DISINFO: The current regime in Kyiv has the characteristics of a "neo-Nazi" regime
SUMMARY
The Kyiv regime has the characteristics of a Nazi regime. [...] Russia has relations with the Ukrainian state. However, these relations should not be associated with the current "neo-Nazi" regime in Kyiv.
RESPONSE
This is a recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation claim about Nazi/fascist Ukraine.
The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian disinformation about the country since the very beginning of the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests, when it was used to discredit the pro-European popular uprising in Kyiv and, subsequently, the broader pro-Western shift in Ukraine's foreign policy. Far-right groups enjoyed a very limited presence during the Euromaidan itself and had poor results in the 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections. In the 2019 election, far-right candidates scored very low (1-2%) and fell short of the 5% minimum guaranteeing entry into parliament.
See similar disinformation cases in our database: the 2014 coup turned Ukraine into a Nazi state; there was a putsch in Ukraine and today the country is a totalitarian state.