The rise of Azov | openDemocracy
▻https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/denys-gorbach-oles-petik/rise-of-azov
Strange it may seem, but Ukraine’s far right and Russia’s propaganda machine share a common fantasy: a radical right-wing coup in Kyiv. Just as the Ukrainian right has been making moves in domestic politics over the past year, a coup scenario in the country’s capital would be precisely the escalation Russia needs to win the war in the east.