Ukraine's Protest Radicals: A Force To Be Reckoned With?
March 4, 2014

Via AFP:

No sooner had deadly violence died down in Kiev last week than a menacing video appeared on YouTube, promising a "Great Ukrainian Reconquista" against images of armoured vehicles on fire and violent police beatings.

Meet Pravy Sektor, a far-right paramilitary group that rose to prominence during the anti-government protests that rocked Ukraine, prompting warnings that a largely peaceful protest movement had been hijacked by radical elements that could have a major say in politics following the ouster of president Viktor Yanukovych.

"It's just the beginning," Pravy Sektor leader Dmytro ...

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