Soviet army was not dividing people by nationality, they were all "soviet people".So why do you choose to do so now? (Actually, a rhetorical question).
I did not do that. But the fact is that Ukraine rehabilitates Bandera and other murderers and nazi collaborationists, has armed forces where people tatoo swastics on their skin, and has been promoting vicious antirussian sentiment well before 2014, ignored by the western media for a well understood reason (if we drop hypocrisy).
All this while for Russia the Second World War was and is one of the defining moments of their history and identity.
So what if there is anti-russian sentiment? russians have earned their reputation with the 10-15 million Ukrainians they have murdered over the past 150 years. We don't need neo-nazis to make us hate russians for what they have done to our families and friends and our country. I don't know anybody who didn't lose grandparents or great grandparents to Stalin's purges.
I have now lost 3 family members and 15 people from my graduating uni class.
Germany has neo-nazis in its military. russia's military is entirely conscripts and track-suit wearing, Neo-soviets covered in anti-Ukrainian tattoos.
America's military is at least 20% neo-nazi/extremist.
There are bad apples in every country.
Just like the USA saved russia and Europe from Hitler, we will save Europe and America from vladolf putler. You can all be cowards and sleep peacefully in your bed while I hear bombshells every night.
Bandera was jailed by Nazi for almost the whole duration of the war (1941-1945). His brother was murdered in German stalag. It doesn't look like collaboration with Nazi.
Soviet Union and Germany attacked Poland together (and started WWII). It's cooperation with Nazi.
If we look at the argument often used by Russians, that X is Nazi because he collaborated with Nazi, and then apply it to Soviet Union instead of Bandera, then Russians found thousands of arguments why this is not true.
Bandera’s organisation committed war crimes and genocide while Bandera himself was imprisoned by the Nazis, due to his refusal to obey their demands. Was Bandera personally aware of and responsible for what his organisation did while he was not able to be directly in charge of it? I doubt that question is as easy to answer was you seem to think it is.
When somebody sacrifices their lives to protect their fellow countrymen, they deserve respect, no matter how awful their hearts are. Those people sacrificed their lives and didn't give a crap what you thought about them. They died saving their wives, their mothers, their children, and their fellow countrymen who they didn't even agree with.
vladolf putler has murdered at least 250,000 Ukrainians now. If you think the this is good, let's get together for coffee and discuss it. I will use on you the persuasive technique that Wagner uses on my people.
> I doubt that question is as easy to answer was you seem to think it is.
The answer is actually an easy one: yes he was personally responsible for the movement he started and he was personally responsible for his organisation's deeds. Nazis imprisoned many other Nazis on a regular basis during the regime rule. Being imprisoned by the Nazis doesn't automatically nullify the convictions and aspirations of the imprisoned.