Russian state owned news outlining the meaning behind denazification published 3rd April;
What should Russia do with Ukraine?
The article is long and contains many outrageous claims. It repeats frequently claims of Ukrainian Nazism as justification for an explicitly intended generational occupation, control of education, introduction of forced labour, and denial of sovereignty within the territory taken by Russia following the war. Quoted bolding by me;
"Denazification is necessary when a significant part of the people - most likely the majority - has been mastered and drawn into the Nazi regime in its politics. That is, when
the hypothesis "the people are good - the government is bad" does not work....... Denazification is a set of measures in relation to the
nazified mass of the population, which technically cannot be subjected to direct punishment as
war criminals. "
I find the above sentence particularly unsettling in terms of how the conquered Ukrainians are likely to be treated. Once an occupied area's civilians are framed like this, what outcome can we expect?
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The Bandera elite must be eliminated, its re-education is impossible. ........ And also because
not just the Bandera version of Nazi Ukraine will be eradicated, but also, and above all,
Western totalitarianism, the imposed programs of civilizational degradation and disintegration, the mechanisms of subjugation to the superpower of the West and the
United States "
Again, what does this mean post war?
In terms of signalling future intentions;
"In order to put the plan of denazification of Ukraine into practice,
Russia itself will have to finally part with pro-European and pro-Western illusions, realize itself as the last instance of
protecting and preserving those values of historical Europe (the Old World) that deserve it and which the West ultimately abandoned, losing the fight for himself.......
Everything that Russia has done for the West, it has done at its own expense, by making the greatest sacrifices.
The West ultimately rejected all these sacrifices, devalued Russia's contribution to resolving the Western crisis, and decided to take revenge on Russia for the help that it selflessly provided. Further,
Russia will go its own way, not worrying about the fate of the West, relying on another part of its heritage -
leadership in the global process of decolonization."
The closing paragraphs of the article talk about moving away from the West and taking a new place of leadership on its own in the developing world. Given Western sanctions and Russia's pariah state diplomatically, I am concerned for the future of Russia deepening its authoritarian control, and dare I say fascist-victim-strongman character. What a tragedy for humanity and the Russian people.
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