Kremlin says ‘Zelensky is a peculiar kind of Jew that supports ISIS’

In Sept. 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Russian television that “Western masters...put a person at the head of modern Ukraine, an ethnic Jew, with Jewish roots, with Jewish origins” in order to cover up “the anti-human essence that is the foundation...of the modern Ukrainian state” and “the glorification of Nazism.”

In April 2023, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Ukrainian leaders of having “introduced Nazi practice and theory without any concealment. Openly, they organized in the center of Kyiv and other cities exuberant torch-bearing marches with SS division banners upheld.”

There was no evidence supporting such claims, reported German broadcaster Deutsche Welle at the time.