I have uploaded couple of new videos yesterday to my channel. They are from a demonstration in protest against a policeman, who shouted: “lie down, Bandera!”, while arresting a neo-nazi.

It was lit:

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Meanwhile, on the Prospect of Stepan Bandera in Kiev, hackers have managed to break into the computers of the Gorodok Shopping Centre, and projected a large swastika on a staircase. There are two possible culprits, vatnik prankers, or nazi prankers…

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We have been told ever since 2013 that the claims of neo-nazi presence in Ukraine is overblown, and part of Kremlin hybrid warfare information campaign to discredit the Maidan regime…

But what do we have here? Bellingcat finds Nazis in Ukraine because the latter have been building contacts with ideologically similar individuals in the West.

Bellingcat has confirmed that in January 2016, Azov, via its online podcast, was in contact with the late Andrew Oneschuk, an imminent member of the violent American neo-Nazi organization Atomwaffen Division. On Azov’s podcast, Oneschuk discussed issues facing Americans that wanted to join Azov, and expressed interest in learning methods of attracting youth to nationalism in America. He was encouraged to try to join Azov.

In another previously unreported case from the autumn of 2018, the political wing of Azov, the National Corps, supported an effort by Joachim Furholm, a Norwegian citizen and self-described “national socialist revolutionary,” to bring American right-wingers to Ukraine to fight against Russian aggression. The effort specifically framed participation in Ukraine’s war against Russian aggression as an opportunity for American right-wingers to acquire combat and other practical experience to be deployed later within the United States after returning home. Furholm also spoke at a political rally held by the National Corps in front of Ukraine’s Parliament in September 2018.

Evidence uncovered by Bellingcat points to recent contacts between the National Corps and alleged former U.S. armed services members who are currently in Ukraine. In one instance, an alleged U.S. Army veteran named “Alex” made an appearance on an American white nationalist podcast to comment on the ease of joining the war in Ukraine. Also, an alleged U.S. Navy veteran, “Shawn Irwood,” is currently enlisted in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and maintains contact with the National Corps. Shawn had stated his intention to join the Azov Regiment online, and was linked to the aforementioned Joachim Furholm prior to arrival in Ukraine in early 2018.

The International Secretary of the National Corps, responsible for Azov’s global strategy, told Bellingcat that the movement sought “all potential sympathizers” and “potential lobbyists” in the U.S., and hoped to “establish contacts with the American military.”

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Andreas Umland to the rescue with the trope about the low electoral support for Azov’s political ambitions. This is commonly used to create the illusion that the Ukrainian neonazis are anything important. I have discussed this argument before (I must say I am not very proud of that post). My explanation is as follows:

1. Ukraine is a large country and you need large financial and human resources to score victory in the elections. The Azov leader, Biletskiy, is in the parliament as an independent.
2. The major parties, and the general public in Ukraine, seem very accepting of the Ukrainian nationalist programme. That is Derussification and the Bandera cult.
3. Many small nationalist parties may deprive each other of votes, and there are quite a few small nationalist outfits in Ukraine.

The human rights organisation Amnesty International has produced a report, where they criticise human rights violations in Ukraine.

I quote:

2018 was marked by a sharp surge of violent attacks against a range of individuals and groups, often in the name of patriotism and “traditional values”. Those subjected to violence come from different walks of life, and include journalists, human rights defenders, especially those working on women’s rights and the rights of LGBTI people, members of ethnic minorities – particularly Roma – and those whose political views the attackers regard as “pro-Russian”. In almost all instances, the law-enforcement authorities have been slow to react and perpetrators were rarely, if ever, brought to justice. The Ukrainian authorities have not explicitly condemned the violence, while those who perpetrate it have continued to enjoy near-total impunity. Moreover, allegations have been made by various commentators in the media, including on social media, regarding financial and other support these groups may be receiving from certain members of the authorities. Altogether, this has contributed to a feeling among the human rights community in Ukraine that members of these groups are often deliberately allowed to be above the law. This also has a chilling effect on members of Ukraine’s civil society and has discouraged them from holding or taking part in public events, and has reinforced the intimidation sought by the far-right groups who attack the relevant events.

There is a serious problem with Ukraine’s fascist hero, Stepan Bandera. 

Bandera was a son of a Uniate Priest from Halychyna, who collaborated with the Nazis in their invasion of Ukraine. Let me expand on this statement, Halychyna was a part of Rus’ occupied and perverted by the Poles from the fourteenth century, and their identity developed in a peculiar way, towards the alienation of local identity from the rest of Rus’, and Bandera was a product of this culture, and he collaborated with the Nazis in the invasion of Soviet Ukraine, and my great grandfather fought against scum like this.

Bandera was given a new life by the Anglosaxons, who saved his followers from justice. His cult was transplanted to independent Ukraine like a virus. In order for Ukraine to become a normal country, it will need to be denazified. I don’t know who will do it, will it be East Ukrainians, will it be Russia, will it one of the oligarchs, and I don’t know when or how it will happen. But I am sure it will happen.