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."