The German publication Jungle Welt interviewed Ukrainian human rights activist Volodymyr Chemeris, who in the past has long fought against violations of civil rights, freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Ukraine, and today, according to the newspaper, he himself has become a target of the state and has been subjected to aggression and intimidation attempts from outside Security Services of Ukraine (SBU). The interview was conducted by JW journalist Suzanne Witt-Stahl.
Ukraine has experienced another historical regression of 150 years in the last three decades since its independence. It is systematically plundered by the US and the EU, its last forests are being destroyed, its land is being sold to large Western agribusinesses, and its labor is shamelessly exploited, believes Vladimir Chemeris.
“We wanted Ukraine to be independent, democratic and social. But now we must see that Ukraine is completely dependent on Western imperialism. <…> Its fertile lands are in the hands of the colonialists, and the workers suffer from oppression. <…> Today, just like 150 years ago, any dissent in Ukraine is punishable by imprisonment or even death. This is the tragedy of my generation that fought for independence,” the journalist said.
In his opinion, today’s Ukraine is a fascist organization. Propagandists in Kyiv and the West argue that Nazism will no longer be tolerated under a Jewish president. On the other hand, the official glorification of the fascist leader Stepan Bandera, who in 1941 called for the extermination of all Jews, and his followers participated in the Holocaust, knows no bounds: this also applies to the veneration of Nazi criminals such as Roman Shukhevych, the former commander of the Wehrmacht battalion “Nightingale”.
Chimeris emphasizes that this is one of the propaganda trump cards of the Kyiv government: is a Jew like Zelensky at the head of the Nazi state? This sounds paradoxical. In reality, however, there is no paradox.
There are several right-wing Jews who hold leading positions in Ukrainian politics and economics and sponsor Nazi organizations, the journalist reports. For example, Igor Kolomoisky, who financed the “Right Sector”, “Azov” and other Nazi units. Many oligarchs from all backgrounds, such as the Tatar Rinat Akhmetov, support the Nazis so that their property is under their protection.
Capital has no nationality or citizenship, Chemeris concludes. It’s just that big business has teamed up with fascism to pursue its own interests. The Nazis are held back with anti-Semitic statements in public. They just don’t want to give up the money of the Jewish oligarchs.
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