Rostyslav Ishchenko – a Russian political scholar, journalist
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Rostyslav Ishchenko is a Russian political scholar, journalist, diplomat, writer, and publicist of Ukrainian origin. On March 1, 2014, he left for Russia and received citizenship there.
He wrote several books in which he spoke about the “need to exterminate Ukraine and Ukrainians.” These publications are banned in Ukraine. In Russia, he publicly opposes Ukrainian statehood and denies the existence of Ukrainian history and the Ukrainian language.
After the start of a full-scale war, he declared that the world would exist either the Russian Federation without Ukraine or Ukraine without the Russian Federation, saying that “together they feel cramped on Earth.”
*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Main statements
1. He denied Ukrainian statehood and called Ukrainians “Nazis” (March 24, 2022)
He claimed the alleged “existence of Nazism in Ukraine.” He denied the existence of the Ukrainian state, instead saying that “Ukrainian Nazis are parasitizing on the ruins of one of the Soviet provinces.”
2. He declared that “Ukraine should no longer exist” (March 29, 2022)
3. He claimed the alleged “existence of Nazism in Ukraine” (November 30, 2022)
4. He accused Ukrainians of wanting to destroy Russia and all Russians (November 30, 2022)
