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Good read. Informative.
I’m not Ukrainian, I’m Russian-American, but I have family from Ukraine.
The fact that there are nationalists in Ukraine is absolutely normal. But it is especially understandable when you understand that Ukraine had a huge Russian element within. It was just one of the ways for Ukrainians to assert their national identity.
The Russian element that existed in Ukraine is the reason I believe the West was so apprehensive to integrate Ukraine into the EU and NATO. They were afraid they couldn’t trust Ukraine.
But now they see the truth and I believe the West feels remorse for how it mistrusted Ukraine.
Comment by Gombacska at 19/03/2022 at 20:57 UTC
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TL;DR: all nazi are nationalists, not all nationalists are nazi.
There are quite a few people who might benefit from reading about what nationalism really means, including quite a few Russians in Russia.