Patriots, ultra-nationalists, revolutionaries or fascists: The many faces of Ukraine's radical 'Right Sector'
- 9 years ago
In Ukraine, questions are being asked about the country's far right. One of the more troubling groups to emerge since the Maidan revolution is the armed paramilitary formation Right Sector. Variously described as ultra-nationalist, even neo-fascist, its volunteers are fighting for Ukraine in the East so effectively that the defence ministry even made the group’s leader an official adviser. Is Kiev laying a trap for itself by accepting the help of such radical groups? Gulliver Cragg reports.
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