Those anti-immigrant, anti-Islam parties in Europe that has any major influence and voter base, so called “far right” parties are not going to label themselves nazi. In fact it is what their opponents label them as and they actively deny. It is basic knowledge that you associate yourself with nazism that’s political suicide in the west.It’s not just the people who have direct experience with it, it’s also those who were their children, most of whom are parents today. They’ve heard stories about the Nazi invasion and they’ve had it drummed into them - in schools, through their parents and grandparents and so on.
With regards to the second part. If Putin’s narrative is addressed at the West, then it makes little sense, because the West isn’t buying the idea that a country led by a Jewish President is a Nazi country. Also, Nazis aren’t as hated as you’d expect in the West. There are neo Nazis in many European countries, including Austria where a few years ago they almost won the Parliamentary elections.
Sure, but the West doesn’t buy the neo-nazi narrative.
For sure, but even the European localists like Viktor Orban in Hungary oppose Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and Viktor Orban is a natural ally and supporter.
What about Putin’s long time friend and ally, Czech President Milos Zeman who just turned against him and condemned Putin on the day of the invasion?
Putin’s friends within the EU are virtually nonexistent now. What you’re saying is a theory, but there are no supporting facts on the ground for it.
Trump, if he was in office, would have tried to profit from the situation, because he’d feel Europe was weak and would do anything to pay him back. So he would have threatened to leave them to Putin, to get some good deals going, and then been more aggressive than Biden was imo towards Putin.
We will see if Putin can dig out more evidence to back his claim, about neo-nazi infiltration in Ukraine government and bioweapon research in lab.
The war just really just started and the impact is just starting showing. It is too early to tell that the West is willing to pay a price to stand against Kremlin. If high energy price is unbearable, millions of Ukrainian refugee getting into the border is unsustainable fiscally for the host country, they are going to find some ways to accept partially the Kremlin narrative to cool things. Afterall whether Ukraine really had Nazi or biolab is not a top priority of people watching it on the sideline from other country, but it is an excellent opportunity for the domestic political party not in power to attack the ruling party for mishandling cost of living and refugee crisis.
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