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pampango

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3. The far-right is much stronger in Russia than Ukraine in terms of voting percentages and

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:53 PM

Jun 2014

politicians elected to office.

When you compare old Nazi beliefs such as homophobia, militarism, repression of dissent, expanding national borders to include ethnic Germans in neighboring countries, ultra-nationalism focused on ethnicity and promoting "traditional family values" with a limited role for women, to what Russian policies are like today there is a lot of similarity.

Nice find, Tommy_Carcetti.

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There actually *are* real neo-Nazi putschists in charge in Ukraine. (But it's not who you think.) [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 OP

Bump. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #1

gotta love that semi-hidden swastika symbol they have renegade000 Jun 2014 #2

RNU is a very odd branch of neo-Nazism. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #7

The far-right is much stronger in Russia than Ukraine in terms of voting percentages and pampango Jun 2014 #3

Thanks. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #6

their are far right/fascists assholes on both sides. m-lekktor Jun 2014 #4

I don't disagree with you. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #5