DISINFO: The Wagner group made a huge contribution to the fight against Nazism in Ukraine
SUMMARY
Yevgeny Prigozhin [...] was talented. The Wagner Group made a huge contribution to the fight against Nazism in Ukraine[...].
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about alleged Nazism in Ukraine, aiming to justify Russia’s unprovoked aggression against its neighbour.
Russia spent years preparing the information landscape prior to its kinetic attack, with “Nazi Ukraine” being one of its most prominent disinformation features.
The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has been actively used by pro-Kremlin outlets as one of the favourite tropes for years to denigrate Ukraine. The myth deveoped during the Euromaidan popular protests in late 2013 – early 2014, falsely presented in pro-Kremlin disinformation as a coup. The Kremlin has been using this myth ever since to discredit Ukraine’s shift towards a policy developing closer Euro-Atlantic links.
Read our articles on the 7 myths of pro-Kremlin disinformation about the Russian military buildup near Ukraine, and how the Kremlin fabricated pretexts for the further invasion of Ukraine. For background, see vol. 1 and vol. 2 of the series “What he said and what it really means”.