Kapustin is indeed dressed in black for his discussion with POLITICO in a downtown Kyiv hotel — though his clothing is free of any neo-Nazi logos or flashes. That’s despite the fact he runs a far-right apparel line of T-shirts and caps emblazoned with white nationalist and xenophobic imagery as well as the Nazi symbol 88 — the eighth letter of the alphabet twice being a not-so-subtle code for “Heil Hitler.”
He has links with American neo-Nazi groups, and in 2021 co-hosted a podcast with Robert Rundo, founder of the Rise Above Movement, which participated in the Charlottesville white supremacist rally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrylo_Budanov
In 2014, he took part in the war in Donbas, where he was wounded several times and reportedly participated in a number of classified special military operations.
According to The New York Times, Budanov was brought to the United States for treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after being wounded in fighting in the Donbas.
Budanov was one of the members of the elite Unit 2245 of the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate trained by CIA.
So let me see if I have this straight: He’s a Russian Nazi who fights Russian Nazis…?
He is fighting for the nazis not against them
Ah yes, the nazis that invaded Crimea, shot down a passenger plane (not for the first time), then invaded Ukraine.
You’re right, the ONE dude that totally isn’t a Nazi dictator totally is doing the right thing because…he called them Nazis first…right? Because that’s how it works…The ol’ “I’m rubber, you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you” pointless war propaganda.
[mouses over username] yep, beehaw.
Che Guevara meme account doesn’t know his ass from his elbow![emoji che-smile che-smile](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/ab3fd1e9-09a8-40ef-b57b-9ad26a8087a7.png)
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Russia does have a little bit of a Nazi problem, but fortunately they’re not in power, and one of their leaders died recently.
You know, there is an entire country that uses Che…which is where Ernesto kind 9f got his nickname.
But yeah…you know what? you changed my mind! Russian aggrssion is fabulous, the Nazi West is a toilet, and Putins nuts taste like strawberries! Go tell your masters you converted someone and get your use of indoor plumbing for the day reward!