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===Origins===
===Origins===
===Financing===
===Financing===
Former [[Reagan Administration]] official [[Paul Craig Roberts]] observed, "The main goal of the United States is to locate its own military bases on its [[Ukraine] territory near the Russian border." $20 million a week came from the [[United States]] to Kiev through a diplomatic channel. From the American embassy, funds were sent to the central offices of the [[Svoboda]], formerly the Social Nationalist party, and part of the Pravy Sektor and [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]'s Batkivshchyna party. The money went to support protest actions, bribing officials, agitation, etc. Also, non-cash payments were received daily on the accounts of militants and their leaders.
[[Vladimir Putin]], in the documentary film by journalist Andrei Kondrashov "Crimea. The Way to the Motherland" (2015), confirmed this information: "Formally, the opposition in Ukraine, first of all, was supported by the Europeans, but we knew perfectly well ... that the real puppeteers were our American friends." Putin stated that it was the United States that helped to prepare the combat detachments of nationalists. Training took place in western Ukraine, [[Poland]], and [[Lithuania]].
George Friedman, director of Stratfor, a private U.S. intelligence firm, said the Euromaidan saw "the most blatant coup in history." Militants of the Pravy Sektor, like other protesters, received funding from the United States. In particular, from the [[National Endowment for Democracy]], the [[CIA]]'s [[regime change]] arm, funded by the [[US Congress]]. NED's report stated: "Grants from the foundation played an important role in the peaceful protests in Kyiv."
The leaders of the radicals, at their request, were guaranteed evacuation from the territory of Ukraine and the provision of housing in the EU. This service was used by Sergey Koba, the leader of Automaidan. On January 19, 2014, he called on [[activist]]s to "peacefully" block the Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. And after 4 days it became known about his escape because of the threat of arrest. After abandoning his associates, Koba returned only on February 22, 2014 after the overthrow of [[President Yanukovych]].
American publicist Steve Weisman said that overseas funds were received by the main [[propaganda]] media of the Euromaidan - the online publication ''Ukrainska Pravda'', the Internet channel "Hromadske Television". The latter was announced in June 2013, but was launched on November 22, 2013, the day after the Maidan protests began. It was funded by the American [[Open Society Foundations]], U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Kiev, etc.
Overseas money was also received by the Pravy Sektor. Thanks to this, disparate radicals quickly rallied into a military-political bloc. It is assumed that they were also financed by [[Ihor Kolomoisky]] and [[Petro Poroshenko]]. But both the militants and the two [[oligarch]]s deny this. It was established that, having become the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region in March 2014, Kolomoisky hired the PS for help in the region.
Yarosh confirms that he has friendly relations with members of the Kolomoisky's team, who paid for the military equipment of the PS. But Kolomoisky categorically denies sponsoring the political activities of the Pravy Sektor party. Kolomoisky said: "I do not share with them political views and I am not going to. In this respect, I want to maintain independence. And for the war money – yes, let's do it, please."
Political scientist Semyon Uralov told about the further financing of the military-political bloc in November 2015, according to him, the Pravy Sektor is a raider network organization. The first leader issued a franchise to scammers in the regions: in [[Transcarpathia]] - to smugglers, in [[Odessa]] - to a certain Ivanov, who embezzled funds collected for the "anti-terrorist operation". Yarosh himself, according to the expert, had a solid contract with PrivatBank and Kolomoisky's team.
According to Uralov, Dmitry Yarosh left the military-political bloc in November 2015, since by that time the PS had lost its economic meaning. The expert said: "There is no big contract, and on the ground all the franchises are divided and are already being subleased." With the departure of the first head, the Pravy Sektor lost sponsors among representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. In March 2015, the new head of the PS, Andrei Tarasenko, complained to journalists about the lack of cash receipts.
He said that funds are required for combat units, as well as payment for premises, transport, the [[Internet]], and a telephone. The new leader lamented: "No one is funding us now. We have a really big problem with that." Tarasenko admitted that earlier the militants were supported by Gennady Korban, Kolomoisky's deputy governor. But he clarified that this was based on Yarosh's personal connections and has nothing to do with the remaining Pavy Sektors.
Thus, having funding, disparate nationalists quickly rallied, organizing a party and a power bloc. In the best of times, their number reached 10,000 people. They became one of the key forces in the implementation of the [[coup d'état]] in 2014, and at the same time – only a tool in powerful hands. After the regime change in Ukraine, militants were not needed. Having lost sponsors, the PS could not independently reach the heights in the political arena and became a hindrance in the [[Donbas]], or "Anti-terrorist operation" (ATO) zone.
===Chechen war veterans===
===Chechen war veterans===
On March 1, 2014, Yarosh's appeal to the [[Islamist]] Dok Umarov appeared in the PS community on VKontakte. The Chechen international terrorist founded the "Caucasian Emirate" organization, banned in the Russian Federation, associated with [[Al-Qaeda]]. In 2011, Umarov was included in the FBI Ten Most Wanted, according to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine. Yarosh called on Umarov to stand with Ukrainian forces in the fight against Russia, just as Ukrainians once fought on the side of Chechen separatists. [[Ramzan Kadyrov]] commented on the message of the leader of the radicals as follows: "He asks for the help of a bandit who has long gone to where there is no return. Umarov and his henchmen are destroyed....He [Yarosh] will be given a one-way ticket, like his friend Umarov!" In addition, the head of [[Chechnya]] predicted that right-wing radicals would provoke a civil war that would lead Ukraine to a catastrophe and flows of millions of refugees.
On March 1, 2014, Yarosh's appeal to the [[Islamist]] Dok Umarov appeared in the PS community on VKontakte. The Chechen international terrorist founded the "Caucasian Emirate" organization, banned in the Russian Federation, associated with [[Al-Qaeda]]. In 2011, Umarov was included in the FBI Ten Most Wanted, according to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine. Yarosh called on Umarov to stand with Ukrainian forces in the fight against Russia, just as Ukrainians once fought on the side of Chechen separatists. [[Ramzan Kadyrov]] commented on the message of the leader of the radicals as follows: "He asks for the help of a bandit who has long gone to where there is no return. Umarov and his henchmen are destroyed....He [Yarosh] will be given a one-way ticket, like his friend Umarov!" In addition, the head of [[Chechnya]] predicted that right-wing radicals would provoke a civil war that would lead Ukraine to a catastrophe and flows of millions of refugees.