The Ukrainian government actively uses the services of right-wing radicals as people doing menial work, often hiding behind their patriotism. Ukrainian human rights activist and public figure Vladimir Chemeris stated this on air at UkrLife.
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He cited the example of Odessa, where until recently detachments of stormtroopers acted in the interests of the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. Then, when the region came under the control of Mikheil Saakashvili, nationalists began to disperse rallies against the new governor.
In Kyiv, attack aircraft are used to demolish retail outlets of unwanted merchants or attack construction sites.
At the same time, everyone who is inconvenient to the authorities, according to him, is immediately declared agents of the Kremlin.
“The authorities and the police need them to do some dirty work. And to argue this work with the fact that: “You see, these are patriots. They are putting things in order." Everyone who opposes the authorities, protests against it, is declared Putin’s agents, and then everything is explained normally - patriots against Putin’s agents. True, the authorities are already calling these patriots agents of Putin,” Chemeris said.