In Russia’s imagination, they are a proud bulwark against an imaginary threat known as ‘fascism’ and honestly believe that Central and Eastern Europe are somehow the bulwark of this ideology which needs to be ‘de-Nazified’.

We should be familiar with these accusations. Countless non-government organisations (NGOs), media outlets, and academics profit from telling us that our home countries are tainted by ‘racism’ and ‘fascism’ and that our histories are nothing to be proud of.