Putin: West put ethnic Jew to rule in Ukraine to 'cover glorification of Nazism'

Sept 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a television interview on Tuesday, without citing evidence, that Western powers had installed Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is of Jewish heritage, as president of Ukraine to cover up the glorification of Nazism.

In justifying its invasion of Ukraine, which it calls a “special military operation,” Russia accuses Kyiv’s leaders of being neo-Nazis pursuing a “genocide” of Russian-speakers - an assertion that Kyiv and Western countries dismiss as a baseless pretext for a war of acquisition.

Putin was answering a question from Russian reporter Pavel Zaubin and his comments were shown on Russian state TV.

Zelenskiy, who has said that some of his grandfather’s brothers were killed in the Holocaust, has repeatedly dismissed as false Russian accusations that he has supported neo-Nazis in Ukraine. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey Editing by Alex Richardson)

TASS source (Russian media) : tass.com/politics/1670265

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Lols,

‘that sneaky […] only got his job by being […] and was put in charge by the cabal running western society’ is classic denazification rhetoric

GarbageShoot,

I guess it’s just a “happy accident” that it works to that effect, even if it was never intended.

h3doublehockeysticks,

Putin is a dumb fuck, more news at 11

socsa,

At this point, anyone who is taking anything Russia says about this conflict seriously is very clearly not operating in good faith.

Rubanski,

Introducing: hexbear.net!

eran_morad,

can this guy please just fuck off and die already?

TheAnonymouseJoker,
@TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml avatar

Do you agree with the fact that all of Western governments’ entities must die together?

PlatypusXray,

He is right! Nothing is beyond them! They are monsters! They even put a lunatic on the top of the Russian government in order to destroy Russia! And it is working! Wake up, sheepliks!

phoenixz,

I…

Wut?

What now?

My mind just gets stuck in an endless loop with this dumb gymnastics

finickydesert,
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Whatever he’s smoking he’s gotta either share or quit hitting it for a bit

whyNotSquirrel,
@whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works avatar

I think he shared with musk no?

finickydesert,
@finickydesert@lemmy.ml avatar

Maybe

tallwookie,

lol I think Putin’s mental illness has just leveled up

ours,

Nah, typical of Soviet-era trick of “say one thing, mean another” confusion bullshit.

h3doublehockeysticks,

Which part of just saying dumb fucking shit is soviet in nature?

ours,

Classic doublespeak BS. Sadly not exclusive to the Soviet Union.

h3doublehockeysticks,

How is it doublespeak? He’s saying the messed up part out loud. This is a single entendre

brain_in_a_box,

Yes, famously the idea of “say one thing, mean another,” didn’t exist before 1917.

Fazoo,

Ladies, Gentlemen, and Others… Apparently you can, in fact, make this shit up.

What a world.

Generic_Handel,

So how long is this moron gonna last after another mobilization attempt?
I am betting 2 weeks.

HobbitFoot,

Not justifying it, but the use of the word Nazi seems a lot different in Russia compared to the West. The West is going to use the word Nazi to describe authoritarian governments that engage in genocide. Of the two belligerents in the war, that describes Russia a lot more than Ukraine.

In contrast, I feel like the word Nazi in Russia is used more to describe an existential threat to Russia. Nazis invaded Russia, and Ukraine is a threat on par with Russia.

So the home audience hears this and hears that Putin is attacking Russia’s enemies, and a lot of others are confused as Putin’s Russia seems a lot more fascist and Nazi-like.

AssholeDestroyer,

There were literal swatika wearing Nazis among other far right groups leading the 2014 Euromaiden protests that kicked out the Russian backed president in Ukraine. The leftist groups were anti-protest and also anti-government.

LibertyLizard,
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No way is Ukraine anywhere near as threatening as the third reich.

HobbitFoot,

You’re right. But, the use of the word Nazi is going to play differently to Russia than it will to Europe or the USA.

LibertyLizard,
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Yes otherwise I agree with your point. The Nazi comparison was quite baffling to most in the West but when viewed from the Russian perspective on history it has a certain warped logic.

barsoap,

Erm. Depends. On the one side Russia doesn’t have the US to send them unending streams of military hardware this time around, on the other I very much doubt Ukraine is going to open a second front to their west.

The greatest threat to the Russian status quo is, indeed, Ukraine’s sanity.

On yet another hand then Putin seems to think we’re masters of 10-D Pachisi.

zephyreks,

Nazi in Russia refers to the forced displacement, prosecution, and rape of ethnic Russians and Communists by the invading Nazi forces throughout the war. The Nazis had a much different view on Western Europeans than they did on Slavs and Jews and Communists, so is this surprising at all?

Whereas the West was treated more or less as though under military occupation (see: France, Norway), the goal of the Nazis during Barbarossa was the extermination of the Slavic peoples.

SeaJ,

Russia is the invading force here…

mjhagen,

Not everything is about you, Russia. Do they really define WWII by someone attacking them? That’s ignoring a lot.

ours,

For context, WWII in Russia is known as The Great Patriotic War.

Granted the USSR took the lion’s share of casualties and Nazi smashing (with Western support) but yeah, they’ve reduced it to *their * war against the Axis forces.

oatscoop,

And conveniently forget the USSR was allied with Nazi Germany while they both invaded poland.

coffeetest,

Um, sure Vlad, that makes sense.

atlasraven31,

“neo nazi’s pursuing genocide”

Wow, project much Putin?

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    eight,

    …you think being Jewish is a diss?

    rolandtb303,
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    no i just find it funny that a jew’s calling someone else a jew lol

    Flyberius,
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    In your comment you use the words “he can’t diss someone if he has a same trait as them”

    Flyberius, (edited )
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    He isn’t dissing. He’s accusing the west of putting a Jew in charge in order to downplay accusations of Ukraine becoming a hotbed for Neo-Nazis.

    And to reiterate what eight said in the other comment, you read what he was saying and took it to mean he was insulting him for being Jewish?

    You are telling on yourself.

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    Flyberius,
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    I don’t see how it’s remotely relevant to the point he is trying to make, or how it is funny. Putin’s jewishness has no bearing on it

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