Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) hold a press conference following their meeting at the Reception House of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in Moscow, Russia on September 9, 2021 (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“Hitler also had Jewish blood”: Why do people believe false conspiracy theories?
Since Russia first invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin has struggled to explain why it needs to “de-Nazify” a country whose president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish. Russian Foreign Minister Sergai Lavrov created a firestorm when he claimed that “Hitler also had Jewish blood” and that “the worst antisemites are Jews.”