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[[File:Ukrainian nazis castrate Russians.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Former Commissioner for Ethno-National Policy in the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers instructed doctors to castrate Russian POWs during the 2022 [[Russia-Ukraine War]], "because they are cockroaches, not human."<ref>https://youtu.be/15UjP-H2CMA</ref>]]

[[File:Ukrainian nazis castrate Russians.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Former Commissioner for Ethno-National Policy in the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers instructed doctors to castrate Russian POWs during the 2022 [[Russia-Ukraine War]], "because they are cockroaches, not human."<ref>https://youtu.be/15UjP-H2CMA</ref>]]

Russophobia often employs the politics of fear and [[demonization]]. For example, Congressman [[Adam Schiff]] made this statement about the [[fake news]] "Russian hacking" probe,

Russophobia often employs the politics of fear and [[demonization]]. For example, Congressman [[Adam Schiff]] made this statement about the [[fake news]] "Russian hacking" probe,

:"I think of a spider web, with a tarantula in the middle. And the tarantula, in my view, is [[Vladimir Putin]], who is entrapping many people to do his bidding and to engage with him. And I would include those like [[Roger Stone]] and [[Carter Page]] and Michael Caputo and [[Wilbur Ross]] and [[Paul Manafort]] and [[Rex Tillerson]]."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-21/why-the-comey-hearing-was-frightening-to-a-russian</ref>

:"I think of a spider web, with a tarantula in the middle. And the tarantula, in my view, is [[Vladimir Putin]], who is entrapping many people to do his bidding and to engage with him. And I would include those like [[Roger Stone]] and [[Carter Page]] and [[Michael Caputo]] and [[Wilbur Ross]] and [[Paul Manafort]] and [[Rex Tillerson]]."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-21/why-the-comey-hearing-was-frightening-to-a-russian</ref>

[[File:Freeland with Nazi Blood and Soil flag.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Canadian Deputy Prime Minister [[Chrystia Freeland]] at a Russophobic hate rally with Nazi Blood and Soil flag in the background.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/red-black-flag-ukraine-rallies-1.6370202</ref>]]

[[File:Freeland with Nazi Blood and Soil flag.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Canadian Deputy Prime Minister [[Chrystia Freeland]] at a Russophobic hate rally with Nazi Blood and Soil flag in the background.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/red-black-flag-ukraine-rallies-1.6370202</ref>]]

A photo taken of Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chyrstia Freeland at an anti-Russian rally caught her holding a red and black scarf representative of the [[Bandera]] movement, a Ukrainian nationalist pro-Nazi group.  Freeland posted the photo with the scarf to [[social media]].  The rally Freeland attended in [[Toronto]] also had red and black flags waving. Red and black have historically represented the Bandera movement, which was started by [[Stepan Bandera]], a Ukrainian politician during World War II who was accused of Nazi [[war crimes]] against [[Jewish]] and [[Polish]] people.  Red and black represent the Nazi idea of "blood and soil."  An iPolitics profile piece on Freeland mentioned Bandera and noted her Ukrainian heritage and influence in Canadian policy against Russia, “inspired by pro-Bandera lobbyists.”<ref>https://ipolitics.ca/2017/01/11/why-freeland-might-be-the-right-person-to-handle-russia/</ref>  Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] said one goal of the Ukrainian special operation was to “de-Nazify” Ukraine. The ''True North'' reported Freeland’s photo justifies Putin's claim.<ref>https://tnc.news/2022/02/28/freeland-caught-holding-pro-nazi-banner-at-ukraine-protest/</ref> Freeland's grandfather was a Nazi collaborator against the Russians during [[World War II]].

A photo taken of Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chyrstia Freeland at an anti-Russian rally caught her holding a red and black scarf representative of the [[Bandera]] movement, a Ukrainian nationalist pro-Nazi group.  Freeland posted the photo with the scarf to [[social media]].  The rally Freeland attended in [[Toronto]] also had red and black flags waving. Red and black have historically represented the Bandera movement, which was started by [[Stepan Bandera]], a Ukrainian politician during World War II who was accused of Nazi [[war crimes]] against [[Jewish]] and [[Polish]] people.  Red and black represent the Nazi idea of "blood and soil."  An iPolitics profile piece on Freeland mentioned Bandera and noted her Ukrainian heritage and influence in Canadian policy against Russia, “inspired by pro-Bandera lobbyists.”<ref>https://ipolitics.ca/2017/01/11/why-freeland-might-be-the-right-person-to-handle-russia/</ref>  Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] said one goal of the Ukrainian special operation was to “de-Nazify” Ukraine. The ''True North'' reported Freeland’s photo justifies Putin's claim.<ref>https://tnc.news/2022/02/28/freeland-caught-holding-pro-nazi-banner-at-ukraine-protest/</ref> Freeland's grandfather was a Nazi collaborator against the Russians during [[World War II]].