Reply To: Russian Tensions

[alanjjohnstone]

It is hardly likely that pro-Putin sources (the only ones TD will accept) would acknowledge the connection with ultra-nationalist, neo-Nazi fascists.

However, there is ample evidence of official tolerance.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/07/15/dying-to-kill

“Managed Nationalism”, as Putin’s policy is named, began long before the war. It is documented in this study

https://www.routledge.com/Putins-Fascists-Russkii-Obraz-and-the-Politics-of-Managed-Nationalism/Horvath/p/book/9780367682958

A summary of the book is this article

https://theconversation.com/putins-fascists-the-russian-states-long-history-of-cultivating-homegrown-neo-nazis-178535

TD’s effort is akin to pro-Trumpists trying to disassociate him from the Proud Boys and others such as evangelical right-wingers and refusing to accept anything that is not from Fox News and Newsmax sources.