I've been reading comments from the other side on this and the argument seems to come down to Waffen-SS Galicia Division, or the SS 14th Waffen Division technically has not been found guilty of committing war crimes as a division during Nuremberg Trials (even though Waffen-SS as a whole clearly has). So there you have it, Russians are Nazi, real SS Nazis are not Nazis, War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength.
Funny that Canuks are receiving flak for inviting and applauding a known Nazi, but no one is really questioning how a known Nazi managed to safely live in Canada all this time and how many other real SS Nazis Canada is still covering. Well, Poland seems to be catching up
Poland seeks extradition of Ukrainian SS veteran who was applauded in Canada What about the Finns? Are they Nazi? Are they more Nazi than Russians, or are Russians more Nazi than Finns?
In 1939 Russians attacked Poland with Hitler's forces. 2 months later Russians, the strongest allies of Nazi Germany, attacked Finland and forced it to give away a part of their country.
Finland asked Germans for help, which they provided and attacked Russia. When Russia begun to get overwhelmed it asked Allies for help and changed sides from being a Nazi helper to a Nazi hater.
History is written by the victors, so now Russia is portrayed as the country that saved Europe from Germany, Poland is the country liberated by friendly Russian forces and Finland which only defended its borders is an ally of the Nazis.