These promote false claims of Jewish control over institutions and even the outcome of specific events. Read more: Ukraine war: Putin's 'denazification' campaign hits Babyn Yar holocaust memorial to 33,000 murdered JewsĪll too often, such theories and disinformation are rooted in antisemitic tropes. Nothing less than the de-nazification of Ukraine was required, Putin bizarrely claimed, while neglecting the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish and lost family members in the Holocaust. More recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin spread an outlandish conspiracy theory to justify his military invasion of Ukraine. Other conspiracy theories, such as those that claim 9/11 was an inside job, require a little more deciphering. congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene embraced the “Jewish space lasers” theory after the California wildfires in 2018? Perhaps there should be an updated version: If you examine any given conspiracy theory, even seemingly innocuous ones, it won’t be long until you find coded and explicit antisemitism. Godwin’s Law posits that any online argument, if it continues long enough, will inevitably invoke a comparison to Hitler.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spread an outlandish conspiracy theory to justify military invasion of Ukraine.

A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a classroom with a sign 'Z' on the door used by Russian forces in the retaken area of Kapitolivka, Ukraine, Sept.

Warrant for Genocide by Norman Cohn