[Why is the West Silent About Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Movements, Azov Battalion, & Bandera Legacy?] This post was originally published on this site French President Emmanuel Macron claimed in his Wednesday address to the nation that Russia’s special operation to demilitarise and “de-Nazify” Ukraine is “not a fight against Nazism”, thus joining the chorus of political leaders and media outlets in the West who downplay or altogether deny the problem of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism. Ukraine’s ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi battalions made headlines after the 2014 February coup d’etat in the country only to be largely overlooked and downplayed in the ensuing years by...