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Ukrainian journalist Lev Golinkin discusses the worsening neo-Nazi problem in Ukraine and critiques Zelensky's response.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: It’s been a while since we’ve covered the proxy war in Ukraine, so who better to give us an update than Useful Idiots fan-favorite Lev Golinkin, the Ukrainian-American journalist and author of A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka . The big takeaway: remember Ukraine’s whole neo-Nazi problem? It’s gotten worse. Lev explains how this began: Lev Golinkin: Right when Zelensky came to power, a TV company in Ukraine wanted to set up something called the Telemost [Russian for TV bridge ]. It’s an echo back to the Soviet days in the 80s where you had television studios in Moscow and television studios in America and everyday people in the studios could talk to each other. The whole idea was for them to try to see each other as human beings. So there was somebody who wanted to revive that and do it between Kiev and Moscow. Andriy Biletsky, the main neo-Nazi who is being whitewashed right now, put out a short video telling Zelensky, ‘You have until tomorrow…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie Halper, Aaron Maté

Guest: Lev Golinkin

Topics covered

• Ukraine
• neo-Nazism
• Zelensky
• proxy war
• journalism
• political commentary

Keywords

• Ukraine
• Zelensky
• neo-Nazi
• Lev Golinkin
• Andriy Biletsky
• proxy war
• journalism
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka

Places: Ukraine, Kiev, Moscow

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