Jack Albrecht
1 min readFeb 3, 2023

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My comment was the correct response to yours about Zelenskyy being Jewish.

Nazis don't run the government in Ukraine, but they have a LOT of control. The reason is simple: They are exactly like the mafia in that they use violence to get what they want.

The far right has publicly defied Zelenskyy multiple times and threatened his life. They threaten judges. Kill journalists and politicians. In Odesa in (IIRC) 2015 Nazis trapped 39 opposition demonstrators in a building and burned them alive. They openly display flags, tattoos, patches, and banners with Swastikas, Wolfsangel, Black Sun and other Nazi symbols openly on uniforms, in parades, in government buildings (not often or anymore). They praise Stepan Bandera - the Nazi collaborator and WWII war criminal. Bandera has been declared a "hero of Ukraine." etc. etc.

Nazis don't get elected in Ukraine like the mob doesn't get elected Sicily. But each has massive political power.

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Jack Albrecht
Jack Albrecht

Written by Jack Albrecht

US expatriate living in the EU; seeing the world from both sides of the Atlantic.

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