Ukraine's Protest Radicals: A Force To Be Reckoned With?
So far, six major cabinet posts in the new Ukrainian administration have been filled by extreme-right nationalists and neo-Nazis.
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 ...