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It sure did: It documented US involvement in 2014 coup as well as the extreme right Azof paramilitaries who murdered 14000 ethnic Russians. Never heard any of it? https://www.mintpressnews.com/ukraine-jewish-president-zelen...

Oh, why isn't this reported? US Admits to Funding Biological Laboratories in Ukraine, with Dilyana Gaytandzhieva https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-admits-funding-biological-l...

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Do you have any articles that is not written by RT contributes that covers this? Mintpressnews seems to be at best a news site funded by the Syrian regime. So it would be nice to see articles by a more independent source.

I don't know about the election illegitimacy claims and I doubt the bioweapons claims are anything but propaganda, but the Azov Battalion and other groups like the Aidar Battalion definitely have neo-nazi leadership and likely have intent to ethnically cleanse the east of Russians.

Andriy Biletsky, one of the founding members of the Azov Battalion described his political mission to "be the leader of the white races against a world of jew lead subhumans". They openly use Nazi symbolism, distribute neo-nazi propaganda magazines, and provide terrorist training to foreign neo-nazi groups. The Ukrainian government's response to this was to legitimize them, give them arms production plants, incorporate them into the military and even give them policing permits.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/13/ukraine-far-ri...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28329329

https://www.timesofisrael.com/brazilian-neo-nazis-recruited-...

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/neo-nazis-far-rig...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab7dw/azov-battalion-ukrain...

https://web.archive.org/web/20150709162323/http://ngu.gov.ua...

They claim the group has 'depoliticized', although the neo-nazi leadership, distribution of neo-nazi propaganda, use of nazi symbolism and ethic hate related crimes have not ceased.

Azov is big in propaganda due to being one of the first in the door among volunteer militia, and being... well, Azov. It's telling however that the closest thing to a parent organisation pretty much lost all political gains it made since Euromaidan (they now have 1 single-vote region in last election, an election won by ethnically russian jew who speaks russian with family) and even just after Euromaidan they were rebuffed in various escapades even by government, despite the desperation of early war.

When you say not reported do you mean other than CNN, MSNBC, Fox News?

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