And you take his official justification at face value?
MarxFuryRoad
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As if Russia didn't have plenti of full-fledged fascists among his footmen. Can you explain me why Putin, an anti-comunist nationalist would have the slightest shit to give about ukrainians having the same ideology that serves him well domestically?
I'm not using imperialism as meaning war, I'm using imperialism as: using of nationalism along with military might in order to assert regional domimance. If you dom't call that imperialism, I would be curious to hear your definition
Apart from war crimes, I take this as one the most unforgivable things from an antifascist point of view. Putin, as the head of the russian state is completely dragging through the mud the glorious legacy of the big patriotic war.
80 years ago, russians lost millions to save the world. Now, it's all being turned into a an excuse for imperialism an tyrany.
The fact that, according to the article, staff on a demestic base are more ñikely to go hungry than deployed tells you about some fucked up culture rather than lack of means
My point isn't that russia is fascist. My point is that if Putin wasn't lying about his antifacist justifications, he wouldn't be sending nazis to "de-nazify" Ukraine.