Disinfo: The current regime in Kyiv has the characteristics of a "neo-Nazi" regime

Summary

The Kyiv regime has the characteristics of a Nazi regime. [...] Russia has relations with the Ukrainian state. However, these relations should not be associated with the current "neo-Nazi" regime in Kyiv.

Disproof

This is a recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation claim about Nazi/fascist Ukraine.

The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian disinformation about the country since the very beginning of the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests, when it was used to discredit the pro-European popular uprising in Kyiv and, subsequently, the broader pro-Western shift in Ukraine's foreign policy. Far-right groups enjoyed a very limited presence during the Euromaidan itself and had poor results in the 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections. In the 2019 election, far-right candidates scored very low (1-2%) and fell short of the 5% minimum guaranteeing entry into parliament.

See similar disinformation cases in our database: the 2014 coup turned Ukraine into a Nazi state; there was a putsch in Ukraine and today the country is a totalitarian state.

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de.rt.com (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 246
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 13/05/2021
  • Article language(s) German
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine
  • Keywords: Nazi/Fascist
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Recurring narrative presenting the Baltic states as puppets of the EU.

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Disinfo: Ukraine will not be a member of NATO because it would be a threat to the Alliance

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May 12, 2021
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Recurring disinformation about NATO, the war in Ukraine and Ukraine's potential NATO membership.

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Disinfo: Ukraine disintegrated and turned into an occupation regime of the United States and NATO

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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine as a failed state, which is consistent with pro-Kremlin narratives about lost sovereignty, challenging Ukrainian statehood, also consistent with the narrative depicting the 2013-14 Ukrainian revolution as a coup d’état.

Pro-Kremlin media outlets often cast doubts on Ukrainian statehood and claim that Ukraine either does not exist as a state or is going to tumble down very soon. In reality, present-day Ukraine has been on the world map since 1991 when the Soviet Union disintegrated. It has elected six presidents since then and changed parties in government several times which illustrate political diversity and democratic dynamics even during economic hardship in the wake of Russian aggression in 2014. Ukraine's Western partners have been providing it with financial and technical assistance.