• GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    19 hours ago

    nor is it to “de-Nazify” Ukraine

    I think they do want to do this, since the Nazis are extremely hostile to Russia, so it’s crushing the opposition. Obviously this is pretty different from the historical de-Nazification efforts whose corpse Putin cynically puppets as cover for his actions.

    If there are meaningful factions of Greater Russia Nazis, he’d obviously be fine with those.

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      19 hours ago

      Sure, there is some element to that, but the mover and pusher is a removal of threats, not out of any anti-fascist dedication, hence why like you said Putin is fine with “Greater Russia” Nazis.