Sorry, they are Nazis. They have been universally recognised by media outlets and government agencies as Nazis and far right extremists. The war crimes they committed in the Donbas, which were documented by OSCE, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and others, all point to Nazi beliefs, traditions and "values".
Prior to 2022, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME, the BBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, The Nation, The Guardian, the Times of Israel, Haaretz, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, France24, Le Monde, El Pais, La Reppublica, the ABC, CBC and others all published articles or reports calling the Azovs Nazis. The text of the 2015 US law makes reference to that.
Now, apparently, you would have us believe that all those illustrious, celebrated and respected media outlets - all of them - somehow fell prey to the same sort of "Russian propaganda" narrative???
Seriously?
That is what you're gonna go with?
The idea is ludicrous on its face.
Rather, the reverse is true: once the West went to war with Russia, it adopted the Ukrainian propaganda narrative that the Azovs, Aidars, Tornados, Dnipro-1s, C14s, Right Sectors, Kraken, etc. etc. were not far-right extremists, not Nazis, but rather "veterans" and "patriots".
Well, all I can say is - I look forward to the trials.