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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.
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.
In 2019, the Soufan Center, created by former FBI agent Ali Soufan, who was involved in a number of counter-terrorism cases, warned about the connection between the Azov Battalion and white nationalists. “In Ukraine, the Azov Battalion has recruited foreign fighters motivated by [[white supremacy]] and neo-Nazi beliefs, including many from the West, to join its ranks and receive training, indoctrination and instruction in irregular warfare,” the report outlined.<ref>https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-officials-who-met-with-ukrainian-unit-linked-to-neo-nazis-feared-exposure-by-news-media-documents</ref>
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