Absolute balderdash. I provided 4 news articles, 3 of which provided links to their own sources. You, on the other hand, have provided none in this post I'm responding to for your own assertions.
It helps to read beyond the subheading of an article. Below is the evidence for the accusation- please note all the linked articles too:
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So what is the Azov regiment?
Azov is a far-right all-volunteer infantry military unit whose members – estimated at 900 – are ultra-nationalists and accused of harbouring neo-Nazi and white supremacist ideology.
The unit was initially formed as a volunteer group in May 2014 out of the ultra-nationalist Patriot of Ukraine gang, and the neo-Nazi Social National Assembly (SNA) group. Both groups engaged in xenophobic and neo-Nazi ideals and physically assaulted migrants, the Roma community and people opposing their views.
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Who founded Azov?
The unit was led by Andriy Biletsky, who served as the the leader of both the Patriot of Ukraine (founded in 2005) and the SNA (founded in 2008). The SNA is known to have carried out attacks on minority groups in Ukraine.
In 2010, Biletsky said Ukraine’s national purpose was to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade … against Semite-led Untermenschen [inferior races]”.
Biletsky was elected to parliament in 2014. He left Azov as elected officials cannot be in the military or police force. He remained an MP until 2019.
The 42-year-old is nicknamed Bely Vozd – or White Ruler – by his supporters. He established the far-right National Corps party in October 2016, whose core base is veterans of Azov.
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Neo-Nazi ideology
In 2015, Andriy Diachenko, the spokesperson for the regiment at the time said that 10 to 20 percent of Azov’s recruits were Nazis.
The unit has denied it adheres to Nazi ideology as a whole, but Nazi symbols such as the swastika and SS regalia are rife on the uniforms and bodies of Azov members.
For example, the uniform carries the neo-Nazi Wolfsangel symbol, which resembles a black swastika on a yellow background. The group said it is merely an amalgam of the letters “N” and “I” which represent “national idea”.
Individual members have professed to being neo-Nazis, and hardcore far-right ultra-nationalism is pervasive among members.
In January 2018, Azov rolled out its street patrol unit called National Druzhyna to “restore” order in the capital, Kyiv. Instead, the unit carried out pogroms against the Roma community and attacked members of the LGBTQ community.
“Ukraine is the world’s only nation to have a neo-Nazi formation in its armed forces,” a correspondent for the US-based magazine, the Nation, wrote in 2019.
Human rights violations and war crimes
A 2016 report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHA) accused the Azov regiment of violating international humanitarian law.
The report detailed incidents over a period from November 2015-February 2016 where Azov had embedded their weapons and forces in used civilian buildings, and displaced residents after looting civilian properties. The report also accused the battalion of raping and torturing detainees in the Donbas region.
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Source:
The regiment, which has been accused of neo-Nazi ties, has since been absorbed in the national army.
www.aljazeera.com
I claimed no such thing.
I'm going to assume you're referring to the west's alleged "invasion" of Crimea. Can we agree that, unlike Euromaidan, over 100 Ukrainian citizens were -not- killed during this alleged "invasion" of Crimea? If so, could we further agree that the Neo Nazis that took over after Euromaidan was much more of an "invasion" on Ukrainians then Russia's "stealth" invasion?
Knowing anything for sure is hard, but we can certainly look at the evidence to determine what's the most likely. As to this allegation that "only 15% voted", I'm going to first assume that you're referring to the Crimean referendum to rejoin Russia. Where did you get this number? I can certainly agree that the Fog of War can make a lot of things uncertain, but I think it also pays to pay attention to who's making the claims and whether they have any potential motivations to be untruthful. I'll quote American Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett's final line in her article on Crimea:
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As for the claims that Russia invaded Crimea and of Russian forces intimidating voters, I believe the many people I met who denounced those claims and articulated very clearly why they wanted to join Russia, or as they say, “return to Russia.”
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Source:
Eva Bartlett traveled to Crimea to see how people have fared since their country reunited with Russia and what the referendum was really like
www.mintpressnews.com
I can certainly believe his -administration' broke the promise, by supporting the Neo Nazis who ousted elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in what many consider to be a coup during Euromaidan, helped along by a false flag operation which I've provided plenty of evidence for in
post #65.