In Russia, Different Words, Same Antisemitic Tune
Vladimir Putin, his top officials, and state-sponsored propagandists have found a potent, time-tested weapon in their war with Ukraine—antisemitism. As they continue to press the three-year-long offensive against Ukraine and its Jewish president Volodymyr Zelensky, Putin et al. have weaponized centuries-old tropes that portray Jews as rootless, godless cosmopolitans hellbent on oppressing the faithful. The latest of Putin’s antisemitic pronouncements was featured in his televised end-of-year press conference on December 19, 2024. Answering a question about the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Putin characterized Ukrainian leaders as an unsavory bunch: “These are people without any faith—God-deniers. They are ethnic Jews, but has anyone...
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