Foreign student who twerked at Russian war memorial charged with "Nazism"

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I concede that I never actually watched Triumph of the Will but I’m still pretty sure it doesn’t include a lot of twerking.

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This goes to a Twitter thread posted in the main Ukraine topic pointing out that the Russian definition of “Nazism” and “fascism” is very different from how the rest of the world understands the term. Basically, a “Nazi” or “fascist” is one who’s supposedly advocating for the destruction of the Russian nation-state (itself defined geographically by the old Tsarist or Soviet empires) – nothing more.

That is how we get the strange situation of Russian authorities calling a Black foreign student (or the Jewish leader of a nation-state that has the temerity to be independent of the Russian empire it once “belonged” to) a “Nazi” with a straight face.

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Or just advocating for fair open elections.

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Nazis don’t twerk!

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Hmm. I can’t explain why this exists but I am definitely entertained by it.

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I´ve never watched it myself.

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If I had 3 million roubles I’d by a super yacht.

Oh that’s right, their money is shit

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