"I thought it was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. I didn’t understand what it meant. Denazification? I’m merely saying there isn’t a Nazi movement in 2024. It’s a way of calling people evil. Calling them [Ukrainians] Nazis, I thought it was childish." (src)
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Did he not he not read/hear Putin’s frequent pre-interview comments talking about “Denazification” and “Nazis”? I mean this isn’t a huge shocker that he thinks that.
It makes no sense to me either. I read it has a different meaning in Russia (basically a Great Patriotic War reference) but I’m not familiar enough with how Russians see their history to comment on that.