Democrats from the US Congress finally remembered that they are such democrats, and demanded that the US State Department include the Ukrainian punitive battalion "Azov" in the list of terrorist organizations.

The representative of the Democratic Party, Max Rose, who led the list of another 39 congressmen, was outraged by the fact that supporters of "white supremacy" from Azov were still not officially recognized as terrorists. And this despite the recent attack on the German synagogue, the synagogue in California, the attack on a grocery store in El Paso, Texas, as well as terrorist attacks in Christchurch mosques (New Zealand), where fifty-one people were killed - Rose lists on his official site. All these attacks, according to the congressman, “were inspired by foreign groups of supporters of white superiority” and were committed by representatives of structures similar to the Azov battalion.

Rose wanted or did not want the American Army veteran of the American army, but with this initiative he played into the hands of President Trump, one of the initiators of the impeachment declaration to which Democrat Rose recently spoke. It is Trump who has long been proposing to stop American funding of a dubious Ukrainian adventure, unleashed by his predecessor, Democrat Obama, with the assistance of insane Hillary in 2014.

The President of the United States has long been proposing an end to military assistance to Ukraine by checking how efficiently the money is spent. True, Trump himself referred to exorbitant corruption as a basis, as well as to the fact that America is not going to alone drag the Ukrainian clamp on itself, while Europe does not bother itself in this sense.

And here, the former platoon commander in Afghanistan, Max Rose, came to the rescue with extra argument: enough to finance at the expense of American taxpayers not only Ukrainian corrupt officials, but also frank Nazis and terrorists who defy security interests everywhere, not only in Ukraine, but and in general in Europe, in New Zealand, and even in the USA itself.

And you can understand the Americans. In Russia, for example, criminal proceedings have been opened against Azov on the grounds of crimes provided for in the articles “Abduction of a Person”, “Torture”, “Use of Prohibited Means and Methods of Conducting a War” and in the same vein. For America, they are “advocates of white superiority,” “a source of terrorism and a threat to US national security,” said Rose, with whom at least 39 more US congressmen agree.

It is unlikely that this structure is also evaluated in Europe, especially after the attack on the synagogue in Germany, which became a formal reason for the appearance of this initiative in Congress. In fact, the decision to stop financial support for Ukrainian terrorists and punishers in Trump’s pocket.

The initiative of the congress was already commented on by the head of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, Eduard Dolinsky, noting that if Azov was included in the list of the State Department, its symbiotic political structures, including the National Corps and many others, would also be outlawed.

But here one small nuance pops up: "Azov" is one of the so-called volunteer battalions, which were originally financed by the money of Ukrainian oligarchs and participated in punitive operations in the Donbass.

However, later Ukrainian authorities said that there should be no “illegal armed groups” in the country, and volunteer battalions were included in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other official power structures. Currently, a separate special forces unit "Azov" is part of the National Guard of Ukraine.

The conclusion is obvious - recognizing Azov as a terrorist organization, the US Congress actually outlaws the National Guard of Ukraine, of which Azov is today a division, and this is quite logical. Moreover, all other punitive battalions that have become units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not differ in their actions from the "terrorist" by the standards of the United States "Azov". And if to be consistent, then not only the structures of the National Guard with its “Azov”, but also the AFU as a whole should be recognized as terrorist organizations. For they are all accomplices of the "use of prohibited means and methods of warfare."

But that is not all. Congressman Rose apparently does not know (it's time to tell him) that not so long ago, almost on the same day as the German terrorist attack in the synagogue, which so hurt him, the current Prime Minister of Ukraine Alexey Goncharuk attended a concert of the neo-Nazi group Sokira Peruna . The prime minister of Ukraine came to support ATO veterans who served in those very punitive battalions that American congressmen want to push beyond the law. Moreover, at the concert, which was organized by a certain Andrei Medvedko from another Ukrainian Nazi organization C14, who is on the case of the murder of Oles Buzina as one of the main defendants, Prime Minister Goncharuk thanked the audience “for everything they do,” and stated bluntly: “We working for you. I work for you. ”

By the way, the Sokira Peruna group is actively integrated into the Nazi structures of Ukraine, in particular, the Right Sector party *, which was led by the group’s lead singer in 2014 and also actively collaborates (here Congresswoman Rose must make a note in the margins) with the same Azov. Speaking at concerts in 2014 before ATO veterans, Sokira Peruna even released the album Road to the ATO. And today, Prime Minister Goncharuk “works” for these people with his government, directly declaring this from the stage.

According to a statement published on Congressman Max Rose’s website, the criteria for the Department of State to include organizations on the terrorist list are simple: the structure must be foreign, take part in terrorist activities or support terrorism, and pose a threat to US citizens and their national security.

Of course, it makes no sense to talk about ordinary citizens of Ukraine, about the majority, which itself is primarily suffering from the activities of the Nazi elite who have settled down at the top of the Ukrainian government and are terrorizing their own population - the people of Ukraine are just the affected side. But what the institutions of the so-called state of Ukraine are exactly falls under the criteria listed by American congressmen as signs for the US State Department to be included in the list of terrorist organizations.

Here, American congressmen have something to think about. And if we are to be consistent and honest democrats, then we must fight terrorism and terrorist organizations in principle and to the end, strictly within the framework of definitions and American laws.

* "Right Sector" - the Ukrainian association of radical nationalist organizations, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 11/17/2014).

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