Dec 3, 2022
If Vladimir Putin prevails in Ukraine, fascists around the world will take comfort.
"Because Mr. Putin speaks of fascists as the enemy, we might find it hard to grasp that he could in fact be fascist. But in Russia’s war on Ukraine, “Nazi” just means “subhuman enemy”— someone Russians can kill. Hate speech directed at Ukrainians makes it easier to murder them, as we see in Bucha, Mariupol and every part of Ukraine that has been under Russian occupation. Mass graves are not some accident of war, but an expected consequence of a fascist war of destruction."
By Timothy Snyder
Dr. Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University and the author of many books on fascism, totalitarianism and European history.
