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| Tango01 | 05 Sep 2016 9:51 p.m. PST |
…animates Ukraine-Russia fight. "The rhetoric out of Moscow is consistent, bombastic and, to the Western ear, perhaps a bit puzzling: Ukraine today is run by thugs, fascists and Banderists. "Thugs" and "fascists" are easily understood. But Banderists? It's a reference to Ukrainian nationalist and, many say, Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera. And while his name is unfamiliar to American and western European ears, it's a trigger to both Russians and Ukrainians, but for different reasons. To Russians and ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine, Bandera is a villain, a vile betrayer who allied himself with Adolf Hitler in the worst years of World War II…"
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| Weasel | 09 Sep 2016 4:39 a.m. PST |
I imagine the Polish might see things a lot differently. |
| Tango01 | 09 Sep 2016 10:02 p.m. PST |
For sure… (smile) Amicalement
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