Happy Birthday, Euromaidan: One Year since the Collapse of the Russian Puppet Government

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Ukraine's Maidan protests - one year on

What happened to the demonstrators who brought down a government and threatened to reignite the cold war? RFE/RL caught up with some on the anniversary of the movement

The Euromaidan protests in Ukraine began a year ago today and continued for months, through the long winter of 2013-14. During the days of waiting and of celebrating people’s power on Kiev’s Independence Square, the world had the chance to meet many ordinary Ukrainians as well as political leaders and celebrities who joined in the protests.

Some of their stories are well known. Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia in February and made occasional press statements in the ensuing months. His former prime minister, Mikolay Azarov, is also in Russia. He has reportedly bought a lavish mansion outside Moscow and has been seen consulting with members of the Russian State Duma. The Ukrainian Interior ministry has said that both Yanukovych and Azarov have been granted Russian citizenship, and authorities are investigating claims that both men continue to receive Ukrainian pensions.

Read more http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/21/-sp-ukraine-maidan-protest-kiev

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1. Yeah......

...everything's just hunky-dory since the Russians left.

- Poroshenko's got 'em in the high cotton now, fer sure. They'll be indebted to the IMF and EU banks forfuckingever.......

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2. And congratulate these guys who took over the maidan movement by force

And are now in Parliament and have their own armies.

(This was made by a member of right sector)

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3. your post is 100% false

The Right Sector in no way "took over the maidan movement by force"--it was a minor political party then, and an even smaller part of Ukrainian politics now. Your Putin sympathies seem to have clouded your judgment of what is the truth.
www.interpretermag.com/whither-the-ukrainian-far-right/

If you're supposedly so concerned about the far right, why don't you say something about the Neo-Nazi death squad run from Putin's Kremlin: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016108163 ??????????????????//

Feel free to change or delete your post now that you know it is 100% false.

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4. Bullshit. There are more neo-nazi's in the government than before the election even.

They just reformed and the neo-nazi "commanders" joined President and PM under the banner of the new "People's Front" party .

That is simply FACT. I have posted the facts enough to know you are not interested in deviating from the narrative you are trying to reinforce.

From: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025546464

[font size='3']Ukraine's former President &Prime Minister to formalize and strengthen alliance with Neo-Nazi groups[/font]

Yes, this is a shocking headline but this is what is happening. There are no longer any doubts that the new Ukrainian leadership wasn't allied with Svoboda and Right sector (Neo Nazi groups) as a "necessary temporary situation", but is so aligned with them that they are taking part of the "fatherhood" party and binding with Svoboda and Right sector to create a larger, more powerful coalition.

Facism, having been emboldened from the recent coup in Ukraine, is growing significantly there as the country further splits politically. This is only one strong front for Facism there, there are also other parties such as PM Lyashko's "Radical Party, which has been growing in influence as well; (Lyashko is the Parlimentary member that Amnesty International warned on):

Link to Amnesty's info:
Impunity reigns for abductions and ill-treatment by pro-Kyiv vigilantes in eastern Ukraine
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/Impunity-reigns-for-abductions-ill-treatment-eastern-Ukraine-06-08-2014


There was always a problem with the new government that came into power in Kiev having brought in Neo-Nazi "commanders" into the executive branch and in many other positions in government. But they claim all along was that it wasn't a significant thing, and not demonstrative of the major personalities involved.

But this is clear evidence that not only was is it a considerable problem, but power players in the existing government are going to actually **increase** the prominence of these groups by forming a parliamentary collation and running together in the elections. This is a serious development and needs to be exposed.

From the Kyiv Post:

Turchynov, Avakov, Parubiy and commanders of special battalions included in military council of People's Front

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/turchynov-avakov-parubiy-and-commanders-of-special-battalions-included-in-military-council-of-peoples-front-364326.html

Parubiy is one of the heads of "Svoboda". This alliance also includes Andriy Biletsky, the head of the “Azov” battalion, the most openly fascist of the paramilitary battalions. Biletsky is also the leader of the Social-National Assembly of Ukraine and it’s paramilitary wing Patriot of Ukraine, (essentially the most violent and militant of the neo-nazi groups in Ukraine).


From wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_of_Ukraine)

"The Patriot of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Патріо́т Украї́ни is a Ukrainian nationalist organization with racist and neo-Nazi political beliefs. It constitutes a paramilitary wing of the Social-National Assembly of Ukraine (S.N.A.), an assemblage of neo-Nazi organizations and groups founded in 2008 that share the social-national ideology and agree upon building a social-national state in Ukraine. Both the “Patriot of Ukraine” and the S.N.A. engage in political violence against minorities and their political opponents. The leader of the “Patriot of Ukraine” and of the Social-National Assembly is Andriy Biletsky."

Here is a picture of the collation meeting. (Notice the banner in the background).
The former President and PM in the foreground.