It is striking & reminiscent of Maidan that many Western politicians, journalists & self-proclaimed experts omit, dismiss & deny by means of fakes & attacks on scholars of far right in Ukraine overwhelming evidence that #Protasevich served in neo-Nazi-led Azov battalion in Donbas
His opposition to undemocratic regime in #Belarus does not make arrested #Belarusian blogger, who served in neo-Nazi-led Azov battalion in #Ukraine & wore t-shirt with swastikas & never repudiated this, liberal democrat & human rights proponent.
Experience of #Ukraine shows that when similar people with far-right background, like Parubii, Chornovol, etc, along with oligarchic & far right politicians came to power they were involved or supported major human rights violations & illiberal & undemocratic policies & actions
There is deja vu with #Maidan when such implications were ignored, denied or dismissed & there were calls to censor such information & analysis. Scholars of far right in #Ukraine were similarly denounced on social media for raising & analyzing such issues. researchgate.net/publication/33…
And there have been silence or even justification and de facto or open support of such major human rights violations and illiberal and undemocratic policies & actions since the Maidan in #Ukraine researchgate.net/publication/32…
Would Western politicians, journalists & self-proclaimed experts whitewash or even glorify Western politicians or journalists who were associated with neo-Nazi-led paramilitary organizations involved in violence in the West & displayed neo-Nazi symbols and never repudiated this?
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