And for those of you who don't know who Aleksandr Dugin is, Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive overview:
As the previous tweets indicate, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has been getting a bit of stick for apparently using Auschwitz to score political points.
His Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, however, has also had similar charges laid at his door. Here are a couple of choice quotes from remarks he made today at an International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow:
"History shows how horrific an edge can the humanity be driven to by ambitions of global supremacy; what kind of tragedies are brought about by attempts of military pressure against sovereign countries and disrespect of their rights. And, of course, we all know very well how double standards and indifference to the fate of others are dangerous and destructive; just like today's tragedy in Ukraine's southeast where peaceful population is being fired upon over the course of many months in Donbas, Luhansk and other towns and cities."
"Historical facts are undeniable. They show, for example, how [Stepan] Bandera followers and other collaborators -- Hitler's accomplices -- themselves took part in the extermination of the Jewish people -- in the extermination of Jews in Lviv, Odesa, Kyiv, and other Ukrainian towns; how Nazis in the Baltic region carried out ethnic cleansing in Vilnius, Riga, Kaunas, and Tallinn."
Meanwhile, Victoria Nuland has also been taking issue with some of the things being said in Russia about the Ukraine crisis:
The United States' top diplomat for Europe has denounced "lies" by Russian state media about the Ukraine conflict.
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland said on January 27 that the signatories to September's Minsk agreement aimed at ending the fighting should be held to account "when state-owned Russian media spews lies about who is responsible for the violence."
She added that some claims by the Russian government on state media "are so outlandish" that the Russian people "are no longer believing them."
Her remarks at the Brookings Institution in Washington came as violence in eastern Ukraine has escalated in recent days with pro-Russian separatists launching an assault on the port city of Mariupol.
Nuland also said the United States would consider an additional $1 billion in loan guarantees to Kyiv if Ukraine "stays the reform course."