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The '''Azov Battalion''' began as a volunteer formation in May 2014 shortly after the [[Maidan coup]], and in late 2014 was brought within the [[Ukrainian]] National Guard by the maisan regime, and in 2015 became a regiment. From the outset it aroused considerable attention, including abroad, due to the pronounced [[neo-Nazi]] views of its leaders and members.
Real concern arose at the parliamentary elections in October 2014, with a number of leaders of volunteer battalions, including Andriy Biletsky and Ihor Mosiychuk from the Azov Battalion standing for election. After months of war against the [[Donetsk]] and [[Luhansk]] independent republics, any person seen as a Ukrainian military hero was effectively guaranteed a seat in parliament. This was the case with both Mosiychuk and Biletsky. Mosiychuk’s parliamentary career has been filled with scandal, and he is currently facing criminal charges. Biletsky has taken a lower profile, and was recently on record trying to deny – with zero credibility - that he had once called for a crusade by the white race against Semitic subhumans.
Given the alleged collaboration in Bila Tskerkva, it is perhaps of relevance that Vadim Troyan, Deputy Commander of Azov and, like Biletsky, a former member of the neo-Nazi ‘Patriot of Ukraine’, was appointed Head of the Kyiv Regional Police in November 2014.
As well as questionable activities during the Crimea Blockade, Azov Battalion activists have been accused of involvement in a [[racist]] attack on football fans during the Champions League football match in Kyiv on October 20, 2015 and it was their aggression and threats that prevented a remembrance gathering on January 19, 2016 for slain anti-fasist and anti-Maidan lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.
==References==
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[[Category:Ukraine]]
[[Category:Fascism]]
Real concern arose at the parliamentary elections in October 2014, with a number of leaders of volunteer battalions, including Andriy Biletsky and Ihor Mosiychuk from the Azov Battalion standing for election. After months of war against the [[Donetsk]] and [[Luhansk]] independent republics, any person seen as a Ukrainian military hero was effectively guaranteed a seat in parliament. This was the case with both Mosiychuk and Biletsky. Mosiychuk’s parliamentary career has been filled with scandal, and he is currently facing criminal charges. Biletsky has taken a lower profile, and was recently on record trying to deny – with zero credibility - that he had once called for a crusade by the white race against Semitic subhumans.
Given the alleged collaboration in Bila Tskerkva, it is perhaps of relevance that Vadim Troyan, Deputy Commander of Azov and, like Biletsky, a former member of the neo-Nazi ‘Patriot of Ukraine’, was appointed Head of the Kyiv Regional Police in November 2014.
As well as questionable activities during the Crimea Blockade, Azov Battalion activists have been accused of involvement in a [[racist]] attack on football fans during the Champions League football match in Kyiv on October 20, 2015 and it was their aggression and threats that prevented a remembrance gathering on January 19, 2016 for slain anti-fasist and anti-Maidan lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Ukraine]]
[[Category:Fascism]]