===Leftist influence===
[[File:Zelensky neo-Nazi award.PNG|right|300px|thumb|On the eve of war with Russia, [[Volodomyr Volodoymr Zelensky]] presents neo-Nazi leader Dmytro Kotsyubaylo with the Hero of Ukraine award.<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/04/nazis-ukrainian-war-russia/</ref> Kotsyubaylo jokes that his fighters "feed the bones of Russian-speaking children to his pet wolf."<ref>https://www.sott.net/article/465139-Zelensky-is-Not-in-Charge-of-Ukraine-Nazis-Are-And-They-Believe-They-Are-on-a-Mission-From-God-to-Derussify-Ukraine-in-Holy-War</ref>]]
Supporters of [[Communism]], or of [[socialism]] in general, like to pretend that Nazism was not socialist but "[[right wing]]", for similar reasons to why [[fascism]] is often associated with the right wing despite being left wing. Despite this, however, it featured enough similarities with Communism that they were in fact closer to the [[far left]], even including anti-Semitism, which Karl Marx had advocated.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020116231910/http://russp.org/nazis.html</ref>