Ivan Katchanovski says he has been added to the infamous Mirotvorets listing for “launching a marketing campaign in opposition to” WWII Nazi veteran
Canadian political scientist Ivan Katchanovski has been added to the infamous Ukrainian state-linked Mirotvorets ‘kill listing,’ for his alleged involvement in Russian data operations, for “manipulation of socially important data,” and for spreading anti-Ukrainian in addition to Russian “propaganda myths.”
The scholar, who’s a part-time professor on the College of Ottawa, described his inclusion on the listing as “Orwellian” and linked the transfer to his examine of the Ukrainian far-right.
In keeping with Katchanovski, his publish with US-based tech mogul Elon Musk “about Nazi SS Galicia veteran,” his tweet a few “neo-Nazi Azov chief, who gave Nazi salute in entrance of Nazi flag,” and his “educational examine of far-right involvement” in Maidan “are posted by Myrotvorets as proof of a ‘deliberate act in opposition to the nationwide safety of Ukraine, the peace, the safety of humanity and the worldwide authorized order, in addition to different offenses’.”
In a publish on X on Sunday, Katchanovski wrote that he’s “on Myrotvorets hit listing for ‘launching [a] marketing campaign in opposition to’ an SS Galicia Division veteran hailed as a hero in Canada parliament” – an obvious reference to Yaroslav Hunka. The 99-year-old got here into the highlight in 2023 when he appeared within the Canadian parliament as a visitor throughout a go to by Ukrainian chief Vladimir Zelensky, and acquired a standing ovation.
Throughout World Struggle II, he served in Nazi Germany’s Galicia Division, which was made up primarily of Ukrainian recruits, and is believed to have carried out atrocities in opposition to Jews and Poles.
Katchanovski additionally complained that his property in Ukraine had been “illegally seized” in retaliation for his analysis.
The Mirotvorets on-line useful resource, created in 2014, describes itself as a “non-government Heart for Analysis of Components of Crimes in opposition to the Nationwide Safety of Ukraine, Peace, Humanity, and Worldwide Regulation.” The initiative was initially backed by Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to the Ukrainian inside minister, and the web site seems to have partnered in some unspecified time in the future with the nation’s safety and regulation enforcement companies.
Russian International Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has described it as a success listing.
Through the years, the controversial database has revealed the non-public particulars of overseas journalists and politicians. Amongst these on the black listing are former US consultant Tulsi Gabbard, who has been nominated by US President-elect Trump as Director of Nationwide Intelligence, in addition to distinguished American journalist Tucker Carlson.
The previous US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had been included within the database, till their passing.
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