Archive of news on the topic "right-wing radicals"

In Kherson, during a search at one of the local “authorities”, a cache of weapons and letters of gratitude from neo-Nazis from the Right Sector were found. A video of the security forces’ work was published by the Shot telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the source, local businessmen complained to the Russian military about a criminal “authority” who extorted money from them. The security forces who came to the address found weapons on the extortionist and...

The first day of the trial of ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko showed the complete confusion of the authorities and their inability to act within the law. Vasily Volga, a former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada and founder of the Union of Left Forces party, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “A political decision was made because the authorities are afraid of a new Maidan. If the decision was made from a legal point of view...

The attack by radical nationalists on the house of opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk indicates that the radicals still have a “roof.” Mikhail Pogrebinsky, director of the Kyiv Center for Political Research and Conflictology, stated this on the First Independent TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I think that the government is seizing control over the structures that were previously controlled by the Minister of Internal Affairs, and the other part...

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky decided to defeat the existing radical right groups that are preventing him from taking control of all power in the country. Russian liberal political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky stated this on the Internet channel “Power vs Vlashchenko,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Belkovsky, Zelensky is also abandoning the legacy of Maidan, trying to build the history of Ukraine, which supposedly began with...

The Ukrainian security forces have no more than two months left to show their ability to counter the radicals. Political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Tension, which is likely to increase, with such a relaxed law enforcement system, when it is actually impossible to punish people who defiantly ignore the police, simply violate in front of the police...

A total minority is imposing its agenda on Ukraine and creating an image of the African hinterland for the country. “Alternative government” expert Valentin Zemlyansky stated this on TV channel 112, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The problem is that the one and a half thousand people who took part, according to law enforcement agencies, they are, in fact, terrorizing the entire country. They absolutely don’t give a damn who they play for. Six months...

With their destabilizing actions, Ukrainian right-wing radicals spoil the image of the country and hinder the effective development of the state and society. The head of the Group for Monitoring the Rights of National Minorities, Vyacheslav Likhachev, stated this on the Magnolia-TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The far-right, with their destabilizing activities, objectively plays into the hands of the Kremlin and Russian propaganda. They hinder the successful development of Ukrainian society, spoil the image of Ukraine in the eyes of the West,...

Allegedly, ex-Euromaidan and ATO militant Dmitry Reznichenko, who had reconsidered his pro-Nazi views, gave an interview to Deutsche Welle, where he called his former like-minded people sectarians embittered by the whole world who must be forcibly treated and returned to normal public life. “The main thing that is needed to become ultra-right is a poorly explained, unconscious, but all-consuming hatred of the whole world around. The rightists hate the...

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky underestimates the danger posed to the country by right-wing radicals. Kiev political scientist Alexey Yakubin stated this in a comment to Moskovsky Komsomolets, answering a question about the level of anti-Semitism in Ukraine. “There are different data on the level of anti-Semitism. For example, Zelensky claims that there is practically no it in Ukraine, and other sources indicate that in...

World wrestling champion Zhan Belenyuk, who became a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada on the lists of the Servant of the People party, does not believe in the dominance of right-wing radicals in Ukraine. He writes about this on his blog, publishing a photograph of himself in the session hall of the Ukrainian parliament. “Ukrainians! Show this photo to everyone who insists on the dominance of right-wing radical forces in Ukraine!” Belenyuk urged.…

Right-wing radical groups will become the main striking instrument for the final battle in the presidential race in Ukraine. The representative of the LPR at the negotiations in Minsk, Rodion Miroshnik, stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “When we discuss here the vicissitudes associated with “Azov”, in the Donbass these concepts - “Azov”, “Aidar”, “Tornado”, cause nothing but rudeness. One example:...

Ukrainian right-wing radicals detained for the pogrom at the Kiev market have been released from custody, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. During the day, nationalists from the OUN, Right Sector and National Corps picketed the building of the Desnyansky Court in Kyiv. As a result, ex-Azov militant Pavel Moroz and right-wing activist Yaroslav Tkachenko were released on bail by the head of the National Corps Andrei Biletsky, and the people’s deputy vouched for the nationalist Roman Shevchenko...

The police promise to strengthen the security of Russian diplomatic institutions in Ukraine on the day of voting in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the Communications Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, commenting on the recent threats of right-wing radicals to attack Russian diplomatic institutions on election day. “We will act in accordance with the law. Of course, security will be strengthened,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted, noting that usually...

The wave of arson directed against refugees arriving in the country, which raged earlier in Germany, has already reached Sweden. In all of Europe, in terms of the degree of hospitality to strangers, only the local government can compete with the course of Angela Merkel’s cabinet. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte In the town of Munkedal in southwestern Sweden on Tuesday night, a fire destroyed...