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[-] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social -2 points 11 months ago

Dude...

Andriy Yevheniyovych Biletskyis a Ukrainian far-right politician. He is the leader of political party National Corps. He was the first commander of the volunteer militia Azov Battalion, which he founded in 2014, and a co-founder of the nationalist movement Social-National Assembly.

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In a 2007 article, Biletsky stated that "Ukrainian racial social-nationalism" was the ideology of Patriot of Ukraine. During his speech at a 2009 general meeting of the party he said: "How then can we describe our enemy? The general regime in power are oligarchs. Is there anything they have in common? Yes, one thing in common โ€“ they are Jews, or their true bosses โ€“ Jews โ€“ are behind them. Out of one hundred published richest people in Ukraine 92 are Jews, and some others of Tatar origin".

[-] Ulara@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago

Biletsky indeed made some racist statements in 2006-2010, but he changed his views and hasn't made a single racist statement since 2014. Azov batallion included several Jews from the very beginning, so Biletsky now isn't an anti-Semite.

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