Moscow/Kyiv, Aug. 14 -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov has said that along with ending the Russia-Ukraine war, another major issue that needs to be addressed is the 'de-nazification' of Kyiv, calling it a "pressing matter."
According to Azarov, no one has ever done anything on this track in Ukraine, while speaking to Russian state media TASS.
"It is carried out by way of an accomplished fact on the battlefield. The Azov battalion (outlawed in Russia as a terrorist association) was eliminated - that's about all that has been done on the denazification track. Of course, this is a pressing topic," he said.
A far right group in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Azov Battalion has long been accused of being a 'neo-Nazi' mili...