mirhond---so let's see;
1. you know no Ukrainian neo Nazi's? But the Russian Foreign Ministry and even Putin argues they exist or at least that was the reason given "protecting" Crimean Russians was it not? Was it not the reason given yesterday and today by the same Foreign Ministry that stated a proRussian was killed in demos in Donetsk by right wing radicals when in fact he was a right wing proUkrainian
2. so are you then assuming that there are no neo Nazi's and neo fascists since evidently those terms have not been used by anyone in the current Russian government-right or do you have examples of them not using those words?
3. all previously known facts about Putin as a former KGB officer is what irrelevant as well as what the current FSB is irrelevant in the large ongoing disinformation campaign which I will be more than willing to show you how it works when a specific article was lanced today
4. your example of the attacked Jew---was he attacked by a Russian swearing neo right wing Ukrainian or a Russian swearing Russian Ukrainian or a what "ethnic Russian speaking Russian from where Russia---so which was it?
5. glad to see you read Haaretz at least it is left wing and not neo nazi
6. age and experience tends to give one a far more balanced opinion vs those that are not so experienced and aged---that is not a fallacy but rather a simple fact of life especially when one speaks of the SU days---spent time in the SU in 1973 where were you?
7. so the constant comments coming out of Putin, the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian UN Ambassador and the Russian Foreign Minster concerning neo rightists, right wing radicals and yes the term Nazi is not something that was say common standard vocabulary for the Communist Party and yes even the KGB since Stalin's days?
8. so is it irrelevant that the same individuals above call the current Ukrainian government illegal and yet the current Crimean government rep (who originally had only four votes in the Crimean parliament) was "elected" legally when the representatives of the 40% of the other minorities in the Crimea were not allowed to vote and there were armed personnel inside the building doing what "protecting" them from neo Nazi's who were no where to be seen
9. so the use of the word terrorists by Russians means what, jihadi's, neo right radicals or neo Nazi's?
The Russians said they had seized the pumping station out of fears it would be targeted by “terrorists,” according to a Ukrainian Defense Ministry official who declined to be named. (What they are afraid of is the Ukrainians actually turning off the gas to the Crimea which they can do when everyone there becomes Russian not Ukrainians---why would they keep delivering gas they have to pay Gazprom for when Russia can provide the gas for free when annexed.)
So in the end you I suppose you support the annexation of the Crimea to Russia instead of say returning it the Tartars who were slaughtered in the gulags as they were accused of being Nazi's by Stalin and then "allowed" to return who also speak Russian, but have not been mentioned by Putin as the main reason for "protecting" ethnic Russians. So I guess in the end Putin and the Russian Foreign Ministry is what "racist" because Russian speaking Tartars are not what "real" Russians"?
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