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Ukrainian boxer unfurls far-right Azov regiment flag at podium ceremony

A Ukrainian boxer who won a silver medal at a boxing tournament in Hungary last week unfurled a flag emblazoned with the logo of the far-right Azov Regiment during the podium ceremony.

Diana Petrenko held up the Azov flag, which features a variation of the Nazi-appropriated “wolfsangel,” which appeared as part of the divisional insignia of several Waffen-SS units, including the notorious 2nd SS “Das Reich” Panzer Division. It is also the symbol of choice for neo-Nazis in Europe and the United States.

The 16-year-old boxer was repeatedly asked to remove the flag by tournament officials, which she eventually agreed to do.