A long time ago Semyon Reznik pubished a study on The Nazification of Russia. “Serious scholars” like Mark Kramer pooh-poohed it as sensationalist. And yet the ethos described in the book is now “mainstream”. Lots of conspiracy theorists (most of whom are inevitably vulgar antisemites, the types that like David Duke or the Protocols) are now in leading positions in politics, in universities, in press, on TV…