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Ria Novosti, a pro-Russian government state-controlled media outlet, recently published an article entitled What should Russia do with Ukraine? It was written by Timofey Sergeytsev, an influential commentator who has worked on the presidential campaigns of Mikhail Prokhorov in Russia and Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine. In it he states that "the special operation revealed that not only the political leadership in Ukraine is Nazi, but also the majority of the population. All Ukrainians who have taken up arms must be eliminated - because they are responsible for the genocide of the Russian people". He clarifies this by stating: "Denazification means de-Ukrainianisation. Ukrainians are an artificial anti-Russian construct. "They should no longer have a national identity. "Denazification of Ukraine also means its inevitable de-Europeanisation." He argues that "Ukraine's political elite must be eliminated as it cannot be re-educated". "Ordinary Ukrainians must experience all the horrors of war and absorb the experience as a historical lesson and atonement for their guilt," he states. He then lists the tasks which must be undertaken by Russia, including the liquidation of Ukrainian armed forces and all supporting infrastructure; the formation of an anti-Nazi (read pro-Russian) government; the installation of a Russian information space; a mass investigation programme into Ukrainian war crimes and support for the Nazi regime; forced labour, imprisonment and death sentences for all accomplices of the "Nazi regime"; and the creation of permanent denazification bodies. Mr Sergeytsev places the conflict in the context of the eradication of US subjugation and western totalitarianism and their ungrateful treatment of Russia after all that Russia has done for the West by way of providing alternatives to capitalism. Given that Russian president Vladimir Putin has also spoken about the need to denazify Ukraine, and has also claimed that Ukraine is not a real country, perhaps the Government here might like to summon ambassador Yuri Filatov to explain whether this represents official Russian government policy?
It was written by Timofey Sergeytsev, an influential commentator who has worked on the presidential campaigns of Mikhail Prokhorov in Russia and Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine.
In it he states that "the special operation revealed that not only the political leadership in Ukraine is Nazi, but also the majority of the population. All Ukrainians who have taken up arms must be eliminated - because they are responsible for the genocide of the Russian people".
He clarifies this by stating: "Denazification means de-Ukrainianisation. Ukrainians are an artificial anti-Russian construct.
"They should no longer have a national identity.
"Denazification of Ukraine also means its inevitable de-Europeanisation."
He argues that "Ukraine's political elite must be eliminated as it cannot be re-educated".
"Ordinary Ukrainians must experience all the horrors of war and absorb the experience as a historical lesson and atonement for their guilt," he states.
He then lists the tasks which must be undertaken by Russia, including the liquidation of Ukrainian armed forces and all supporting infrastructure; the formation of an anti-Nazi (read pro-Russian) government; the installation of a Russian information space; a mass investigation programme into Ukrainian war crimes and support for the Nazi regime; forced labour, imprisonment and death sentences for all accomplices of the "Nazi regime"; and the creation of permanent denazification bodies.
Mr Sergeytsev places the conflict in the context of the eradication of US subjugation and western totalitarianism and their ungrateful treatment of Russia after all that Russia has done for the West by way of providing alternatives to capitalism.
Given that Russian president Vladimir Putin has also spoken about the need to denazify Ukraine, and has also claimed that Ukraine is not a real country, perhaps the Government here might like to summon ambassador Yuri Filatov to explain whether this represents official Russian government policy?
the special operation revealed that not only the political leadership in Ukraine is Nazi, but also the majority of the population. All Ukrainians who have taken up arms must be eliminated - because they are responsible for the genocide of the Russian people
Putin, before the "special military operation", spoke of the necessary denazification of Ukraine, but also of Ukrainian genocide against Russians. Apparently the logic works like this :
"Nazism" in current Russian political debate, performs the same function as "Communism" used to perform in US political debate.
All you had to do was successfully label someone, some group, or some country as communist, and it was open season to eliminate them by all means available.
The more unstable the state, the greater the need to define external enemies as a threat and a focus for national unity.
Only mature and secure societies can avoid "othering" some groups. Inclusion is an act of strength as well as of love. Index of Frank's Diaries
Ireland? Scotland?
ummm New Zealand?
[Other candidates may be suggested by more knowledgeable people] It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
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