Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around

Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around by skissane on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:48AM (#36466170)

It is interesting to compare the German Wikipedia and the English Wikipedia articles on him – both cite some of the same sources, but German Wikipedia presents it as conclusive "he's a Nazi", the English Wikipedia article says "sources X, Y, Z have alleged he is a Nazi due to reasons P, Q, R", but leaves it up to the reader to decide if those sources and their reasons are convincing.

Also, "88 = Heil Hitler" doesn't make a lot of sense in Russian, since H is not the 8th letter of the Russian alphabet (it is Ж, normally transliterated as zh), and "Heil Hitler" in Russian is хайль гитлер – х is the 20th letter of the Russian alphabet not the 8th.

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Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around by neoromantique on Sunday June 25, 2023 @10:35AM (#36468568)

> Also, "88 = Heil Hitler" doesn't make a lot of sense in Russian

14/88 doesn't make a lot of sense in Russian, doesn't stop it from being plastered all over the place by different militias (Including, but not limited to, Wagner).

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Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around by ivan_gammel on Sunday June 25, 2023 @12:24PM (#36469881)

As someone who knows Russian international politics and subcultures well I can tell you that German wiki is correct and that Russian nazi do know Latin alphabet. I knew some Russian skinheads with 14/88 tattoos and it meant for them exactly the same as for neonazi elsewhere in Europe or USA.

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