Posted on 05/08/2014 7:36:53 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
While criminalizing honest historical debate under the guise of fighting “restoration of Nazism”, the Kremlin is showing incredible willingness to use neo-Nazi groups for its dirty work in Ukraine
Whether Vladimir Putin’s call for a postponement of the May 11 pseudo-referendums in Donbas was genuine will shortly become clear. The reported announcement that the leaders of the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic are “against” postponement may indicate that it was a mere attempt to distance Moscow from the militants. The attempt would be pitifully unconvincing, but that has not been a consideration up till now. Nor has damage to Russia’s reputation of the Kremlin’s continuing use of neo-Nazis to do its dirty work.
The latest scandal came on May 7 when SBU [the Security Service] made public an intercepted telephone call which appears to show a local militant – who calls himself Dmitry Boitsov - receiving instructions on holding the May 11 “referendum” from the head of the neo-Nazi Russian National Unity movement, Alexander Barkashov.
(Excerpt) Read more at khpg.org ...
Nazis are all over the place in this country too. I think I smell another World War coming on. I thought our fathers and grandfathers did them all in. I guess I was wrong.
Putin will use any thugs he can find to secure his power
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