Far-right Maidan, chaos and carnage are preparing in Ukraine – Foreign Policy
Ukrainian far-right groups are preparing to overthrow the Poroshenko regime, writes the influential American magazine Foreign Policy in an analytical article, translated publishes InoSMI.ru
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“Russian President Vladimir Putin is not the only one who really wants the collapse of the Poroshenko government,” the publication believes. “There is an active far-right movement in Ukraine, which includes ultra-nationalist organizations with radical political agendas (with racist and homophobic overtones) and large paramilitary formations.”
At the same time, the publication notes that both the number of Ukrainian far-rights and how reliably Kyiv controls the battalions formed by these movements still remain a mystery.
“In July, Right Sector leader Dmitry Yarosh managed to gather about 5 people for a march in Kyiv, although it is unclear how many fighters and how many party supporters were there,” the magazine points out. “Similarly, the Azov battalion, which Congress has prohibited from supplying weapons and training assistance, is nominally subordinate to Kyiv when it comes to the fight against the separatists. But whose side will Azov be on when it comes to confrontation with Kiev is an open question.”
“But it is clear that these groups can wreak terrible havoc and carnage, as demonstrated by the events of August 31, when Svoboda thugs armed with grenades killed four National Guardsmen and wounded 138 others in front of the parliament building in Kiev,” Foreign Policy warns. . – This attack was far from the first; The ultra-right have previously made threats against Kyiv and shed blood. On July 11, Right Sector engaged in a shootout with police in the western Ukrainian city of Mukachevo, resulting in casualties, and members of several battalions threatened a coup when fighting in the east ended.
After hostilities in the east of the country subsided, “the ultranationalists, including their well-armed battalions, are turning into the country,” the publication notes.
“In recent months, these groups have significantly increased pressure on Poroshenko, declaring his power an “internal occupation” and calling for, as the Right Sector put it, to begin “a new phase of the revolution,” Foreign Policy writes. – Kyiv and the far right have reached a dead end. Poroshenko does not have the strength to disband the ultranationalists (the administration responded to the August 31 bloodshed with only a few arrests), and right-wing groups cannot openly move towards Kyiv. To do this, they need people to protest every day on the streets of the capital. They need a new Maidan.”
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