Tag: War

Strelkov Wants to Go Fight in Ukraine

A piece of news I noticed recently, Igor “Strelkov” Girkin wants to go fight in Ukraine. He is currently siting in jail for extremism related charges. He was highly critical of the Russian government’s handling of the Ukraine question ever since 2014, and his Slavyansk anabasis. His attorney, Alexandr Molokhov says some unit that is fighting in Ukraine expressed its desire to enlist him. But the name of the unit has not been disclosed.

Strelkov is an idealist, he represents the hawkish forces in Russia and has been pissed at the Kremlin for not going full in in 2014.

Azov Battalion Fans in Prague

So, yesterday there was a march and a concert in support of Ukraine in central Prague. And while there are plenty of Czech dickheads and exile Ukrainians to fill the square, we have seen these Ukrainians, military age men, carry nationalist symbols. One definitely carried a Red/Black flag of the UPA and another held the flag of the Azov battalion with the Black Sun logo.

These are symbols of the struggle against the USSR, the Russian Federation, and pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine, for the Ukrainian national idea. And I am sorry, if you are hiding from mobilization in Prague, you are not worthy of carrying these symbols. This country is now full of military age men of Ukrainian nationality, while old geezers are defending Nen’ka in Avdeevka.

I am supporting the right of anyone to leave that shithole called Ukraine and find happiness in better countries but I also give a middle finger to the Ukraine, which is being abandoned by so many. These types import their provincial radicalism to wherever they go.

UPD:

Fans of Karpatska Sich, a neonazi battalion from Transcarpathia, spotted in Prague.

Czech Politicians and Ukrainian Nazis

Ondřej Kolář, the guy responsible for the removal of the Marshal Konev statue in Prague, visited Ukraine and delivered drones. These photos have appeared on social media.

Destroyed car with Peremoha painted on it.

Peremoha

Kraken are Nazis

Posing with Ukrainian Nazis is nothing new for Czech politicians. Below is Jaromír Štětina with an Azov Black Sun design sticker.

Štětina, by the way is a former communist… In 2015 he invited the leader of Azov Biletsky to the European Parliament. Coincidentally, Štětina and Kolář both represent TOP09, a rather liberal party that supports EU, NATO, solar panels and gay marriage.

And somehow all this progressivism does not prevent them from making contacts with outright Naonazis in Ukraine…

Štětina and Biletsky in Mariupol.
Ondřej Kolář with Světlana Tikhanovskaya

The Threat of Russian Imperialism

This is Czech parliamentarian Jakub Michálek…

Threat number one for our security is the expansionism of the Putin regime. In the area of security there isn’t any room for compromises and choosing between allies and hostile propaganda. I reject statements that are against Ukraine that was attacked.

Parroting Putin’s propaganda is spreading, unfortunately among some EU politicians. We ought to point it out and prevent this kind of rhetoric seeping into Czech democracy, as is now happening in Slovakia. We will oppose this threat with resolve.

The red scare. No matter that Russia is hyper capitalist now, even more capitalist than Czechia. Michálek is clearly aiming at boomers and ignorants with this…

People are rightly asking who exactly is expanding here?

By the way, Michálek’s wife was featured on this blog.