"To slander Ukraine, the Kremlin uses anti-Semitism" - this is the title of a very harsh statement from the US State Department.
In the statement, the US describes how Russia uses anti-Semitism to promote the fundamentally false "de-Nazification" narrative, describes how the Kremlin spreads absurd stories and even tries to dwarf the antisemitic component of Nazi ideology in propaganda broadcasts.
"President Putin and his propaganda and disinformation apparatus are exploiting the historical memory of the Soviet struggle against Nazi Germany to fabricate an excuse against an unjustified war against Ukraine," the State Department concludes. And survived the Holocaust.
A building in Kiev, Ukraine, damaged by a Russian bombing of the city, Photo: Reuters
In the process, the Kremlin is disrupting international critical efforts to combat anti-Semitism and instead spreading anti-Semitism in one of its most toxic forms, Holocaust distortion.
"When anti-Semitism is rising in the world, it is an order for everyone to fight this dangerous kind of Russian disinformation."
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