A translation of a Russian-language magazine article hosted on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) website, which says Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera is Adolf Hitler’s spy, has been mistaken online to be the findings of the CIA itself. Facebook (here and here) and Twitter (here) users are sharing screenshots and a link to the document, captioning it as a “declassified CIA document”, and writing: “Ukrainian hero Stepan Bandera was 'Hitler's professional spy, known as Consul II.' A copy of the original magazine article, from 1951, can be viewed on page 18, bit.ly/3JX25tt . In 2020, some Russian media released misleading articles regarding this document with a similar narrative. The document is a translation of a Russian-language magazine article, not evidence of a conclusion by the CIA.

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Persons: U.S . Central Intelligence Agency’s, Stepan Bandera, Adolf Hitler’s, ”, Sotsialisticheskiy Vestnik, Petro Yarovyy, Read Organizations: U.S . Central Intelligence, CIA, Facebook, Twitter, of Ukrainian Nationalists, OUN, Nazi, Reuters Locations: Ukrainian, Bandera, Soviet, Ukraine