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In December 2014 the [[BBC]]<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30414955</ref> surprisingly warned of the growing Nazi menace in Ukraine:
In December 2014 the [[BBC]]<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30414955</ref> surprisingly warned of the growing Nazi menace in Ukraine:
{{Cquote|the ultra-nationalists have proven to be effective and dedicated fighters in the brutal war in the east against Russian-backed separatists and Russian forces, whose numbers also include a large contingent from Russia's far right.
As a result, they have achieved a level of acceptance, even though most Ukrainians are unfamiliar with their actual beliefs.
The volunteer Azov Battalion is a case in point.
Run by the extremist [[Patriot of Ukraine]] organisation, which considers [[Jews]] and other minorities "sub-human", external and calls for a [[white]], [[Christian]] crusade against them, it sports three Nazi symbols, external on its insignia: a modified Wolf's Hook, a black sun (or "Hakensonne") and the title Black Corps, which was used by the [[Waffen SS]].
Azov is just one of more than 50 volunteer groups fighting in the east, the vast majority of which are not [[extremist]], yet it seems to enjoy special backing from some top officials:
*Interior Minister [[Arsen Avakov]] and his deputy [[Anton Gerashchenko]] actively supported the parliament candidacy of [[Andriy Biletsky]], the Azov and Patriot of Ukraine commander
*Vadim Troyan, another top Azov official and Patriot of Ukraine member, was recently named police chief for the [[Kiev]] region
*Mr Korotkykh is also an Azov member
Ukraine's [[media]] have been noticeably silent on this subject....[A]lthough Ukraine is emphatically not run by fascists, far-right extremists seem to be making inroads by other means, as in the country's [[police]] department. Ukraine's public is grossly under-informed about this. The question is, why doesn't anyone want to tell them?
==Western propaganda: rebranding Nazism==
==Western propaganda: rebranding Nazism==