• Star Wars Enjoyer A
    6·
    3 years ago

    Who would have thought that the country that is said to have directly inspired the rise of fascist ideology, and the country that had a civil war where Neo-Nazis won would vote “No” on fighting against Nazis.

  • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 years ago

    The absent countries (nearly the entire West) are not better. Basically they wanted to vote no but were embarrassed to.

    • Muad'DibberOPMA
      6·
      3 years ago

      Euromaidan and its aftermath is a massive topic, but basically NATO gave a shitload of money to the most reactionary groups in Ukraine, who eventually ousted the pro-russian leader Yanukovych and took power. Ever since then, Ukraine has been a bastion of homophobia, right-wing terrorism, and neo-nazism.