Thread by @DarkaHirna

As @P_Kallioniemi says "today in #vatniksoup This is Lev Golinkin, a native of Kharkiv, an immigrant with Jewish roots, who has been building the image of Ukraine as a neo-Nazi State for many years in Western Media. He calls himself a journalist.

The concept of his narrative is not new: war is very bad, Crimea was annexed by Russia, but "not everything is so clear" and "both sides are to blame for the crimes in Donbas." This is classic bothsidesism, voiced even in April 2022, after the liberation of Bucha.

To see the extent of his obsession with the "far-right nazis" in Ukraine, you can look at this publication:
And by clicking on the author's tag, you can read his other "art" about Ukraine and beyond. surl.li/svesf

After the Azov commanders were released from Ru captivity, he continued to talk that Azov members, including Denis "Redis" Prokopenko and his wife, are neo-Nazis.He called it a disgrace that Stanford University allowed Azov fighters in after their release from captivity.

When hi being asked "what about Nazism in Russia?" he said: "yes, of course, there is Nazism, but the US does not arm them!" Despite the fact that Western weapons dont reach Azov. This is mentioned in Redis address to the US and thats a big problem.

In 2022, a book about the Ukrainian Insurgent Army by historians Lubomyr Lutsiuk and Volodymyr Viatrovych, "Enemy Archives", was published in English. This is a very important set of original NKVD documents.

This based on archive that our diaspora managed to get from Russia in the 1990s with great difficulty, and then digitized by historians. These are documents about the NKVD's cleansing of the Ukrainian resistance movement for independence in the 40s and 60s.

This is a rich collection of Soviet docs that opens up new possibilities for researching Ukrainian nationalism in the first half of the XX century. Very important source for Western academia.That's why this book was recognized by @ALALibrary as one of the best works of 2023. BUT

This was an important recognition not only for the authors, but also for Ukraine, since most historians on this topic are now fighting in the Armed Forces and cannot break the lies of people like Golinkin. And then he came out with an article @thenation accusing @ALALibrary

He uses a photo of the Waffen-SS Galicia division, which the UPA opposed (the first battle of the UPA in WWII was against the Nazis). And the Russian Foreign Ministry immediately repost it. After this>

After that, @ALALibrary @alarusahs removes the book from the list of the best books of the past year. And apologizes🫠. This is exactly what Russia does with "inconvenient" literature. But I would never expect this from the United States.

Therefore, people like Lev Golinkin are a threat for global democracy, historical science, and national security of Ukraine. Shame on all media outlets that broadcast this lying mouthpiece.