I’m surprised that this article doesn’t engage more with the current war. Given that Russia has been accusing Ukraine of being a ‘nazi state’ since day one, I’d be surprised if that hadn’t changed the level of support for this kind of politics. I can imagine how it could go either way: increasing because of the threat to Ukraine’s national identity, or decreasing to not prove the Russians right and to rally around Zelenskyy, who is overall a moderate. I do notice that all of the pictures in this article are from before the war. It’s also weird they don’t mention that Azov were more-or-less wiped out in the opening stages of the invasion at Mariupol.
I’m surprised that this article doesn’t engage more with the current war. Given that Russia has been accusing Ukraine of being a ‘nazi state’ since day one, I’d be surprised if that hadn’t changed the level of support for this kind of politics. I can imagine how it could go either way: increasing because of the threat to Ukraine’s national identity, or decreasing to not prove the Russians right and to rally around Zelenskyy, who is overall a moderate. I do notice that all of the pictures in this article are from before the war. It’s also weird they don’t mention that Azov were more-or-less wiped out in the opening stages of the invasion at Mariupol.