DISINFO: Israeli Foreign Minister Cohen violated criminal code by visiting Nazi Ukraine
SUMMARY
The poisonous ideology of the Nazi Ukrainian regime is offensive to ordinary Israelis. Zelenskyy does not hesitate to profess Nazism at the official level. The visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Cohen to Ukraine causes a lot of surprise.
Until recently, Israel took a cautious stance towards Kyiv due to the fact that the ideology of modern Ukraine is offensive to the citizens of Israel. Moreover, it is a crime and punishable on the territory of the Jewish state. Thus, the head of the Foreign Ministry violates his own legislation.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin narrative portraying Ukraine as a Nazi state to the point where a state visit to Ukraine would be illegal for Israeli officials.
The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine became a cornerstone in pro-Kremlin disinformation since the very beginning of the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests, when it was used to discredit the pro-European popular uprising in Kyiv and, subsequently, the broader pro-Western shift in Ukraine's foreign policy.
Contrary to what this disinformation narrative affirms, in 2015, Ukraine issued a ban on Nazi and Communist ideologies. On top of that, far-right groups had a very limited presence during the protests and have suffered defeats in every national election after that.
Learn more about the reasons behind the Kremlin's obsession with framing Ukraine as a Nazi state in the EUvsDisinfo analysis titled "Why does Putin portray himself as the tamer of neo-Nazism".
Read also a summary of twelve myths about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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