RE: Turkish Minister says, Putin wants SIX things....17 Mar 2022 22:59
Yes it's tricky - how to appear not to be nazis when you kind of actually are... or at least when your army and government have been infiltrated with them at the highest levels. The ukranian/western policy at the moment seems to be one of denial and Putin is dismissed as insane for even suggesting that neo-nazis hold sway in ukraine. Newsnight has been running segments on the growing influence of the far right in ukraine since 2014, documenting the rise of extreme nationalist groups after they capitalised on their pivotal role in the maidan uprising. But now suddenly the western media is silent on the subject. It all seems awkward, it's difficult to see how ukraine makes concessions on this point without first acknowledging that there is some truth in it and at the moment we haven't even got that far.