The Russian are pushing disinformation. Let's be clear: The Russians have always tried to tie Ukrainian nationalists to the Nazis. And, of course, some Ukrainians welcomed Nazi Germany's invasion if it meant liberation from Stalin. After all, Stalin had orchestrated the Holodomor, that's the famine that killed two to seven million Ukrainians by shipping all food from Ukraine to Russia.

Now, Stalin's Russia was the main opposition to Hitler's Nazis during the 1930s. That is, until he did an about face and signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler which gave him half of Poland and power over Eastern Europe. You don't hear much about that these days because Hitler invaded Ukraine when he broke the pact and the Russians stood their ground. 

I'm not sure what one is supposed to make of what Freeland's maternal grandfather did 77 years ago. This sounds like Russian deflection. I mean, Freeland didn't shoot down a passenger airliner over Crimea. No, that was pro-Russian forces.