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| | [[File:Trudeau Parubiy.PNG|left|300px|thumb|[[Justin Trudeau]] meeting with neo-Nazi party founder [[Andriy Parubiy]].<ref>https://tnc.news/2022/03/15/trudeau-freeland-met-with-ukrainian-neo-nazi-party-cofounder/</ref>]] | | [[File:Trudeau Parubiy.PNG|left|300px|thumb|[[Justin Trudeau]] meeting with neo-Nazi party founder [[Andriy Parubiy]].<ref>https://tnc.news/2022/03/15/trudeau-freeland-met-with-ukrainian-neo-nazi-party-cofounder/</ref>]] |
| | The initiator of the association was the All-Ukrainian organization "Trizub" named after [[Stepan Bandera]] (an extremist organization banned in the Russian Federation). Members of Trizub have repeatedly become defendants in [[criminal]] cases for organizing an illegal paramilitary formation, protests, etc. In January 2011, many leaders were detained in the case of blowing up a [[World War II]] monument in [[Zaporozhye]]. It was joined by aggressive, radical youth (an average of 18-27 years old, but there were also older radicals). Among them were members of the UNA-UNSO, the Ukrainian Ultras fan movement, the Carpathian Sich, Patriot of Ukraine (the paramilitary wing of the Social National Assembly), White Hammer, etc. | | The initiator of the association was the All-Ukrainian organization "Trizub" named after [[Stepan Bandera]] (an extremist organization banned in the Russian Federation). Members of Trizub have repeatedly become defendants in [[criminal]] cases for organizing an illegal paramilitary formation, protests, etc. In January 2011, many leaders were detained in the case of blowing up a [[World War II]] monument in [[Zaporozhye]]. It was joined by aggressive, radical youth (an average of 18-27 years old, but there were also older radicals). Among them were members of the UNA-UNSO, the Ukrainian Ultras fan movement, the Carpathian Sich, Patriot of Ukraine (the paramilitary wing of the Social National Assembly), White Hammer, etc. |
| | + | [[File:Korotkykh and Poroshenko.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Azov Battalion]] [[neo-Nazi]] Serhiy Korotkykh (left), Ukrainian strongman Petro Poroshenko (right).<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30414955</ref> Neo-Nazis, in conjunction with the [[Obama]] [[State Department]], facilitated Poroshenko's rise to power.]] |
| | + | Most of the participants in the rallies for European integration sought a peaceful Maidan, as it was in 2004 (the [[Orange Revolution]]). But the radicals were wary of joining the [[EU]]. Formally supporting the association with the European Union, they saw it as a mortal threat to Ukraine's self-identity. They needed the heated environment itself to assert fascist forces, carry out a national revolution and destroy the "regime of internal occupation." |
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| − | Most of the participants in the rallies for European integration sought a peaceful Maidan, as it was in 2004 (the [[Orange Revolution]]). But the radicals were wary of joining the [[EU]]. Formally supporting the association with the European Union, they saw it as a mortal threat to Ukraine's self-identity. They needed the heated environment itself to assert fascist forces, carry out a national revolution and destroy the "regime of internal occupation."
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| − | [[File:Korotkykh and Poroshenko.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Azov Battalion]] [[neo-Nazi]] Serhiy Korotkykh (left), Ukrainian strongman Petro Poroshenko (right).<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30414955</ref> Neo-Nazis, in conjunction with the [[Obama]] [[State Department]], facilitated Poroshenko's rise to power.]]
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| | The change of regime was also sought by [[oligarch]]s eager to establish their control over the Kyiv 'Independence' movement. In particular, [[Ihor Kolomoisky]] and [[Petro Poroshenko]]. At the same time, the [[United States]] pursued its goal – to overthrow the pro-Russian [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The inclusion of Ukraine in the EU and [[NATO]] would allow [[America]] to deploy military bases near the borders of the [[Russian Federation]]. Thus, striving for different goals, but seeing a single obstacle, the parties combined the [[sadism]] of [[radical]]s with the [[money]] of oligarchs and the [[United States Congress]]. | | The change of regime was also sought by [[oligarch]]s eager to establish their control over the Kyiv 'Independence' movement. In particular, [[Ihor Kolomoisky]] and [[Petro Poroshenko]]. At the same time, the [[United States]] pursued its goal – to overthrow the pro-Russian [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The inclusion of Ukraine in the EU and [[NATO]] would allow [[America]] to deploy military bases near the borders of the [[Russian Federation]]. Thus, striving for different goals, but seeing a single obstacle, the parties combined the [[sadism]] of [[radical]]s with the [[money]] of oligarchs and the [[United States Congress]]. |
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