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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Feb 24, 2022, 11:53 PM Feb 2022

Putin's Bogus Claim To "Denazify" Ukraine - The Mehdi Hasan Show



In an attempt to justify his attack on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin claims the country is run by Neo-Nazis. Steven Pifer, the former ambassador to Ukraine under Bill Clinton, and Jason Stanley, author of “How Facism Works,” join Mehdi Hasan to discuss the Russian propaganda narrative. Aired on 02/24/2022.


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Putin's Bogus Claim To "Denazify" Ukraine - The Mehdi Hasan Show (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 OP
The Russians have long blue-wave Feb 2022 #1
But their president is Jewish and he won by a huge majority! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #2
I know blue-wave Feb 2022 #3
When I was in Russia, I did turn on the TV, but of course I wasn't fluent - and it didn't really matter Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #4

blue-wave

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1. The Russians have long
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 12:13 AM
Feb 2022

propagandized the meme that the Ukrainians are Nazis. It started way back in soviet days and Putin, because he admires and longs for the old days, is furthering that propaganda.

Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
2. But their president is Jewish and he won by a huge majority!
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 12:17 AM
Feb 2022

And I already knew that his grandfather fought the nazis and lost numerous family members in the Holocaust...

Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
4. When I was in Russia, I did turn on the TV, but of course I wasn't fluent - and it didn't really matter
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 12:42 AM
Feb 2022

Since what I watched was cartoons...

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