“The Azov Battalion has removed a neo-Nazi symbol from its insignia that has helped perpetuate Russian propaganda about Ukraine being in the grip of far-right nationalism,” The Times informs us. Instead, they featured a golden trident, the Ukrainian national symbol worn by other regiments.”Yeah that’s how you solve Ukraine’s Nazi problem. pic.twitter.com/ITV7TFWA6F — taseenov (@taseenb) May 30, 2022Claiming it’s “Russian propaganda” to say the Azov Battalion uses neo-Nazi insignia, and is ideologically neo-Nazi, is itself propaganda. In Ukraine, neo-Nazi paramilitaries just happen to have been the armed thugs who were depraved enough to do what the empire needed done on the ground. Which is why when concerns were raised about arming neo-Nazi militias in Ukraine, the only offer on the table was a logo change.

Source: The Times June 02, 2022 19:07 UTC