The neo-fascist Ukrainian Azov Brigade celebrated the Day of the Dead on Sunday, as it does every year on the autumn equinox, in various locations in Ukraine. The pro-war Mainstream Media used to criticize the Azov Brigade as Nazis
, but now pretends like they don't exist.
The Azov Brigade was
founded in 2014 with funding by oligarch I
gor Kolomoisky, who is believed to be the true owner of Hunter Biden's former employer Burisma and also funded the Presidential campaign of Volodymyr Zelensky. Kolomoisky has since fallen into disfavor with the Kiev Regime and
was arrested Sept. 2. (Covered by Gateway here:
It All Comes Together: Hunter, Burisma, Kolomoisky, Zelensky and the "Children Burned Alive in Donetsk")
Before the war, Western media regularly reported on the neo-fascist elements of Ukrainian militias, which was again highlighted by Volodymyr Zelensky's salute to
a former member of the Waffen-SS before the Canadian Parliament Sept. 22
. Since the start of the war, however, Western media have taken to downplaying the role of neo-fascist militias such as the Azov Brigade, which played a major role in the Battle of Mariupol and supplied western media with intel and footage of the battle.
"Every year on the autumnal equinox, the fighters of the Azov regiment celebrate the Day of the Dead", wrote a
Ukrainian blog. "On this day, every Azovian honours his military brothers who sacrificed their lives for ours and our country's independence."
"The names of our comrades, who
died during the 9-year war, are forever inscribed in the history of Ukraine, and their feat is in the memory of every
Azov resident. This memory gives us the impetus to continue the struggle, even when it seems we no longer have the strength," the blog quotes The Azov Battalion.
As the regiment is currently carrying out combat missions, the torchlight ceremonies to honor the fallen took place at several different locations. In previous years, Azow fighters convened for a central celebration evoking Norse Viking mythology, as recently as 2022:
In 2018, the US Congress banned funding from going to the Azov Brigade, but the provision was stripped out before final passage. The 2018 spending bill specifically stipulated that "none of the funds made available by this act may be used to provide arms, training or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.""White supremacy and neo-Nazism are unacceptable and have no place in our world," Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), told The Hill in 2018. "I am very pleased that the recently passed omnibus prevents the U.S. from providing arms and training assistance to the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion fighting in Ukraine."
"Ever since the "Orange Revolution" began under President Bush, the U.S. has been complicit in the rehabilitation and spread of Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. Enough is enough! Our government must stand up to the Azov Battalion and other fascist groups",
Khanna tweeted 2018.
Rep. Khanna now supports funding the war in Ukraine and deleted his Tweet March 10, 2022.
Reader Comments
No one's impressed with your kinky Tomorrow Belongs To Me bonfire parties.
Worse news, all your women are being shagged by every guy in Europe except you.
They're not coming back.
And everyone's deleting their tweets.
Looking at the the rituals, with dimmed light sources, this strikes me as nothing more than a demonstration of Satanic ritual practices.
The Western world, believing in Freedom and Democracy, have adopted them as brothers in arms, to fight the demon, called Putin. It makes me wonder who are the believers in this nihilistic idolatry.
Throwing billions of monies and armaments, even to the extent, of making large segments of their own population bordering on the state of beggary, also at the same time promoting, ridiculous environment restrictions...to save what,...The Earth..the Earth will survive longer than those living in our lifetime, and for millennia to come.
Adopting laws against the people who dare voice the transgressions of truth decided by those that care nothing for truth, it is just a word in a dictionary, that can be digitally altered, as and when it is politically convent.....Remember Winston and the memory hole in 1984...How technology has moved on.
The age old question...Truth or lies, what one believes, or determiners as truth, is a whole different kettle of fish. And takes a lifetime to sift the wheat from the chaff.
Talking about Ukraine grain, but in reality, who or what nation would really import grain from Ukraine at this time knowing there is a high possibility that they have been contaminated with questionable pesticides that are banned within the EU, and also the question of DU contamination and it's continuation of supplying such methods of warfare from Western governments also raises it's ugly head.
In any event, as a Nation, it is screwed. It is an example of failed diplomacy, the abject horror at this time for the US to intervene in any sense or discourse for the challenges of diplomatic resolution.
To put it bluntly, the current US administration, does not have the intellectual capacity, to form a cohesive strategy to resolve this conflict, so war must go on....Great for the armament manufactures.
Meanwhile, it's great for the employment statistics. And the citizens of the country, the tax payers, footing the bill for this travesty, devolves into an abyss of who knows what.
AzovNazi battalion in the article, I suspect the goal of making "Right wing nationalism" a national threat to US began with funding these Neo Nazis in hopes of importing them back into western countries to cause mischief. Like Operation Gladio but with with a "White nationalist" or "Far Right" boogeyman instead. Maybe I'm giving these idiots too much credit given how horribly their running this war now. This playbook is old but these morons aren't creative and would easily try this again.[Link]