DISINFO: Kyiv's Nazi regime eradicates Russian culture
SUMMARY
The legal rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population of Ukraine are violated. These rights are eradicated. This includes a de facto ban on the Russian language in Ukraine, Russian-language media, and Russian culture. (...) This is just the tip of the iceberg. In essence, the Kyiv regime is a Nazi regime, as it has launched an attack on everything Russian.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative claiming that Ukraine is a Russophobic Nazi state which aims to eradicate anything Russian. This claim was made in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine is not a Nazi state. It is a democratic country with and transparent parliamentary and presidential elections, a multi-party political system, and legal protections for ethnic minorities. While far-right groups exist in Ukraine, as they do in many countries, they hold no significant influence in society. Russian is widely spoken in many parts of the country and there is no ban on it. The claim that Ukraine is a Nazi regime is a false narrative promoted by Russia to justify its unprovoked and unjustified aggression.
While some pro-Kremlin Ukrainian outlets have been restricted or banned due to concerns over propaganda, Russian-language media continues to exist in the country. For example, Priamy TV channel offers content in both Ukrainian and Russian and RBC-Ukraine provides news in Ukrainian, English, and Russian. Ukraine has removed some Soviet Communist and Russian imperial monuments (for example Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin in Kyiv or Russian Empress Catherine II in Odesa) as part of efforts to distance itself from the past, but this does not mean an attack on Russian culture.
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