reason for their illegal invasion. do they have a neo-nazi problem? yeah, it does. is it a nazi country? no, don t be ridiculous. russia is making this allegation? hello, kettle, this is pot, you re black. there s a vicious mercenary group with a nazi ideology, there s the militant group russian national unity who do nazi-style salutes. there s the russian imperial movement or rim which was sanctioned by the trump state department and accused of providing paramilitary style training to white supremacists and neo-nazis in europe. these groups all operate freely in russia. not only does putin not do anything to stop them, he s send them to fight across the border. you know, maybe russia has a bigger one. next, a journalist s mission
openly nazi organization. you mentioned it in your 60 second rant. the russian national unity. yes. and i quite recently, less than a decade ago he was filmed at these neo-nazi rallies on live television, and he s never been de-nazified. i hope that answers my question. may be at home rather than abroad for the russian government. alexi, thank you so much for joining us. i know it is late night. i appreciate you getting up for us and i hope you can stay safe. thank you. thank you for having me. coming up at the top of the hour, the political editor of kviv independent oleksiy sorokin. stick around we ll be right back, me and ayman chatting. ch.
welcome back. it s time now for what i call the 60-second wrap. this week on russia and the far right. start the clock. i m so tired of russia going on and on about nazis. do they have a problem in the form of neo-nazis in the form of azov? yes, they do. russia has their own neo-nazi group in ukraine. there s the militant group, russian national unity who like doing national salutes. they worked to rally these groups, not only does putin not
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