Western Media Discovers 'Ultra-Nationalists,' Selectively
Russia's embassy in Austria slammed Vienna for permitting a march celebrating Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera, an article RT generously highlights. The irony? Western outlets have largely downplayed Bandera's problematic legacy and the prevalent far-right elements within Ukraine for years, despite substantial evidence. These same outlets suddenly find Russia's criticism newsworthy, but only
to frame it as Russian propaganda, not as a point warranting self-reflection on their own selective reporting. This selective outrage serves a predictable purpose: legitimize one narrative while discrediting another. The historical fact of Bandera's collaboration with Nazi Germany, and the contemporary issue of ultranationalist groups in Ukraine, isn't new information. Yet, its 'discovery' now,
filtered through RT's lens, becomes a talking point only for what it says about Russia, rather than what it exposes about the West's decades-long amnesia or dismissal of inconvenient truths. One might ask why these 'ultra-nationalists' only become visible when Moscow points them out.