Wolfsangel, SS sun symbol and a clearly right-wing extremist founder - anyone who adorns themselves with such insignia has a hard time not being seen as a neo-Nazi.
But the case of the Azov regiment of Ukraine is more complicated, especially if you consider the development of the force since its creation.
Meanwhile, the men and women of the regiment are seen as heroes in Ukraine.
And used by Russian propaganda as evidence for the unfounded claim that Ukraine is ruled by Nazis.
After the Russian annexation of Crimea in early 2014 and the resulting fighting in the Donbass region, several dozen volunteer battalions of all kinds were formed.
"There were all sorts of wild fellows among them," says Ann-Dorit Boy in this podcast episode, "there were battalions that drew attention to themselves more through human rights violations and excessive drinking and a lack of discipline than anything else."
The Azov regiment actually came from a Ukrainian neo-Nazi group called the "Patriot of Ukraine."
One of its founders: the well-known right-wing extremist Andrij Bilezkyj.
In the early years of the force's existence, they were accused of various human rights abuses.
In addition to wearing the Nazi symbols mentioned above and expressing neo-Nazi views, this led to the US Congress suspending any aid to the regiment at the end of June 2015.
In the meantime, the regiment has separated from its right-wing founder and its ideological "Azov movement", which is why many observers now assess the Azov regiment differently and speak of an elite unit that has detached itself from its ideological past.
"For example, there is the right-wing extremism expert Anton Shekhovtsov," says Ann-Dorit Boy, "and he is not the only one, but perhaps the most renowned and visible representative of the thesis that a strict distinction must now be made: between this Azov movement from Andriy Biletskyi.
In the recent past, the regiment itself, i.e. its press office, which then speaks for the commanders, distanced itself from Biletsky and said: We don’t want people to perceive us as a unit.”
Is that enough to refute the valid accusation of a right-wing extremist regiment?
Are there good reasons why the Azov regiment should have changed?
And how successful are right-wing politicians in Ukraine?
Ann-Dorit Boy talks about this with Olaf Heuser in this episode of "Eight Billions".
Listen to this episode here: