{"id":197947,"date":"2022-08-10T22:24:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=197947"},"modified":"2022-08-10T22:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:24:34","slug":"ukraine-in-flames-153","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/ukraine-in-flames-153","title":{"rendered":"Between Kremlin narratives and human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Russian propaganda has exploited the narrative about \u201cneo-Nazies\u201d in Ukraine as one of the key pretexts to justify a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While it is clear that the \u201crule of neo-Nazies\u201d, as the Kremlin portrays it, is complete nonsense, nevertheless, the problem of politically motivated violence and hate crimes exists in Ukraine as in any other European country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right-wing radical movements exist not only in transitional societies, like the Ukrainian one, but are a pathology of modern industrial states, according to Andreas Umland, a political scientist and analyst. Considering Ukraine\u2019s course towards membership in the EU, it is important to properly cover such threats to human rights as political violence and hate crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Ukraine must be cautious while addressing politically motivated violence, right-wing radicalism, and hate crimes not to play along with Russian propaganda, just denying Kremlin narratives is a non-constructive and ineffective way of communication, especially regarding foreign audiences. To resist the Russian propaganda machine, the Ukrainian side must operate facts only and professionally monitor hate crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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