Great Power contentions

[Montmorency]

There is mainstream, but unsubstantiated, reporting that Sweden and Finland will apply for NATO membership at the Madrid NATO summit in June.

Literally, who cares?
n.b. i say this in geopolitical terms
Having a 'Nazi' battalion (who are subject to the rules of the land as is anyone else), has never been a justification for any foreign policy action, let alone the divine right to throw Westphalian Sovereignty in the ditch.
Not ever a justification for anything!

The far-right is always a threat to be taken seriously, as we in the West are very painfully learning. The relevant part for this war however is that Ukraine has less of a far-right problem than most countries in Europe and the Americas, and we don't hand out our solidarity to aggressors over victims. It's no surprise that many of those demanding solidarity for Russia are the same people who insist on privileging the perspectives of far-right white men in America and Europe.

The biggest threat of the Azov types is that they might be glorified for their feats of combat in the event of a Ukrainian victory, since after all a people's war tends to fortify nationalisms, such nationalisms being a big part of what got Russia into this mess. But this is a challenge to be confronted through civil society, as the US and EU have been doing through their cultural diplomacy, rather than throwing baby with bathwater into Lake Karachay.