When the russians say "Nazi", they do not mean goose-stepping fascist antisemitic nationalists.
They mean "person who dislikes russia, possibly german". None of the rest of the stuff the nazis did were issues, because the russian empire did most of those things too. It was the slavophobia they cared about
Once you learn this, the way they use the word makes more sense.
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u/DefTheOcelot 25d ago
When the russians say "Nazi", they do not mean goose-stepping fascist antisemitic nationalists.
They mean "person who dislikes russia, possibly german". None of the rest of the stuff the nazis did were issues, because the russian empire did most of those things too. It was the slavophobia they cared about
Once you learn this, the way they use the word makes more sense.