@sviat9729 Thanks for correcting some details. However you are too kind. "latent Ukrainophobe streak in her that was likely adopted from the extreme left milieu" 1. It's not latent. 2. It's not left, Ukraine is a democratic country under attack. 3. In the land where the proud boys are openly working to take over the government, which I have seen NO comment from her on. 4. This is a sleeper channel. Every upload even mentioning Ukraine comes laden with Kremlin propaganda.

[@iosifmarius7302]

Americans are experts on this war in Ukraine but they cannot name 3 countries in Europe.

[@MomirLukovic-xr2pg]

They don't know what continent they live on and not three countries in Europe, that's science for most Americans.

[@sandradavis9422]

Lol stupid comment. Bet you can't name the states in america

[@Antihistamine99]

I shouldn't be this goaded into such a simple question, but three countries in Europe? Please. Egypt, Canada, and Japan. Next question!

[@waiki8223]

Yep, let alone showing Austria on a map!!!!

[@salted6422]

@@waiki8223 I'll do one better and point out you spelled "Australia" wrong and it's inbetween Hungry and Israel, duh.

[@alfredk471]

German saying; if 9 people sit down at a table with one Nazi without protest, there are 10 Nazis at the table.

[@patkearney9320]

That’s a German saying I never heard and if true then the nazi has the power, why fear them so much ww2 is over the same will never happen again. To me nazi and woke folk are both arseholes . America has done terrible things in the world and we give them a pass. Also Putin is wise his people know what he’s about. But in America the nasty ones are hidden yet rule without fear of ridicule. Fix your own house then stay there, and nazi folk fxxk you too.

[@hamidhamidi3134]

But Germany is now arming and training the Ukrainian Nazis.

[@waltergrace565]

Are Germans big fans of George Bush? Anyway, pretty ironic considering they were the actual Nazis. It's crazy what they did to that country and those people. You can kinda understand how it happened just watching what they're trying to do now.

[@DntHtThPlya]

Another way of saying "Silence is equivalent to tacit approval".

[@waltergrace565]

@@DntHtThPlya Cult psychology 101.

[@eliseosancheztrasobares9401]

He says "ilegal war". I din't know that there are legal wars. Probably he wants to mean that US non-provoked (or US provoked) invasions are always legal.

[@michaelnextdoor8726]

Very simple Russia doesn't believe Ukraine is a real country and hates the idea of them joining the EU. US has been neglecting Ukraine. What did they do when Russia annexed Crimea? Nothing.

[@lucyyl.5454]

Wao this show really shows how dangerous our world has become 🥶😭😢

[@jamesregiste960]

The Americans have always supported Euro Nazis.

[@minilogoguy18]

This is old news, the Ukraine has been a corrupt puppet state for a long time.

[@Coilzz]

"dangerous" how so?

[@lucyyl.5454]

@@Coilzz we could be headed for a ww3, if the west keeps pushing Russia, then maybe Russia goes to nuking cities like London, Paris, Berlin, washington, I dont think Russia wants to nuke anyone, but if it feels it has to in defending itself, Russia might strike. 🥶

[@user-uq5kn8sq8w]

Это шоу показывает, что НАТО и Европа за деньги своих граждан налогоплательщиков поддерживают нацистов, они их вырастили и теперь применяют чтобы уничтожать русских.

[@victorhughgo2376]

War does not determine who is right, only who is left.

[@Tubernameu123]

Unless nazis. Then they are dead.

[@vanhamies8512]

It sounds nice but there is no ambiguity here in regard to who is the aggressor and who is the defender. The victims are the people of Ukraine.

[@jibberism9910]

@@vanhamies8512 funny, because "the people of Ukraine" is an interesting notion in itself.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

@@jibberism9910🤔 How so?

[@jibberism9910]

@@sirmeowthelibrarycat remember how this all started years ago?

[@no2war274]

"North Korean levels of propaganda and it's disturbing". Exactly my thoughts lately and that professional journalism is dying across the board.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

It's amazing what passes for journalism these days. What happened to " stay on topic " ? Oh, Lev- your CIA agenda is showing.

[@D64nz]

Above North Korea is US levels of propaganda, which far surpasses anything else in the world, by a long shot.

[@user-xt6bd4qm5g]

Exactly, this video is produced for the russian public. Only the gullible russians believe this crap

[@paladro]

journalsim requires access and funding... who is going to provide them? or are you just waiting for the whistleblower to fall in your lap?

[@Greg-SurgeEquityResearch]

Jesus H Chris. This very video is propaganda…

[@leg414]

Truth is the truth no matter to who and what nation this applies to...Peace

[@OFFICIALRAMKO]

Wagner is not “riddled” with Neo Nazis. Wagner has people with all types of political beliefs. Many of their fighters have been from the Caucuses republics. They recruit anybody.

[@internetcensure5849]

"Azov" has the same recruitment base as well.

[@OFFICIALRAMKO]

@@internetcensure5849 No they don’t. Azov is actually riddled with Nazis. It’s not a a-political brigade. Wagner, which is not private anymore btw, has people of many different ethnic backgrounds and political beliefs. Unlike Ukraine, Russian Nazis don’t have the same political power. Ukrainian Nazis, although a minority, have infiltrated the political life, security apparatus and the military. This gives them a lot of power. Even Prigozhin said in a interview with War Gonzo regarding the topic of Nazis in Wagner: “We don’t care about how you jerk off, as long as you get it out your system.” Meaning they recruit anybody as long as they got balls. Bruh even the libtard in the interview literally said that the Russian Nazis hate Putin. Some Nazis in Russia only support Putin because of his anti Western policies, that’s it.

[@monishboro8648]

@@OFFICIALRAMKO For both of you arguing, as a non white only acceptable result would be destruction of all white supremist be it from wagner or azov.

[@JohnSmith-fq1sh]

And you know this for sure how?????

[@OFFICIALRAMKO]

@@JohnSmith-fq1sh Yes

[@joeyartk]

US on the wrong side again.

[@DRS659]

When has it ever been on the right side?

[@hypnokitten6450]

I'm sorry.. what exactly about Russia's actions make that seem like the 'right side'? Bombing active maternity clinics? Kidnapping children? Executing the elderly in the streets? R**ing women and children? Bombing shipping ports sending food to starving countries? Invading a nation that they'd explicitly signed a treaty to protect and defend (why Ukrained was willing to disarm its nukes)? Or is it Russia's general views you support? Beating and imprisoning gay people? Government assassinations in broad daylight? Disinformation campaigns aimed at destabilizing western nations? Dictatorships? Please describe how Ukraine is the 'wrong side' in this? Oh, because among the millions of people fighting for Ukraine some of them aren't 'nice'? We should only support countries if every single last citizen willing to fight for it is 'nice' and someone we'd like? Awesome - could you please point to any country on earth (including the US) that passes that particular metric?

[@joeyartk]

@@DRS659 Good point. Lol

[@kidicaruz]

Right, they should just join Russia in bombing Ukraine. How dense are you?

[@shriekinambassador5042]

ah yes US should rather support an imperial invasion of a sovereign nation. Maybe they even should do what Russia is doing AGAIN surely you wouldnt be complaining xD

[@kevinpoole4323]

CIA Backed AZOV

[@shahj3593]

The head of CIA was from nazi since the 1945. All of them. Nazi from Germany.

[@kimberlydrakeowens5599]

Deeply problematic is an understatement. Ben & Lev's concerns should be ours as well.

[@albow4oops5]

What about the white washing of neo- Marxists?

[@vancouveruzbekistan5350]

UKRAINE FACTS: SO WHO ARE THE NAZIS? the RUSSIAN PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY THERE ARE NO NAZIS IN UKRAINE AS ALL THE WORLD JEWISH ORGAINSATIONS PROCLAIM. ONE MILLION RUSSIANS FOUGHT IN NAZI UNIFORM IN WWII... 130,000 AS WAFFEN SS. see RONA, VLASOV, RLA (russian liberation army) Von Pannwitz etc. Add to that another 2 million russian "HIWIS" "Hilfswillige" = (translates as "willing to help" from German) non-uniformed RUSSIAN auxillaries to the Germans. TODAY'S RUSSIAN DUMA "parliament" is literally 87% Neo- Nazi Ultra-right Nationalist such as the United Russia Party- Putin's own party. Its former head, Zhirinovsky, was a self-affirming neo-Nazi...one needs only to google the russian parliament's own website to see this in one minute Putin's GURU- his spiritual advisor is the [neo-] NAZI, ALEXANDER DUGIN who calls for a FINAL SOLUTION to the "Ukrainian Problem" i.e. another FINAL GENOCIDE TO WIPE OUT THE UKRAINIANS ENTIRELY. He actually writes this...Uses Hitler's words...This is all visible in his writings which putin largely plagiarized in his Essay of July 2021 negating the very existence of the Ukrainian people and nation. So who are the "NAZIS"? NOT UKRAINIANS IN CONTRAST: There were a mere 22,000 Ukrainians who fought in German uniform- to free Ukraine. (Galizien Division etc btw almost all annihilated in just one battle- Brody, 1944- thrown as cannon fodder to shelter the German lines.) France had 22,000, in German uniform, the TINY nations of Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Holland, Denmark had twice that number EACH... not to mention Spain etc. there are 2440 Righteous among the Nations Ukrainians honored in Jerusalem for saving Jews...but a mere 220 russians.... Ukraine lost 14 million people in WWII 8 million military & 6 million civilian.. ALL THE OTHER 14 SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ALL TOGETHER LOST THE OTHER 9 MILLION INCLUDING SOME PLACE CALLED, "russia" UKRAINE ALONE LOST 150% OF WHAT THEY LOST ALL TOGETHER. UKRAINIANS DESTROYED HITLER'S INVASION AND THEY WILL DESTROY PUTLER's too. No other people on earth did as much to destroy Nazi Germany and therefore to save the Jewish people from the Holocaust as did Ukrainians. Ukrainians LIBERATED AUSCHWITZ AND ALL THE NAZI CAMPS IN THE EAST. A couple hundred Ukrainians served as camp guards so the russians have spread this SMEAR thickly ALL OVER UKRAINIANS and the entire western media has taken up the chorus: The SAVIORS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE are smeared as the murderers of the Jewish people. Petlyura, who forbade the MOSCOW-ORDERED POGROMS was smeared and murdered under the same defamation. So freedom fighters for Ukraine, Ukrainian leaders- all Nazis! ...ALL UKRAINIANS= "NAZIS" ONE AND ONE WORD ONLY IS EVER MENTIONED AND RINGS OUT ALL OVER THE WEST IN REGARD TO NAZIS/ NAZI COLLABORATORS: UKRAINE! Why? because the word "Ukraine" must always be linked to a smear or defamatory word because the very idea of Ukraine is ANATHEMA COLLECTIVELY TO ALL RUSSIANS & must be defamed. This has been going on all over the West since tsarist times, when Ukraine was falsely smeared as anti-Semitic... then, even after UKRAINE PLAYED THE PRIMARY ROLE IN DEFEATING GERMANY as Churchill wrote... the SMEAR WORD OF CHOICE remained & remains "Nazi." Bandera spent 1941-45 in a Nazi German prison dungeon yet RUSSIANS CALL HIM A NAZI. All the Western fellow travelers of socialism parroted the words of the Kremlin. When socialism imploded there, this overwhelming 5th column in the West holding the mainstream media, Hollywood etc was disoriented but simply transferred their allegiance to the new rulers of their former Vatican- to russia. So whatever russia said they parrot(ed) and wrote/write in all the media. At the end of the film, "Schindler's List," Spielberg, whose 4 grandparents were UKRAINIAN, SMEARED Ukraine... No inkling that Ukrainians liberated the Jewish people... instead a boor lazily ambles up to the camp on a mule all alone... and starts spouting anti-semitic epithets and tropes... & "HATE- SPEECH." All according to the Russian narrative/ scenario. It says: Russia defeated Germany, Ukraine had nothing to do in the war except fight together with Nazis and murder Jews... When under Yeltsin a posthumous Nuremberg Trial for all the Socialist Genociders was planned- it was cancelled... not in the post-socialist CIS countries... BUT by all the LEFTIST screams and howls FROM THE WEST to crush that idea. There are still lots of these voices of these snakes, still talking- Mearscheimer, Vladimir Posner, Stephen Cohen, Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone et al... ALL OF UKRAINIAN ORIGIN yet, all toxic SMEARERS OF UKRAINE to this very day. As russia bombs Ukraine they smear Ukraine.... When putin takes a big shit, that stinking shit takes on human form and starts talking... pro- russian GENOCIDAL turds pontificating for putin & against Ukraine, speaking lies, Mearsheimer. Posner, Tucker, Tulsi Gabbard, Oliver Stone et al... The "Nazi" smear is very effective and for progressives is the smear of choice & predilection in the West... HOWEVER, with the present RUSSIAN RENEWED GENOCIDE in Ukraine, most but not all of the very people who concretized the smearing of Ukraine- distilling everything to do with Ukraine into 2 words: Nazi & Jew-Killer- have experienced a sea-change and are now supporting Ukraine. Not even the leaders and intelligentsia of Ukraine are informed of the true history of Ukraine... they were still raised on russian narratives...

[@kimchristiansen2370]

The sooner the US gets what it deserves, the better for mankind...

[@matthewmcgarry2357]

Wow, you finally told the truth

[@seann8293]

The first casualty of war is always TRUTH. Thank you for elucidating some of the dirty business going on.

[@Leon-vy2tf]

Be careful Julian Assange said that look what they did to him

[@gizzyguzzi]

what took her so long?

[@jmwilsoND]

Denis Kapustin is a part of the Russian Volunteer Corps, a banned organization in Russia. Amy brought up Denis Kapustin and then alluded to him being a part of Wagner, which is patently false. Shame.

[@alisak9076]

It’s actually not true named Wagner, not because of Hitler favorite composer Wagner it was a Russian officer Utkin, who become number one in Wagner group, and that was his nickname

[@SOYUSE]

And also Utkin has the SS tatooes on his body. The guy from Utkin's old recon unit Alexey Milchakov now has his own nazi-squad "Rusich", and telling in Telegram how to kill civillians and leave no witnesses alive. Something tells me they love Hitler's favorite composer.

[@alisak9076]

@@SOYUSE hopefully they all burn in hell

[@glebb..3416]

​@@SOYUSEThey didnt say how to kill сiviliаns but how to kill and take information from саptured enеmу sоldiers. Which both sides do.

[@dragonade85]

@@SOYUSE But neo-Nazi symbols on Russian soldiers, uniforms etc, seem not to matter.

[@SOYUSE]

@@dragonade85 what do you mean? Not to matter for who?

[@Dapaker]

I wonder how much $$$$ Zelenskyy and his some of cronies has stashed in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

[@danwelterweight4137]

Panama to be exact. And the ammount the last time we heard was $1.3 Billion. That is what we got from the Pandora papers. Google it up.

[@ashton1952]

Yup

[@biglebowski3961]

Isn't fascism alive and well in America? What about current Israel?

[@The_Savage_Wombat]

I've been trying to understand what fascism is. It's a very ambiguous term and seems to just be something angry people scream at each other.

[@KnockingONwood1111]

Sshh. We aren't allowed to criticize Israel.

[@rdallas81]

​​​@@KnockingONwood1111Israel? Who screamed for rights but now is the one committing atrocities?. I just seen a video with Israel kicking out Black Israeli Jews BORN IN ISRAEL. Look it up.

[@CoolGobyFish]

@@The_Savage_Wombat actually, no. fascism is pretty clear. it's an idiology based around "the leader", hypertrophic militant patriotism, "us-against them", open state terrorism against opposing individuals, and capitalism. Obviously, there are some variations: nazis throw ethnic ideas into it, national catholism (in Spain) threw religion into the mix.

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

@@The_Savage_Wombat Maybe you should do some research then if you "can't figure it out" 🙄

[@Moosemoose1]

There's Azov, Right Sector, Misanthropic Division, these Russian groups - Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion, and a little-known group that often gets forgotten: Carpathian Sich. I'm sure there's others.

[@Marxist2]

Shame on Stanford.

[@Make_Ukraine_Russia_Again]

In just the last few years: mass censorship of Americans and interfering in elections, hosting Notsies, and their Dean being revealed as a prolific scholarly fraud.

[@Ozgipsy]

This conversation has been happening since the invasion started. I am amazed that the mainstream media took this long to work it out.

[@user-wm5rt9pw5l]

To work out twhat? There are no nationalist parties in the Ukrainian parliament for 9 years in a row. Nationalists are in the army only because Ukraine is attacked by Russia.

[@konfunable]

Yes, conversation by Russian propagandists. Only useful idiots fall for it.

[@konfunable]

@@iggyblitz8739 The important part is that Azov battalion is like 0,01% of all Ukrainian army, and far right parties get like 1-2% of the votes in Ukraine. It is far less that in most western countries. This narrative about far right in Ukraine is totally Russian fabricated misinformation campaign and useful idiots like this channel fall for it.

[@carlroberts7830]

it took them this long to find away to pin it on the right

[@visionboxed]

Since 2014 when the US did the coup on Maidan.....

[@gastonlanteri1147]

"We defeated the wrong enemy."

[@cohenworrior898]

Yes, war is a dirty business. Congrats for finding that out.

[@nazihater2798]

Progressives and Libertarians have been yelling about this since 2014 while both Neoconservative ELITIST Democrats ( Obama, Biden, Clinton supporters ) and Republicans ( Bush, Reagan, McCain) have been supporting these Nazis all along. We have a bunch of lunatics running the nut house.

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

If by "war" you mean "globalist agendas" then sure.

[@wckvn]

Keep in mind that any symbols that are tied to Nazi groups are outlawed in Poland and Germany. That also includes Azov's logo.

[@templuismunoz]

Celtic and scandinavian. Azov logo is not banned, Nazi, facism, are used to manipulate the population due to the history. ( that sucks obviously ) and in every country are that type of people and killers , rapers etc. The manipulation of this show is absurd. It's like they don't even know to speak. It's like a hammer repeating neo-nazi to a level of absurdity.

[@godkingemperor9782]

the usa and nato will use who ever they can get to fight their enemies. just look at Syria they used ISIS Al Qaida and Al Nustra to fight the Syrian government. and now they are using Nazis to fight the Russia's

[@stephennewberry9815]

The Azov symbol is the black sun. An SS insignia.

[@Davroz71]

No they are not German NAzi Symbols from WW2 are banend. Not make believe FSB nazis for gullible fools in 2023.

[@HungryGhost999]

@@stephennewberry9815no it’s not

[@fontfroide1]

Américains should worry about the American nazis

[@ericsuarez834]

It only took you a year to speak about this DM

[@queenredspecial]

Seriously!

[@Madasin_Paine]

Many years, if not 2 decades. Dn! Only more shameless and with far more chutzpah then ever. Something snapped after 9 11, and the dark sides shadow only darkens over its selective outrage, incitement, division of US political flanks, and half truths. NO real contrition, corrections or retractions of their stenography and PR repetition in lock step with Atlanticism, C F R, W E F, C| A Hollywood agenda and talking points. Their guest list and banned guest lists tell the story well enough. Ukraine began with WW2 , grew in the cold war (never cold) , escalated in earnest with the same BS in Georgia, then turbo charged with meth in 2014 and went full code red with Obomba thru his lackey lost slo Jo ∅'Biden. Trump more or less supports the same puppet masters but mote5 crudely but no less criminally or dishonesty then the Biden regime and his crime family, or so Congressional testimony and the Durham report and much more reporting substantiates. Now Team D N C D C C C • C FR CAA Wm. Morris Agcy and The Company appear in damage control "mission accomplished" mode and thus burning the bridges and ties to the most currupt POT US regime since DJ Trump. Note how ironic it is how DN! screws over RFK , the environmental children's defense attorney who takes on petrochemical pHarma and runs as a Dem for POTUS. Just as DNC DCCC C FR et al railroaded th cowardly BSaunders as his campaign trounced criminally accused Clinton Family and ITS infamous dual payola slush funded foundations. Democracy? NEVER & NOWHERE ! Demagoguery NOW & Always!! IMHO, that's what this Missed Aim E Goodan show is REALLY about. And THEY know better and so should their audience of bobble heads and ditto heads. The gaslighting and projecting of this DN entity is astounding!

[@imeakpan]

Ford Foundation money… Ford was a goose stepper himself.

[@greggasiorowski1326]

"This" as reported in the clip is only half true so it's nothing to phone home about, their Ukraine coverage is abysmal, Newsweek gatekeepers & here Alt Newsweek (i.e. The Intercept), funny if it wasn't so sad.

[@hypnokitten6450]

Everyone spoke about this at the start of the war, there's nothing new here aside from the timing (as Russia needs a sudden distraction from the collapse of its top brass and its bombing of ports that ship out food to starving countries).

[@user-yi8rt5zq9e]

I am from Crimea That is why we asked Russia for protection in 2014

[@Bunny-jg8iy]

Брехло 🙄

[@user-yi8rt5zq9e]

@@Bunny-jg8iy Вы представились?

[@Bunny-jg8iy]

вже втікли з Криму, орченята?

[@user-yi8rt5zq9e]

@@Bunny-jg8iy все мечтаете о Крыме ?Живите реальностью

[@Bunny-jg8iy]

@@user-yi8rt5zq9e кошмар буде вашою реальністю 😌

[@pauldean8638]

You want to look at the US government report in 2019 “ dont arm azov “ , you know there’s a full blown racist battalion in Ukraine military

[@tiamatsmirnov938]

Who is the 🤡 talking about Afghanistan's war with USSR and implying that it's what set it as a base for jihadists? Doesn't he know Brzezinski and the interview he gave confirming it's USA that funded moudjahidines a year BEFORE USSR got involved in Afgha? Doesn't he know Brzezinski clearly said that risks related to jihadists did not matter at all as long as USSR fell? And that's PRECISELY mainly because US was funding them that USSR got involved...

[@Drufi]

Yep, “this is your land, your struggle, god is with you” etc etc then 22 years later is 9/11. Punks don’t stay loyal forever and proxy wars by USA will not be ignored or forgotten. That’s what it is now

[@queenredspecial]

This is only a year and a half late…….

[@greggasiorowski1326]

...& half true.

[@DRS659]

@@greggasiorowski1326 ...elaborate

[@davidrave563]

​@@DRS659let me elaborate for this person. Democracy Now has been a mouthpiece for Neo Liberalism and following their directions, and they are barely now covering this when it was common knowledge for years, they were too busy following the State Departments lead and only condemning Russia.

[@thelemon5069]

​@@greggasiorowski1326not really it's pretty spot on dude

[@AlbertEinstein1879]

Not long ago, I saw a post of a politician (Sevim Dagdelen, party: "Die Linke"), which drew attention to the fact that pictures of Leopart-2 tanks with Stepan Bandera flags on them were published by a Ukrainian site. I generally oppose the supply of weapons (there are certainly different views and opinions on this), but when I saw this. I guess the best way to describe my feelings is cognitive dissonance. Out of personal interest, I have been privately involved with the world and its conflicts for some time. Because I live in Germany myself and I hear many of our politicians, what and how they argue in terms of domestic and foreign policy, their behavior makes me very afraid of even further escalation. Especially Germany, which otherwise always bicks on its own history.... I am therefore at a loss as to what to do or what "the right thing to do" is, but I think we are on the wrong track. Best regards from Germany!

[@robertrichard6107]

Thanks for sharing. Germany needs to follow Hungary's lead.

[@marie-laure.]

Yup as someone from Lorraine I've been antsy for a while too. Bottom line, I believe we the people are ok but our leadership is concerning these days

[@achenarmyst2156]

Follow Hungary‘s lead? You must be joking. Orban with his antidemocratic, authoritarian right leaning policies is the paria in the EU.

[@shriekinambassador5042]

Russia literally says that germany is a nazi state for helping Ukraine and that we opress Russians on their TV. I am a russian and face no opression and persecution. Im a spätaussielder in full solidarity with Ukraine until they liberate every piece of their soil according to the 1991 borders that were ratified. Any other position is non negotiable. And by the way Bandera lived in WestGermany in Munich after the war 1945. We gave him political asylum. While OUN-B was commiting warcrimes bandera wasnt even in the leadership position he was incarcerated in a concentration camp. Our german hosptials routinely were used to treat dictators and right wing politicians including russian right wing politicians that went to Munich and co for healthcare. So some Ukrianian working class solider being dumb enough to Put out a flag is inconsequential. Whats consequential is the constant shelling, rocket striking, deportation of children from Ukraine commited by the RF.

[@AlbertEinstein1879]

@@robertrichard6107 To agree with this in concrete terms, I have so far been too little involved with Voctor Orban's policies and demands. In addition, governments with, as I have already noticed, a critical attitude to the questions of how to deal with refugees, or when it comes to Ukraine, are presented - framed - as "fundamentally politically right-wing". If people then share here even partially their opinions on certain topics, these citizens are also considered right-wing. Thus, it is even difficult to discuss reasonably and objectively about the theses and proposals of such politicians. I think my perceived cognitive dissonance becomes even clearer here...

[@MrFriskyWhiskey]

I disagree with your assertion about Wagner Group being Neo/Nazis. That doesn't make any sense. The Russian Federation was 'using' them within a very specific capacity to carry out particular technical tasks that would distract from their main/bigger goal - De-Nazification of Ukraine. Am I disputing there are Neo/Nazi's in Wagner, no. Perhaps a handful or a dozen. But you are comparing Wagner to the Azov Battalion. This is just wrong. Wagner is like the US Black Water. Private Contractors. Wagner took issue with the tasks they were being asked to do and perhaps not enough remuneration and/or delays.

[@maxwelleschete332]

Journalist discovers war is complicated

[@williamwhalen7764]

Glad to see the media finally reporting on what we already have known since 2014 but continue.

[@REAL-NANO]

It's been reported for years. They just clickbaiting

[@ronstephen-wy4ib]

​@@REAL-NANOIt hasn't been reported on mainstream media since 2019.

[@kevinpoole4323]

International Criminal Court says Nothing at All .

[@ashton1952]

Too busy picking on South Africa now

[@JAMAICADOCK]

Thing is, fascists have always joined resistance movements. There were extreme nationalists fought in the French resistance. the Polish resistance, and the Chinese resistance. Just as there were extreme Zionists in the Jewish resistance that went on to form Israel, just as there are extremists in the Palestinian resistance. You can't be too fussy about recruitment in the middle of an occupation.

[@user-pp1nd5oh1j]

Снова танки с крестами на русской земле.

[@Jeeiff]

I remember when DN would've been the first media to report this....not the one that waits a year and a half to tell us something that even the MSM knew ten years ago.

[@peasant7214]

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[@DavidDiaz-zp4hu]

​@@peasant7214what are you confused about, did he stutter ?

[@peasant7214]

@@DavidDiaz-zp4hu I thought they reported about NeoN@zis long ago. Also hello David:)

[@DavidDiaz-zp4hu]

@@peasant7214 It's a stale years old non story not reported on anymore because nobody except some American crybaby's don't know that if America chooses to defend, save and fight along side any country in Eastern Europe any country in Western Europe and country in Central Europe any country in the Baltics, then wether we like it or not working with Nazis is unavoidable, How easily everyone forgets that every country that the Wehrmacht swept over weren't strictly soundly defeated in battle, EVERY Single One except Poland had huge swaths who not only welcomed Hitler's Army Groups but immediately volunteered to switch sides and be loyal to the Reich, MOST OF FRANCE Went Nazi and became immediate collaborators, Sweden, Norway, Finland, The Catholic Church, shit The Founder of IKEA Was a known devout Nazi

[@fatrobdouble]

Yes!

[@trappedinamerica7740]

“White nationalists are Americans”-Senator Tuberville last week

[@DirkusTurkess]

Diversity is your strength no?

[@Geezerelli]

@@DirkusTurkess Not in USA😂

[@Make_Ukraine_Russia_Again]

Being a nationalist for your country and happening to be white is a big no no, evidently. But that's not racist at ALL --no no.

[@SydneyMoo]

@@Make_Ukraine_Russia_Again The history of right wing extremism doesn’t make for a great PR campaign… images of ovens and gas chambers are main problem👍

[@cliffgaither]

@epsteincuomoclintonbabysit853 :: It's not "racists" who give nationalists a bad name ; it's the nationalists !

[@willps_art]

So there are nazis versus nazis in Ukraine?

[@rickerhart907]

Using the example of individuals to represent entire groups is misleading.

[@eastern2western]

There are still videos about ukranian nazis on youtube and they were just produced a couple of years ago.

[@andrewboddy2791]

See Uktin's tattoos ... (hint: military leader of Wagner, SS)

[@AZ-gs7xb]

There are videos published 9 years ago, including BBC News night

[@xxvxxv5588]

These videos prove that anti-Ukrainian propaganda exists not only in Russia, not that Ukraine is a problem country.

[@CoolGobyFish]

@@andrewboddy2791 there are nazi on both sides, but Ukrs are way more open about it.

[@gabrielbakalarz5722]

@@CoolGobyFish more open ? Lol

[@rogerpicatus]

Too little too late Amy Goodman. You should have covered this when it was difficult, and only people like Aaron Mate, Glenn Greenwald, Max Blumenthal, Katie Helper, etcetera, were covering it.

[@randygraham926]

You are 100% correct. Instead she had propagandists such as Timothy Snyder on her show ....

[@cliffgaither]

@randygraham926 :: I'm not sure if Goodman bothers to read the comment section of DN's KZbin podcasts, but she got a lot of pushback for her "State Department" terminology. DN was losing some serious street-credibility. She finally had to provide contrary viewpoints from Timothy Snyder and others of his BS ! But there was always a second person to "balance" the issue ( a more mainstream viewpoint ; good/bad people on both sides' mentality ). Your point about Snyder was a good reminder of DN's perpetuation of BS.

[@ashton1952]

At least she's reporting it now, takes strength to admit maybe one was wrong before, so I respect that

[@IStandWithRussiaZOV]

Can't forget about Patrick Lancaster and graham Phillips if you don't know both are independent journalist they been reporting on the war in DonBass ever since 2015

[@solomonkane1712]

Yeah, I was shocked Democracy Now even aired this at all but the information has been out there for years & Democracy Now is regime media. Maybe the regime is shifting the narrative & going to abandon Ukraine.

[@GuinessOriginal]

This is superb reporting that is strangely absent from the MSM

[@theonlytataka]

thank you for reporting this... better late than never

[@nuchok]

DN is a couple of years late. The Jimmy Dore Show, Glenn Greenwald, The Greyzone, Aaron Maté have all been speaking on this for a long time and they’re always ahead of the game.

[@estherV4N3V9]

But there are those - and I know at least two - who have been faithful to Amy all this time. At least they are finding out now.

[@johncarroll772]

Jimmy conspiracy Dore 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@peterkephart7955]

I agree. DN has generally been a poor source of legitimate information regarding this conflict specifically. I would add to your list of alternative sources Alexander Mercouris and the Duran. Although they don't cover this topic in great detail for obvious reasons, they provide accurate information about what's actually happening and what has been happening in Ukraine and have done so for years. Also The New Atlas, Mark Sleboda and others.

[@tmillchr]

@@peterkephart7955 And they seem to interview only one side of the State Department narrative. Never a pro-Russian journalist, or a Russian official will EVER get on their show.

[@JuicyTobacco]

Ahead of what game? Propaganda game? Yep.

[@johleby8048]

No different from supporting al-qaeda and isis (actually creating isis) to accomplish what the west needed at the time and completely ignores the fact that we have to deal with all the problems with all these extremist, and now nazis. It’s sad and scary for our children’s future. Thanks for this coverage, DemocracyNow! 🙏❤️🙏

[@aaronsmyth7943]

So what? What's to be done about it? They want to go kamikaze into Russia? Let them.

[@diamondbuggaboo]

I thought Putin was bluffing about denazifying Ukraine😮😮

[@CarpeDiem13x]

😮😮😮😮 I thought humans were more intelligent and don't let a SINGLE KZbin video brains wash them so easily. Guess the low IQ are just victims of their own intelligence (lack of it)

[@livefortheweekend420]

Thank you for addressing this. This is something that has not been addressed adequately in the mainstream media. Regardless of the political leanings of this channel, I am grateful for this being covered. There are so many topics that are not covered due to them damaging narratives that the mainstream media is trying to push.

[@wamingo]

It HAS been addressed, ad nauseam. It's just that no one cares. Nor should anyone care, because russia's treatment of UA for decades is what has made nationalists join the UA army. It's russias own fault. The !diots that they are.

[@artnull13]

The guardian covered this 10 months ago

[@truthadvocacy]

If the "Azov" regiment was "neo-Nazi", why Putin's regime let its commanders be exchanged? Putin didn't believe his own propaganda, it seems.🤣🤣

[@artnull13]

@@truthadvocacy these people in the video are true idiots, they’d destroy Hindu and Buddhist temples no doubt because they have Swastikas no doubt.

[@Emfigor]

​​​@@truthadvocacyвас забавит, что людей обменяли на других? Так это нормальное действие на войне. А Вы чьей пропаганде верите?)))

[@FreeBayArea]

The hypocrisy is just crazy

[@hulamei3117]

Insanity!😮

[@munirdeik555]

The invasion was justified.

[@user-dwi5q9jp6h]

Now they say the Russians have been building fortifications for months. And Ukraine has been making defensive structures since 2014.

[@schneider87666]

2014 ukrainian pro russian governement was overthrown by right wingers and nazis in the ukraine. East ukraine and crimea are more pro russian than pro ukrainian.

[@jaybogan2077]

Looks like someone is finally building an off Ramp 🧐

[@yourface4248]

yep, this is what he U.S. media is for. these guys didnt't say shit about this subject despite the facts constantly hitting them in the head, but now the US wants out of this mess, these stories slowly creep up.

[@jerryclark5725]

​@@yourface4248Smart comment.

[@ambition112]

0:22: 📰 Journalists discuss the connections between neo-nazi groups in Russia and Ukraine, as well as their ties to American neo-nazis. 5:05: 😡 The interviewee criticizes the support of neo-Nazis in Ukraine and the lack of criticism towards them by the media and foreign service. 9:21: 📰 The presence of far-right and neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine, particularly the Azov battalion, has been widely reported but downplayed by Western media. 14:26: 📰 A former US soldier, Craig Lang, who fought in Ukraine, is facing extradition for alleged involvement in a double murder in Florida. 17:56: 🌍 The conflict in Ukraine has the potential to attract far-right extremists from around the world. 22:13: 🚩 The empowerment of neo-nazis in Ukraine is a concerning issue that is being overlooked by the media. Recap by Tammy AI

[@aliancemd]

Sounds very centered on Ukraine. Russia has by far more far-right neo-Nazis in their ranks and also public media

[@dumpsky]

@@BlubberBrother daww... are you using daddy's laptop again?

[@user-du5cc8ri2l]

😂😂😂propaganda

[@dumpsky]

@@user-du5cc8ri2l propaganda for what exactly? list 3 items from the video which are not true.

[@user-du5cc8ri2l]

@@dumpsky golinkin is an ethnic Russian. Look at his last name. That's russian.for starters. Ukraine never elected a far right party

[@cCiIcCo]

Oh, I thought that it was a conspiracy theory!? Finally better late than never.

[@deankruger2612]

Ya know what gets me.. is why do they call them far "right".. if you're on the right here in America.. then you oppose fascist ideologies of communism and big government control.. you're a true believer of the constitution and the protective rights it spells out.. that true equity can't be legislated.. it's a moral value that's to be instilled in a productive society through faith and community.. that success in life is what you (the individual) makes of it.. what is a NAZI.. it's a national socialist.. if you're on the right here.. then you strongly oppose socialism.. big time.. we see socialism as a stepping stone to communism.. if you're on the right here.. you believe in freedom.. liberty.. true liberty.. to be liberated from an oppressive government and conserve inalienable God-given rights.. and this is what gets me.. it's us over here on the right who are the loudest in opposing this war and other never ending wars.. it's us who are the loudest in opposing government mandates, extreme government spending, lobbyists, crony capitalism, and above all, the silencing of free speech.. we LOVE the Constitution.. we love this republic.. having American pride is NOT extremism.. we just want to protect it and be able to pass it off to our children and our children's children so they too can inherit the blessings it's afforded us.. nothing extremist about that.. protect what you have, or there'll be nothing to protect.. it's just that simple..

[@AtZero138]

Cheers from Southern California.. Nailed it.. anytime they use the term, the sheep follow, Damn right National Socialist German Workers Party.. it's clearly stated...

[@jamessmithers4456]

Kiev must realize that it is only going to get worse from here

[@hedron1985]

Wow, you guys are only around a year behind Jimmy Dore and Aaron Mate. 👍

[@simonguza4750]

I don’t think he called his group Wagner, because it was Hitler’s favorite composer when it could’ve been his favorite composer, let’s find grasp straws here

[@stevencooke6451]

I'm glad they dealt with the question of why would some neo-Nazis support Putin, and others oppose him. There just seems no way this will end up well, assuming it ever really ends.

[@vadimkochkin9095]

Who of neo nazis support Putin?

[@dragonade85]

True, but the emphasis is always on Ukraine, not Russia, despite the Russian state talking and behaving like Nazis while the Ukrainians do not.

[@casusbelli9225]

@@dragonade85 >while the Ukrainians do not. Yeah yeah, the ""colorado bugs of Downbass" narrative was just a funny loving nickname for the "wrong" Ukrainians. Fuck off, seriously.

[@epoch1981]

Big thanks for the influx of young Ukrainian drug dealers in my city. No Im not kidding.

[@m.woodsrobinson9244]

Are you from London? 🤣👍

[@robertrichard6107]

It's for CIA black ops, so it's OK

[@dominicidecorvus]

You must be thanking Putin. Hes the reason Ukrainians are fleeing to other places.

[@jubi3137]

It usually goes like that.. Just tipe in HELLBANIANS and you will see poor little Kosova shqiptare who were hunted by Serbian police driving Bentleys and so on..

[@randygraham926]

What city is this?

[@paulsaid1365]

Just keep supplying those tax dollars and sod your own people

[@diffened]

Actually, US could do both but republicans always want to take money from the citizens, not give it out. See: republican states not providing Medicaid even though federal government provides most funds, and their proposal to cut SS and Medicare.

[@hasheemal-minz7531]

Yeah, you asked just the right ones about the subject. Why don’t they first take care of Fascism in Israel?

[@justinhart8652]

He has at least the quietsupport of Ukrainian forces when he attacks Russia. That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

[@MrFullService]

Hey Lev, Jonathan Greenblatt, spokesperson of the ADL, was one of the first to consider AZOV alright...as long as they were killing Russians.

[@Rumpleforeskin77]

Slava Blackrock Slava Israel Glory to the Shareholders

[@apostate6849]

Who started the war? Maybe tell those russian orcs to go home.

[@ChristopherGray00]

well who invaded ukraine without justification?

[@duncanmacleod9725]

​@@ChristopherGray00who invaded Iraq without justification?

[@ChristopherGray00]

@@duncanmacleod9725 when your only excuse is "but someone else did blatant warcrimes!" then that's how you know you flat out have no moral defense of your argument.

[@THETYPEERRORNEWS]

In December 1944, while Greece was already freed from the Nazis by its own resistance, the British invaded to fight the anti fascists who heroically during the Nazi occupation kept most of the country side Nazi-free. They orchestrated, organized, and directed a civil War that brought to power the Nazi collaborators and hunted till elimination all democrats. The first napalms fell on the Greek mountains in 1949 during the last part of this tragedy. Greece has been a protectorate ever since.

[@randygraham926]

Very true. Thank you.

[@ronmastrio2798]

"anti fascists" Lol we know what that euphemism stands for.

[@CoolGobyFish]

Marshal Tito was a strong supporter of Greek democrats and communist during the civil war. He had a falling out with Stalin over it. Stalin was wrong for not supporting the Greek.

[@knoll9812]

Noted that you didn't say communist. They called themselves that. Protectors of democracy😂

[@THETYPEERRORNEWS]

@@knoll9812 it would be amazing if Greece was by 70% communist (the percentage of support for EAM). But even if it was, what about Your view on democracy? You napalm them when you don't like their choice?

[@deesnutz42069]

there's a difference between using nazis as useful idiots, and allowing nazis to have a massive role in your military and national government.

[@LaplacianDalembertian]

Ye, many military forces in different countries have some sort of containment to create a certain appeal to ultra-rights. But when ultra-rights start committing crimes, they become Nazis. And these Nazis then can create a Nazi State, which was happening in Ukraine. Gradually, slowly, but the were grinding the government and replacing nationalism with Nazism.

[@f-86zoomer37]

I agree. In Russia, they're in the government and it goes all the way up to pootler. In Ukraine, you have like 400 guys who do these things out of over 1 million mobilized soldiers. Like who gives a damn? I knew guys in the US army who had these exact same forbidden symbols they like to wear. They're a tiny minority.

[@user_you2]

Absolutely, someone has made a big mistake here...

[@Marqan]

Ukraine doesn't have that much of an advantage over Russia, and even that advantage is mostly thanks to western equipment, not manpower (altho the UA quality of manpower is clearly better than the russian). Which means that if the nazis were truly having a massive role in the UA army, then UA could be losing without them. So either UA needs the nazis, or they don't have a massive role, but you can't have both.

[@LaplacianDalembertian]

@@Marqan I think if Americans like Nazi States similar to Georgia with Saakashvili, Ukraine with Maidan, Taliban during 90s, America should just become a Nazi State themselves. If that is so good for any country, let's try it with US. Or if that is not good, why pushing Nazism every time? This looks like a huge portion of double standards.