It is curious that you don’t appear to have any concerns about the Azov Battalion being literal Nazis, as was widely reported in mainstream media up until February 2022.

As this 2015 article notes (commondreams.org/views/…):

“Last February, when ethnic Russian rebels were closing in on the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, the New York Times rhapsodically described the heroes defending the city and indeed Western civilization—the courageous Azov battalion facing down barbarians at the gate. What the Times didn’t tell its readers was that these ‘heroes’ were Nazis, some of them even wearing Swastikas and SS symbols.”