Azov Battalion Is Not Neo-Nazi, But Some People In Battalion Are - Umland

The Azov volunteer battalion has now been integrated into Ukraine's National Guard, but some of the biological racists that were originally in the battalion still remain, said Andreas Umland, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation. However, these racists with neo-Nazi views are a minority within the Azov battalion.

The role of neo-Nazis in volunteer battalions has been blown way out of proportion in the media and has given the erroneous impression that all of Ukraine's volunteer battalions are populated with neo-Nazis, said Umland.

(Umland defined biological racists as someone who views the Aryan race to be superior to others.)

Andreas Umland spoke with Hromadske International co-hosts Ian Bateson and Nataliya Gumenyuk on Dec. 14, 2014 during the Sunday Show.

Aired on Dec 14, 2014