“Even 50% Must Be Destroyed”: Russian MP Openly Calls for Exterminating Ukrainians

Russian Lawmaker Says Half of Ukraine’s Population Must Be Killed to ‘Eliminate Nazism’

The remarks echo years of increasingly extreme Kremlin rhetoric portraying Ukraine's existence as incompatible with Russia's security.

“Even 50% must be destroyed”: Russian MP openly calls for exterminating Ukrainians

A Russian State Duma deputy declared that destroying up to half of Ukraine's population is acceptable to eradicate what he called "Nazism," the Moscow Times reported. MP Alexei Zhuravlyov made the remarks in a conversation with a blogger.  Russian officials and state media have spent years normalizing calls to erase Ukrainians as a nation — from Dmitry Medvedev's 2022 pledge to make Ukrainians "disappear" to the daily dehumanization that Kremlin…

Russian Lawmaker Says Destroying 50% of Ukrainians Acceptable to Eradicate “Nazism”

A member of the Russian State Duma  has publicly suggested that destroying up to 50% of Ukraine's population is acceptable to eliminate nazism. State Duma Deputy Aleksey Zhuravlyov made these statements during a conversation with lawyer and blogger Ivan Mironov. When asked how many nazis are currently in Ukraine, Zhuravlyov estimated the number has risen from a previous 2% to roughly 20% or 30% today, according to The Moscow Times on July 7. We…

A State Duma deputy called for the extermination of half of Ukraine's population

Alexei Zhuravlev, a member of the Russian State Duma, has made yet another controversial statement about Ukraine. During an interview, he openly stated that, in the name of fighting so-called “Nazism,” it would allegedly be acceptable to wipe out up to half of the country’s population.