Oh, so you ARE denying that the Azov Regiment are Nazis.
Gee, despite the fact that
“ The Azov Battalion has been described as a far-right militia,[38] with connections to neo-Nazism and members wearing neo-Nazi and SS symbols and regalia, and expressing neo-Nazi views.[88][16] The group's insignia features the Wolfsangel,[89][90] a German heraldic charge inspired by historic wolf traps adopted by the Nazi Party, and the Black Sun,[15][91][92] both of which remain two popular neo-Nazi symbols.[14][15][16] Azov soldiers have been observed wearing Nazi-associated symbols on their uniforms.[93] In 2014, the German ZDF television network showed images of Azov fighters wearing helmets with swastika symbols and "the SS runes of Hitler's infamous black-uniformed elite corps".[94] In 2015, Marcin Ogdowski, a Polish war correspondent, gained access to one of Azov's bases located in the former holiday resort Majak; Azov fighters showed to him Nazi tattoos as well as Nazi emblems on their uniforms.[95]
Azov's founding member Andriy Biletsky, leader of the neo-Nazi Social-National Assembly (SNA) made statements[when?] about a "historic mission" to lead the "white races of the world in a final crusade for their survival ... a crusade against the Semite-led Untermenschen", an ideology traced by political scientist Richard Sakwa to the National Integralism of 1920s and 1930s.[96] Political scientist Ivan Katchanovski has commented on the founder's origins as Patriot of Ukraine, saying: "The SNA/PU [Patriot of Ukraine] advocates a neo-Nazi ideology along with ultranationalism and racism. The same applies to ... members of the Azov battalion and many football ultras and others who serve in this formation."[97]
Shaun Walker wrote in The Guardian that "many of [Azov's] members have links with neo-Nazi groups, and even those who laughed off the idea that they are neo-Nazis did not give the most convincing denials", citing swastika tattoos among the fighters and one who claimed to be a "national socialist".[16] According to The Daily Beast, some of the group's members are "neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and avowed anti-Semites",[61] and "numerous swastika tattoos of different members and their tendency to go into battle with swastikas or SS insignias drawn on their helmets make it very difficult for other members of the group to plausibly deny any neo-Nazi affiliations."[98]“
Lev Golinkin wrote in The Nation that "Post-Maidan Ukraine is the world's only nation to have a neo-Nazi formation in its armed forces."[99] Michael Colborne of Foreign Policy called it "a dangerous neo-Nazi-friendly extremist movement" with "global ambitions", citing similarities between the group's ideology and symbolism and that of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooter, along with efforts by the group to recruit American right-wing extremists.[62]”
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