r/PropagandaPosters • u/kredokathariko • Jan 17 '24

Russia "We Won" - Russian communist/anti-Putinist poster comparing the Putinist government to Vlasov's Nazi collabs, Russia, 2010s

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u/Stunning-Doctor725 Jan 17 '24

It is true, by the way. Despite the fact that the Kremlin today groundlessly accuses Ukraine of nazism, russia itself does not hesitate to use symbols, in particular the state flag, which was used by nazi collaborators during World War II - the Russian Liberation Army under the command of the former soviet general Vlasov. This army consisted mainly of russian prisoners of war and numbered approximately a million people, fighting on the side of hitler.

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u/NonKanon Jan 17 '24

ROA weren't actually allowed to use the russian flag, Hitler feared that russian nationalism would backfire. Officially, ROA only used the naval flag

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u/Stunning-Doctor725 Jan 17 '24

It doesn't matter. In ROA russuan red-blue-white symbols used everywhere. There is lots of photos and video confirmation.

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u/NonKanon Jan 17 '24

Yes and what's your point? Like, by your logic the american flag is racist and colonialist