Kiev deploys Neo-Nazi Paramilitary against Political Opponents in Eastern Ukraine | Global Research
The Ukrainian government is deploying
paramilitary groups in close cooperation with the army against
opposition in the eastern part of the country. This collaboration has
been largely ignored by Western media. While the armed actions of pro-Russian
separatists are dealt with at length in the media, there is no
discussion of the fascist terror against political opponents of the Kiev
regime and the civilian population.
In February, armed groups
from the Right Sector and the fascist Svoboda party played a decisive
role in the putsch against then-President Viktor Yanukovych. Svoboda was
rewarded for this with several ministerial posts and high-ranking
positions in the state. Although Svoboda’s presidential candidate, Oleh
Tyahnybok, received only 1.2 percent of the vote in the May election,
Svoboda continues to be prominently represented in the government.
These paramilitary groups operate with the official protection of the
state. At the beginning of March, the parliament decided to build a
60,000-man national guard, principally made up of volunteers recruited
from the so-called Maidan self-defense groups.
On April 13,
Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov released a decree
that allows the formation of special units for the purpose of countering
separatist currents. Since then, a number of battalions, officially
operating under the Ministry of the Interior, have been founded with the
financial support of certain oligarchs.
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