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Re:Understanding the War in Ukraine by dragonwriter on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:00AM (#30465137)
> They are extremely powerful in the Ukraine and are dictating policy.

No, they aren't, that's pure propaganda from Russia, which, ironically, uses international neonazis as a means of undermining other states around the world.

https://www.justsecurity.org/68420/confronting-russias-role-...

Re:Understanding the War in Ukraine by rbanffy on Friday February 25, 2022 @05:47AM (#30465834)
Ironically, in the case of Ukraine, it's the US who turns a blind eye to the neonazis. As they kind of do in Brazil, having helped Bolsonaro to reach the presidency, BTW.
Re:Understanding the War in Ukraine by dragonwriter on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:05AM (#30467991)
> Ironically, in the case of Ukraine, it's the US who turns a blind eye to the neonazis.

No, it doesn't. There simply aren't any in positions of significant policy influence. (The US has—although that has changed a little bit since Jan. 6, 2021 for...reasons—historically largely turned a blind eye to the much more extensive influence of neonazis in the US, where they have, among other things, deep and extensive peentration of the internal and external security services, which is one reason the US has been especially vulnerable to their use as international agents of influence by Russia under Putin.)

Re:Understanding the War in Ukraine by rbanffy on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:11PM (#30472424)
> There simply aren't any in positions of significant policy influence.

They wouldn't, because it wouldn't solve any problem for them. The current Ukraine government is friendly towards the US and the neonazi militias were doing the job of suppressing insurgents, largely with support from said government. The US had more than a little influence in the replacement of the previous, Russia-friendly government.