DISINFO: The Revolution of Dignity 2014 in Ukraine was a pogrom conducted by NATO-backed Nazis
SUMMARY
The Revolution of Dignity in 2014 was actually a very unseemly pogrom conducted by NATO-backed Nazis against unarmed Russians and various secularists in Odessa and Kyiv. Zelensky and his friends can tell all the fairy tales they want about it, but there is nothing dignified about incinerating teenagers in Odessa and taking selfies while doing it. Not even the original Nazis did that.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the 2013–14 protests in Kyiv culminating in the Revolution of Dignity portrayed as a coup d'état, about the Odessa tragedy and about Nazi Ukraine.
Pro-Kremlin outlets falsely portray as a coup d’état the Euromaidan revolution, which constituted of popular demonstrations that began in Kyiv in November of 2013 and brought hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to the streets to protest against a political decision of Viktor Yanukovych’s government, which at the last minute withdrew from a long-negotiated political association and free trade agreement with the EU, choosing instead to accept a $15 billion economic bailout to Russia.
For what concerns the Odessa tragedy no trial has yet established the responsibilities of the different actors before a court. A total of 5 cases on trials and 3 investigations are currently ongoing.
Media reported about the tragedy in May 2014: the BBC, the Guardian, the DW. A chronology of the events has been established (1 and 2) and a non-partisan documentary film by Ukrainian Channel 7 has collected testimonies: May 2nd without Myth.
Regarding the investigation, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine noted in its report in 2019: "Five years on, there has still not been any accountability for the killings of six and violent deaths of 42 individuals. Some of the criminal proceedings launched after the tragic events have stalled at the pre-trial investigation stage, while others did at the trial stage. This suggests a lack of genuine interest from the authorities to ensure justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators."
The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has long been a cornerstone of pro-kremlin disinformation efforts. This has already been widely debunked and addressed on EUvsDisinfo.
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