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Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

?! Doesn’t this headline in Ukraine’s leading news outlet @ukrpravda_news - about Ukraine’s Jewish President stripping 3 controversial Jewish businessmen/politicians of Ukrainian citizenship - allude to a violent antisemitic “joke”?https://archive.md/P1IPu

9:55 PM · Jul 22, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Russians when it comes to far right presence, symbols in *their own* ranks use spins that aren’t unlike those we hear regarding the far right on the Ukrainian side. It’s always the enemy who’s the *real* “Nazi” never anyone on our side, the story goes. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1548072872140103681/video/1

10:31 PM · Jul 15, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Do yourself a favor, read @HimkaJohn’s Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust: OUN and UPA’s Participation in the Destruction of Ukrainian Jewry https://www.amazon.com/dp/3838215486/ #Bandera #Melnyk

1:35 AM · Jul 1, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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“Jesus is the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and NATO and the Special Ops and the 007s, and all them other 00-ers. Hell, he runs them all from heaven!”. This from @Squidbillies’ Early Cuyler should toobe part of the debate over church and state. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1542677986457141249/video/1

1:14 AM · Jul 1, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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NGU Azov Regiment (valiant defenders of Mariupol) commander Denys Prokopenko is seen in this 2016 @Polk_Azov tweet next to other “Borodach Division” fighters including Zhorin, Volkov, Doroshenko (prominent far right Azov movement figures and SOF Azov Regiment commanders). https://t.co/6tHXV8zRhj https://t.co/EYhZLn1PBg

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4:16 PM · Jun 18, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Per Prokopenko’s 2015 interview, he - along with Zhorin, now far-right National Corps leader and newly formed SOF Azov Regiment’s commander - was among a handful of initial members of NGU Azov Regiment’s Borodach Division platoon. BD’s symbol is apparently a bearded Totenkopf. https://t.co/QV33f9iZwb https://t.co/xHGOl5Qh2W

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: NGU Azov Regiment (valiant defenders of Mariupol) commander Denys Prokopenko is seen in this 2016 @Polk_Azov tweet next to other “Borodach Division” fighters including Zhorin, Volkov, Doroshenko (prominent far right Azov movement figures and SOF Azov Regiment commanders).

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12:39 PM · Jun 18, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Per Prokopenko’s 2015 interview, he - along with Zhorin, now far-right National Corps leader and newly formed SOF Azov Regiment’s commander - was among a handful of initial members of NGU Azov Regiment’s Borodach Division platoon. BD’s symbol is apparently a bearded Totenkopf.

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12:39 PM · Jun 18, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

In December Zhorin - now a SOF Azov Regiment commander - called "LGBT propaganda" "another huge threat" to Ukraine next to "outside enemies and [Russia] collaborators inside the country". Media citing Zhorin bc of his role as a mil commander fail to reveal he's a far right figure https://t.co/Ppf24COS9m

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Media do not present known leaders of National Corps at the helm of SOF Azov Regiment & other units as far-right. A @WSJ piece on SOF Azov Regiment failed to report that "Dmytro Kukharchuk, the commander of the 2nd Battalion Special Forces of Kyiv" is also a National Corps leader

8:02 PM · Jun 12, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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National Corps' senior leader Maksym Zhorin, a champion of the bill, is now a commander in SOF Azov Regiment fighting against Russian aggression. He's quoted as such in the media - like @CBSNews, @AJEnglish, etc - which fail to mention his role in the far-right Azov Movement. https://t.co/tleR9IrRJF

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In December Zhorin - now a SOF Azov Regiment commander - called "LGBT propaganda" "another huge threat" to Ukraine next to "outside enemies and [Russia] collaborators inside the country". Media citing Zhorin bc of his role as a mil commander fail to reveal he's a far right figure

4:07 PM · Jun 12, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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The aforementioned group is not an outlier in its anti-LGBT stance. Far-right National Corps party whose leaders now run SOF Azov Regiment and other newly-minted units proposed a bill last year to ban "LGBT propaganda" in Ukraine #PrideMonth. https://t.co/I8OpgyM3gk

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: National Corps' senior leader Maksym Zhorin, a champion of the bill, is now a commander in SOF Azov Regiment fighting against Russian aggression. He's quoted as such in the media - like @CBSNews, @AJEnglish, etc - which fail to mention his role in the far-right Azov Movement.

4:07 PM · Jun 12, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Ukrainian far-right National Resistance group - that’s now behind the Clear Sky unit - put a list of “all enemies” it wanted dead on a banner last year. “Death to all enemies. National Resistance” banner reads. https://t.co/NknvPhUyN7 https://t.co/1oGbgViHTv

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The aforementioned group is not an outlier in its anti-LGBT stance. Far-right National Corps party whose leaders now run SOF Azov Regiment and other newly-minted units proposed a bill last year to ban "LGBT propaganda" in Ukraine #PrideMonth.

4:07 PM · Jun 12, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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Ukrainian far-right National Resistance group - that’s now behind the Clear Sky unit - put a list of “all enemies” it wanted dead on a banner last year. “Death to all enemies. National Resistance” banner reads.

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12:12 AM · Jun 11, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Forget Javelins, other Western weapons far-right Azov movement-led units incorporated into Ukraine's gov forces already have access to. Leader of Kharkiv chapter of the National Corps party/ commander of "Kraken" unit Nemichev says his unit recruits crews for HIMARS and MLRS.

1:01 PM · Jun 8, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Inaccurate reporting on Azov marches on. @wsj recent report apparently mistakes Azov Regiment SOF in Zaporizhzhia with the NGU unit that fought in Mariupol. The irony is that the unit WSJ reports on was spawned by far right Azov movement this year& is evidently led by far right.

7:19 PM · Jun 6, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: The photos in my first tweet are from an event held by Azov Regiment SOF in May. Next to Mykhailenko, among others, is the far right Azov movement/National Corps figure Dmytro Kukharchuk. Source: https://t.me/AZOVsof/1452

7:19 PM · Jun 6, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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When it comes to reporting on newly-formed Azov Regiment SOF unit(s), media/experts’ selective memory loss is remarkable. Here ⬇️ we see far-right National Militia/Centuria leader “Cherkas” Mykhailenko handing out “3 swords” patches the media tell us were a sign Azov was changing

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Media & experts on [downplaying] Ukraine far right tout insignia of recently minted Azov unit(s) as a break from the far right BUT an ideologist of the far right Azov movement which leads these units states "[the enemy] won't be able to destroy neither our memory nor our ideas" https://t.co/Jn7Ozho6gx https://t.co/eR5edN43mF

7:19 PM · Jun 6, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Media & experts on [downplaying] Ukraine far right tout insignia of recently minted Azov unit(s) as a break from the far right BUT an ideologist of the far right Azov movement which leads these units states "[the enemy] won't be able to destroy neither our memory nor our ideas" https://t.co/Jn7Ozho6gx https://t.co/eR5edN43mF

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Azov mov-t ideologist explains [the obvious]:"3 golden swords" on SOF Azov patches symbolize the shrine at the Azov Regiment's base in Urzuf captured by Russia. "Enemy captured Urzuf [...] is destroying shrines, but it won't be able to destroy neither our ideas, nor our memory".

9:24 PM · May 30, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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Media & experts on [downplaying] Ukraine far right tout insignia of recently minted Azov unit(s) as a break from the far right BUT an ideologist of the far right Azov movement which leads these units states "[the enemy] won't be able to destroy neither our memory nor our ideas"

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9:24 PM · May 30, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: In a recent interview (h/t @stcolumbia ) Giorgi Kuparashvili, instructor at Azov NCO school and longtime member emphasized Kravchenko (far-right Azov movement's lead ideologist) role in shaping the Azov Regiment's ideology, Khorunzhyys service. https://zn.ua/ukr/internal/tisni-vorota-chomu-svit-maje-vrjatuvati-azov.html .

5:09 PM · May 29, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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Activities/training of the ideological officers in the Regiment are yet another strong link between AR and the larger Azov movement. Mykola Stsiborskyi Khorunzhyys School was launched in 2017 and has been tied to the far-right National Corps party since. https://t.co/jFWHmnSGnv https://t.co/Rp57lKIDwc

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: A March 2020 article on the Azov Regiment site https://azov.org.ua/azov-vidnoviv-boezdatnist/ says that khorunzhyys service training included a block on "Ideology" which was led by "reps of the Azov movement, who lead educational projects, PhDs, ex fighters of the Regiment and Khorunzhyys".

5:09 PM · May 29, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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Natiocracy is defined by the National Corps party, the political wing of the Azov movement, as “a state regime implemented by the government of all socially useful layers [of society]. I mentioned it in my article for @ILLSP_GWU https://t.co/2hMfxYvZ2y https://t.co/cv3pvFtsjl

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: Activities/training of the ideological officers in the Regiment are yet another strong link between AR and the larger Azov movement. Mykola Stsiborskyi Khorunzhyys School was launched in 2017 and has been tied to the far-right National Corps party since. https://nackor.org/ukr/vipuskniki-horunzhoi-shkoli-imeni-p-polk-mikoli-scibors-kogo-otrimali-diplomi-ta-vidznaki

5:09 PM · May 29, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Natiocracy is defined by the National Corps party, the political wing of the Azov movement, as “a state regime implemented by the government of all socially useful layers [of society]. I mentioned it in my article for @ILLSP_GWU https://www.illiberalism.org/far-right-group-made-its-home-in-ukraines-major-western-military-training-hub/

5:09 PM · May 29, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: "Reimagined Azov vs Facts" continues: Azov Regiment's unique edu system also includes Mykola Stsiborskyi Khorunzhyys [Ukrainian: standard-bearers] School that traines political/ideological officers for the AR. Here's an article on the Regiment's website https://azov.org.ua/horinji/

5:09 PM · May 29, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: .@TwitterSupport @TwitterBlue take action immediately @RyanFallowfield, a verified account, is apparently compromised, hacked. Apparently there's a phishing campaign underway via that account prompting users to enter their login credentials on a non-Twitter site.

9:18 PM · May 26, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: That’s Mykhalchyshyn by the way when he attended far-righ Azov movement’s “Young flame” festival in 2019. He’s notable for apparently simultaneously being an Azov Regiment officer and a lecturer for the Azov movement. A video refresher on “Young flame” ➡️

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

"White Power", "Hass", "Sieg", "Ehre" on a giant screen. That's "Young Flame" fest thrown by far-right Azov movement on August 31st close to Kyiv, Ukraine. Such signals are also meant for - heard & understood by - white nationalists outside of Ukraine https://t.co/1LLG0hOmnK https://t.co/zhIZlAvsMP

12:25 AM · May 19, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: In early 2022 Azov’s deputy commander Palamar/Kalyna and recruitment officer[&far right figure] Mykhalchyshyn unequivocally told @Armia_fm “as of today all our officers are young alumni of the unit” adding that AR “was replenishing ranks only on its own”https://www.armyfm.com.ua/mi-sami-vihovuvali-oficeriv-%E2%80%94-oficer-polku-azov/

12:25 AM · May 19, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Wouldn’t it be prudent for media like @haaretzcom to fact-check Azov Regiment &movement’s claims regarding their symbols? Ukrainian human rights watchers, researchers already did the job. In addition to @UGSPL, there’s this @freedomhouse -backed research https://t.co/FGxGxKxH4c https://t.co/UeqZncWJPQ

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: Azov Regiment’s commander Palamar/Kalyna interviewed by @haaretzcom surely knows what “idea of the nation” means. Per his 2020 interview, he was a member of the far right “Patriot of Ukraine” back in 2000 https://will-live.com/svyatoslav-palamar-drug-kalina-zastupnik-komandira-polku-azov-nadvazhlivo-shhob-na-klyuchovih-posadah-v-armiyi-buli-oficzeri-yaki-zdatni-na-agresivni-diyi-mali-muzhnist-ta-shhos-mizh/ Azov movement’s valor is evident. So are ⬆️facts

4:59 PM · May 13, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Media continue to run Azov Regiment &movement’s spins regarding Azov’s “idea of the nation” symbol. BUT, per Ukrainian (!) human rights org @UGSPL , it’s a hate symbol used in Ukraine exclusively by right-wing radicals, a “de-facto [symbol] of Neonazism” https://t.co/YfDMh9RfQN https://t.co/xjcALjOebd https://t.co/cyCrA1SAq7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Wouldn’t it be prudent for media like @haaretzcom to fact-check Azov Regiment &movement’s claims regarding their symbols? Ukrainian human rights watchers, researchers already did the job. In addition to @UGSPL, there’s this @freedomhouse -backed research https://reportingradicalism.org/en/hate-symbols/organizations/organization/azov-idea-of-the-nation

4:31 PM · May 13, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Media continue to run Azov Regiment &movement’s spins regarding Azov’s “idea of the nation” symbol. BUT, per Ukrainian (!) human rights org @UGSPL , it’s a hate symbol used in Ukraine exclusively by right-wing radicals, a “de-facto [symbol] of Neonazism” https://helsinki.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Prev-Hate_Symbols_A4.pdf

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4:31 PM · May 13, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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It’s not widely reported but as a matter of fact pre 2022 the Azov Regiment had access to Western military training provided to the National Guard of Ukraine units at various West(&🇺🇸)-backed NGU training centers. Read: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1873461/canada-regiment-ukrainien-lie-extreme-droite-azov and

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7:18 PM · Apr 15, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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I keep seeing the same line in media reports on the Azov Regiment, incl. recently in @washingtonpost "Washington has lifted the ban [on training the Azov Regiment]. Do check H.R.2471 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2471/text and the law may surpise you.

7:21 PM · Apr 11, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: The center where Azov Regiment fighters trained - including, per new findings, with Canadian instructors - apparently also received some U.S. backing, per this 2019 Pentagon letter to Senator Risch https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/5-23-19%20DoD%20Notification%20on%20USAI.pdf

11:15 AM · Apr 11, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Notably in 2016 Ukraine's respected @khpg addressed Biletsky [founder of the Azov Regiment, Azov movement leader] denials regarding the "crusade by the white race" call his defenders, the Regiment now claim he never made. "Zero credibility" the group wrote https://archive.ph/eM4GU

1:58 PM · Apr 5, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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The respected human rights group @khpg, its head Yevhen Zakharov also pointed to that article and attributed it to Biletsky in a 2008 letter that said that [Biletsky's] group the Patriot of Ukraine "puts on its shield the ideas of neofascism and racism". https://t.co/NbKmgG1jQK https://t.co/vyvc9pMcxl

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: Importantly. The source 2008 article referenced repeatedly by @khpg has apparently been preserved by the Internet Archive! https://web.archive.org/web/20090609041117/http://slovoor.info/SO35/St35Vid.htm

3:07 AM · Apr 5, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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The quote was mentioned as early as 2008 in a study on "intolerant activities and groups" in Ukraine that was app-ly backed by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives and is still available on the respected Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group @khpg site https://t.co/WiiP3zjNUJ https://t.co/ekOqhDziuF

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: That 2008 study names the source of the notorious quote. It came, per study, from [now Azov Regiment founder, the leader of the internationally active far-right Azov movement] Andriy Biletsky's article "Ukrainian social nationalism".

3:07 AM · Apr 5, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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That 2008 study names the source of the notorious quote. It came, per study, from [now Azov Regiment founder, the leader of the internationally active far-right Azov movement] Andriy Biletsky's article "Ukrainian social nationalism". https://t.co/OMd3kqMozR

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The respected human rights group @khpg, its head Yevhen Zakharov also pointed to that article and attributed it to Biletsky in a 2008 letter that said that [Biletsky's] group the Patriot of Ukraine "puts on its shield the ideas of neofascism and racism". https://archive.ph/TAzCp

3:07 AM · Apr 5, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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In an attempt to disattach the far-right Azov movement leader Biletsky from the racist "final crusade" quote, an open letter [https://t.co/e64042RmTQ] to @CNN signed by Who's Who of Ukrainian biz & politics says the quote was "first made" by...Sergei Lavrov in 2015. IT IS FALSE https://t.co/Ge51IYdKY9

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: The quote was mentioned as early as 2008 in a study on "intolerant activities and groups" in Ukraine that was app-ly backed by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives and is still available on the respected Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group @khpg site https://archive.ph/8wkjz

3:07 AM · Apr 5, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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In an attempt to disattach the far-right Azov movement leader Biletsky from the racist "final crusade" quote, an open letter [https://www.facebook.com/taruta/posts/516431913183857] to @CNN signed by Who's Who of Ukrainian biz & politics says the quote was "first made" by...Sergei Lavrov in 2015. IT IS FALSE

3:07 AM · Apr 5, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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Got and have been reading @ColborneMichael relevant book on the internationally active far-right Azov movement "From the Fires of War: Ukraine's Azov Movement and the Global Far Right". It's plenty of research condensed into a very reader-friendly size. https://www.amazon.com/dp/3838215087

3:17 PM · Apr 1, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: .@BBCRosAtkins also quotes a researcher who says that in the Azov Regiment “this radical core was drown out by the the mass of new comers”. Well the Regiment’s current head has been with it since its inception. Is he a new comer or part of “this radical core”?

12:56 PM · Mar 27, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Since 2020 when I listed ⬆️ some things changed, some haven’t. The Regiment continued to be involved with the larger Azov movement into the late 2021. That’s per the Regiment itself. For example, Here’s it hosting the Azov movement’s Youth Corps, Aug 2021 https://t.co/2IcyGzmAZT https://t.co/LmezLFPxM1

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Now does Russian propaganda lie? Yes. Is Azov Regiment fighting Russia? Hell Yes! Should the ties between the far-right Azov movement (fights Russia too!)and the Regiment be swept under carpet when even the Regiment (check above ⬆️) won’t hide them? Well I guess it’s a choice.

2:07 AM · Mar 27, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Since 2020 when I listed ⬆️ some things changed, some haven’t. The Regiment continued to be involved with the larger Azov movement into the late 2021. That’s per the Regiment itself. For example, Here’s it hosting the Azov movement’s Youth Corps, Aug 2021 https://azov.org.ua/patriotychnyi-vyshkil-dhzyra/

2:07 AM · Mar 27, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

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Actually the Azov Regiment fighters have received training in the West-backed training centers of the National Guard of Ukraine, some trained with "NATO instructors", per the NGU. There's WAY more on this but this thread is a good start

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9:37 PM · Mar 24, 2022 · Twitter Web App

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Ukraine’s far-right Tradition and Order group (claims it has a branch in Germany, appealed to 🇩🇪 far right recently) boosts November 7 anti lockdown demo in Leipzig. TAO is now with Denis Nikitin (White Rex) once described as “Role Model for German Hooligans” by @RobertClaus13

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5:15 PM · Nov 1, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Ukraine, leaders of notorious far-right groups C14, Tradition and Order (internationally active) today protested possible extradition of American Craig Lang to the USA. Lang is wanted in the US on charges related to a double homicide in Florida. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1322274099176087554/video/1

4:28 PM · Oct 30, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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The nationalist rally in Kyiv, Ukraine made it to the Office of the President @ZelenskyyUa The banner you see says: "Ukrainians! We're celebrating the anniversary of the occupation and pillaging of Ukraine by the Dnipro JEWISH clan of Vova Zelenskyy!!!" https://youtu.be/f6zK1poUv1E?t=9785

10:12 AM · Oct 14, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@KatyaMalofeyeva The priest in front of the column is a known quantity in the far-right milieux in Ukraine. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/06/21/calls-to-fight-lgbt-people-by-ukrainian-cleric-emblematic-of-churchs-proximity-to-far-right/

9:53 AM · Oct 14, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Prompted by Feygin's question, leader of internationally active Azov Korotkih gives advice to Russia's far right to "wait for a window of opportunity [...]", build contacts, networks. Korotkih told Feygin that Russia's far-right leaders are "either in jail, killed or abroad". https://t.co/aa7992Yao8

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: Remarkable to witness the notorious neo-Nazi Maxim "Tesak" Martsinkevich being posthumously made into a myth. Azov's Korotkih [platformed by Feygin] offers his take on Tesak's legacy: "Be successful". During the interview, Feygin offered 0 disclosures re Korotkih's politics, etc. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1316111981343055873/video/1

4:22 PM · Oct 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Prompted by Feygin's question, leader of internationally active Azov Korotkih gives advice to Russia's far right to "wait for a window of opportunity [...]", build contacts, networks. Korotkih told Feygin that Russia's far-right leaders are "either in jail, killed or abroad". https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1316101913482539008/video/1

3:42 PM · Oct 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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In June-July, some in the Azov movement (ideologue Yurchenko, Azov-linked Wotanjugend group) supported neonazi Skachkov busted by the SBU over his role in the network of Brenton Tarrant admirers. Wotanjugend shared Atomwaffen Division propaganda. Some don’t care about bad press.

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5:40 PM · Oct 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: While working on my early 2019 @bellingcat report on the Azov Movement’s ties to American far right I discovered an interview American Andrew Oneshchuk did with Azov-linked podcast in EARLY 2016. READ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

2:35 PM · Oct 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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“Centuria” organization pompously presented by Ukraine’s far-right Azov movement in August now offers “constant military training” under “Total Resistance” banner, casts it as a vision of territorial defense for 🇺🇦. Neonazi “Wotan Jugend” org’s merch is visible in a recent video. https://t.co/Zd7N9R4nIx https://t.co/nGNWEGgqag

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: No need to wonder why the likes of “Atomwaffen Division” are attracted to Ukraine’s far-right Azov movement. Screenshots with “white pride world wide” t-shirt below are from a new vid of firearms training offered by Azov’s “Centuria” branch under the “total resistance” slogan

2:11 PM · Oct 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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IMPORTANT: Although statement by Ukraine’s @ServiceSsu claims that attempts by 2 foreign neonazi recruiters to set up a branch in the country were thwarted in “timely fashion” the screen shots used in the statement is from “Atomwaffen Galizien”/fission video posted in 2019!

5:47 AM · Oct 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Statement by Ukraine’s @ServiceSsu on deportation of 2 foreign neo-Nazi recruiters says they were active [how long?] in 3 major cities (Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv), “involved members of specialized online communities” in disseminating their video propaganda . https://ssu.gov.ua/novyny/sbu-vykryla-dvokh-inozemtsiv-na-sprobi-stvorennia-v-ukraini-oseredku-mizhnarodnoho-terorystychnoho-uhrupovannia-neonatsystiv

5:23 AM · Oct 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy @mva_gov_ua Helluva patch

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@mva_gov_ua He wore it to a meeting with the then-minister of veterans affairs Iryna Friz in 2019 and nobody even flinched. More on Shatrovsky and Ukraine’s far right relationship with @mva_gov_ua here https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/11/11/ukraines-ministry-of-veterans-affairs-embraced-the-far-right-with-consequences-to-the-u-s/

3:09 PM · Oct 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Would you join a volunteer battalion to support Azerbaijan in Karabakh?- Head of the Public Council at Ukraine’s ministry of Veterans affairs @mva_gov_ua , member of the far-right Azov movement asks Ukrainian veterans via Telegram, says it’s a hypothetical question . https://t.co/XXBpI4LDh0

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: (Hypothetical) question to 🇺🇦 veterans whether they’d join the Karabakh conflict “to support Azerbaijan” came from Dmytro Shatrovsky, head of @mva_gov_ua Public Council. Worrying. The government of Ukraine steers clear of taking sides in the conflict. See recent Avakov statement

9:11 AM · Oct 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Would you join a volunteer battalion to support Azerbaijan in Karabakh?- Head of the Public Council at Ukraine’s ministry of Veterans affairs @mva_gov_ua , member of the far-right Azov movement asks Ukrainian veterans via Telegram, says it’s a hypothetical question .

8:54 AM · Oct 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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“Centuria” organization pompously presented by Ukraine’s far-right Azov movement in August now offers “constant military training” under “Total Resistance” banner, casts it as a vision of territorial defense for 🇺🇦. Neonazi “Wotan Jugend” org’s merch is visible in a recent video.

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Ukraine's far-right Azov movement now openly talks an EXPANSIONIST agenda for Ukraine and "Fight of civilizations". "We have to attain victories over foreign enemies by grabbing territory": Azov's promo video from the roll-out of the "Centuria" organization on August 1st. Thread https://t.co/0V3hLSdTxB

6:06 PM · Oct 2, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Leader of America’s seminal far-right “Rise Above Movement” Robert Rundo says Ukraine is the best country for [white] nationalists in a recent interview, adds a caveat, praises Balkans, calls on others in the US to “come here, try and network [...] keep out Western influence”. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1310481087244759042/video/1

3:26 AM · Sep 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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American white nationalist ideologue Greg Johnson just interviewed neo-Nazi MMA organizer Denis Nikitin (White Rex) who now calls Ukraine home. Johnson gushed over the far right scene in Ukraine, Nikitin gave advice on leveling up the far right in the US, his contacts there, more https://twitter.com/NewRightAmerica/status/1307730204538830849 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1307847598871662593/video/1

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9:02 PM · Sep 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Russian neo-Nazi organizer Denis Nikitin (White Rex) apparently was part of the attack on the Odessa Pride event in August with his new outfit Ukrainian far-right group "Tradition and Order". That's according to Nikitin's own admission made on Telegram https://t.co/WVbJ21IuWP https://t.co/rV8mEefkJv

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In Kyiv, Ukraine the far right paid tribute to Russian neo-Neonazi Maxim "Tesak" Martsinkevich at Independence Square. "We won't forget, we won't forgive", the crowd chanted. "Tesak" was found dead in his cell last week after an apparent suicide. His followers claim foul play. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1307811769021272064/video/1

6:39 PM · Sep 20, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Ahead of Pride in Zaporizhzhia, 🇺🇦 leading anti-LGBT group “All Together!” (led by Ruslan Kukharchuk linked to the influential @Turchynov through T’s “All-Ukrainian Sobor”), violent far-right “Tradition and Order” tease a counter event. Continuing pattern of cooperation there

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@kooleksiy: Russian neo-Nazi organizer Denis Nikitin (White Rex) apparently was part of the attack on the Odessa Pride event in August with his new outfit Ukrainian far-right group "Tradition and Order". That's according to Nikitin's own admission made on Telegram https://t.me/white_powder2020/22 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1307329085883011073/video/1

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@kooleksiy: The Azov movement's leader Korotkih isn't the only Azov, 🇺🇦far-right figure heaping praise on the notorious Tesak today. "He lived like a man, and died like a man" - Azov's ideologue Yurchenko wrote today. "God will avenge and restore justice", Yurchenko wrote.

4:54 PM · Sep 16, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Remarkably, Azov's Korotkih said today that he was in touch, made plans with "Tesak". Once freed from prison "Tesak" was supposed to promote creation of “the axis from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea" [as encapsulated in Azov's version of the geopolitical concept of Intermarium] https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1306335767661367298/video/1

4:54 PM · Sep 16, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. In a 2018 interview, the now-dead seminal Russian neo-Nazi "Tesak" told @lentaruofficial that he regretted leaving Ukraine [he came there amidst legal woes in Russia] for Cuba in 2013. "That decision has been spoiling my life for 4.5 years". https://t.co/meOakxBGwD https://t.co/Z5imZSDuFv

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Russian neo-Nazi Tesak (Martsinkevich) is dead bc he decided against staying in Ukraine in 2013: is ALSO an argument many far right voiced today online. In contrast to Tesak, his close associate Korotkih made a career in Ukraine, now leads influential far-right Azov movement

4:53 PM · Sep 16, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. In a 2018 interview, the now-dead seminal Russian neo-Nazi "Tesak" told @lentaruofficial that he regretted leaving Ukraine [he came there amidst legal woes in Russia] for Cuba in 2013. "That decision has been spoiling my life for 4.5 years". https://lenta.ru/articles/2020/09/16/tes/

4:53 PM · Sep 16, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Poignant from Bogdan's interview on the once much-touted Vakarchuk [and his Stanford training?]: "Nobody could understand what he was trying to say [...] He was saying smart phrases which he himself couldn't understand and couldn't finish". Source: https://youtu.be/ogGK8rjDqJE?t=2102 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1305281723391975434/video/1

7:06 PM · Sep 13, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@leonidragozin Before PeaceData there was PeaceDove https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1300909466511171586/video/1

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@kooleksiy: Notably, during the August 24th massive "March of the Defenders of Ukraine" in Kyiv where far-right Azov mounted a dominant presence "Centuria" column was led by easily-recognizable leaders of explicitly neo-Nazi Kharkiv-based "Nord Storm" group

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Recently 🇺🇦 Azov movement seems to promote its neo-Nazi elements more. After @instagram live with “Wotanjugend” leader Levkin, head of National Militia (ex-commander of Azov Regiment of @ng_ukraine) “Cherkas” was set to talk to an apparent member of RAHOWA-praising “Nord Storm”. https://t.co/UBz1uLY2h4

7:18 PM · Aug 28, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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German neo-Nazi "Dritte Weg" party gushes over the "Centuria" organization recently launched in Ukraine by the far-right internationally active Azov Movement: "A new organization with eternal values - perhaps exactly what was missing in the political arena of Eastern Europe".

7:18 PM · Aug 28, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Notorious neo-Nazi MMA organizer/clothing brand White Rex that was active throughout Europe, Russia in the recent past, apparently teased a comeback in a short video that quickly netted thousands of views on VK& was reposted by a senior leader of Ukraine's far-right Azov movement

4:52 PM · Aug 15, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Belarus state BelTA now quotes (pro-)Kremlin pundit Sergey Markov who suggests that Lukashenko enjoys the support of the silent majority that "has the right to expect" that order will be restored. Markov also habitually paints Ukraine's Maidan as the root of that country's woes.

9:55 AM · Aug 11, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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File under Ukraine’s Azov movement enduring appeal for American far right. Per @CVAgainstFash, the man in this photo next to the Azov Regiment’s (old) flag is Nathan Stewart the ostensible leader of Rural Nexion, a neo-Nazi compound located in Alba, TX

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Hey friends! Let’s talk about Rural Nexion, a neo-Nazi compound located in Alba, TX. https://t.co/mcjsyL2f3K https://t.co/402pv6kPUB

7:48 PM · Aug 10, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Korotkih is known for his role in attacks on Belarus opposition in 1999, ties to murderers there, praise for Lukashenko, etc. BUT remarkably Pavel Sheremet wrote in 2015 that he “cleared Sergei Korotkih of all his [Sheremet’s] suspicion, and accusations” https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/columns/2015/01/24/7056192/

6:05 PM · Aug 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Korotkih's description of "White Europe without leftists" where Belarus may eventually fit is an apparent reference to the Azov's geopol concepts of Intermarium and Reconquista. Korotkih has been a major driver of Azov's international ambitions. More: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

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@kooleksiy: In a Telegram video, Korotkih theorizes that under weakened Lukashenko within 1-2 years "nationally-oriented people" with a "national project" may be able to "fight for Belarus' future". Korotkih says that he's ready to support such people NOW. Source: https://t.me/c/1369674348/5986 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1292485136936837122/video/1

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Ukraine's far-right Azov movement new project "Centuria" [background:

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Ukraine's far-right Azov movement now openly talks an EXPANSIONIST agenda for Ukraine and "Fight of civilizations". "We have to attain victories over foreign enemies by grabbing territory": Azov's promo video from the roll-out of the "Centuria" organization on August 1st. Thread https://t.co/0V3hLSdTxB

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Workers at state-owned “Ukrainian railways” threaten action. The enterprise has drawn criticism for supposedly exorbitant salaries of its Supervisory board members. Reportedly they were halted in March https://www.uz.gov.ua/en/about/general_information/nagliadova_rada/

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In Ukraine, one far-right group is exclusively focused on infiltrating Ukraine's Armed Forces. It claims that its members are in leadership positions in a number of military units. Check out the attached threads for evidence tying its stated leader to the far-right Azov movement

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@kooleksiy: In what seems illustrative of both Ukrainian far right's typical bluntness and Ukraine's government typical denial, the Ukrainian military and National Army Academy denied ANY knowledge of the group to @kp_ukraine. That's while there's plenty of evidence of "Centuria" operations.

5:29 PM · Aug 4, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Confirming my findings, the leader of the military-oriented "Centuria" id-s himself to @kp_ukraine as Yurii, a cadet in Ukraine's National Army Academy, veteran of the Azov Regiment. Yurii says his group "cooperates with various military units, military colleges", is ~3 years old

5:29 PM · Aug 4, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The military-oriented "Centuria" that claims successful infiltration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine IS Azov-linked. Its leader Yurii "Milan" Gavrylyshyn is not only a veteran of the Azov Regiment but was involved with “Civic Corps "Azov", the predecessor of Azov's National Corps. https://t.co/ccyyaVc8mh

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Images shared online by Centuria's stated leader Yurii "Milan" Gavrylyshyn also suggest an affinity for white supremacy. In one such video Havrylyshyn (part of his face covered) is seen wearing a "White Pride World Wide" shirt next to another Azov Regiment fighter Oleksiy Komarov

6:55 AM · Aug 4, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Sensing the confusion that will undoubtedly continue about the two Azov-linked organizations named "Centuria", the military-oriented group also included a side by side comparison of the groups' logos. On the right is the military "Centuria" https://t.co/Cp9QZB9eKk

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The military-oriented "Centuria" that claims successful infiltration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine IS Azov-linked. Its leader Yurii "Milan" Gavrylyshyn is not only a veteran of the Azov Regiment but was involved with “Civic Corps "Azov", the predecessor of Azov's National Corps.

6:55 AM · Aug 4, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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The military-oriented "Centuria" stresses in a Telegram post that it rejects "any ties" to the namesake group rolled-out by the Azov movement on August 1st, and emphasized that its sole focus is on the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/OER0lKg6VA

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Sensing the confusion that will undoubtedly continue about the two Azov-linked organizations named "Centuria", the military-oriented group also included a side by side comparison of the groups' logos. On the right is the military "Centuria"

6:55 AM · Aug 4, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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As I suggested earlier ⬆️, there are, in fact, 2 organizations named "Centuria" that are associated with Ukraine’s far-right Azov movement. The military-oriented "Centuria" group yesterday distanced itself from the one pompously presented by the Azov movement on August 1st. https://t.co/gyXMKVTC6f

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The military-oriented "Centuria" stresses in a Telegram post that it rejects "any ties" to the namesake group rolled-out by the Azov movement on August 1st, and emphasized that its sole focus is on the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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@kooleksiy: As I suggested earlier ⬆️, there are, in fact, 2 organizations named "Centuria" that are associated with Ukraine’s far-right Azov movement. The military-oriented "Centuria" group yesterday distanced itself from the one pompously presented by the Azov movement on August 1st.

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@kooleksiy: In the official video from the August 1st presentation of the new "Centuria". Azov's senior figure Ihor “Cherkass” Mykhailenko, the leader of Azov's street wing the "National Militia" went over Centuria's focus: "The global world is losing positions. Chaos is ahead".

4:09 PM · Aug 3, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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In the official video from the August 1st presentation of the new "Centuria". Azov's senior figure Ihor “Cherkass” Mykhailenko, the leader of Azov's street wing the "National Militia" went over Centuria's focus: "The global world is losing positions. Chaos is ahead". https://t.co/oDBTmiC56d

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: "The time of absolute darkness awaits us ahead. We have to attain victories over foreign enemies by grabbing territory. Domestically[...] we have to grab souls of our population[...]". Azov's leader told the crowd each of them could lead in the "Fight of civilizations".

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Ukraine's far-right Azov movement now openly talks an EXPANSIONIST agenda for Ukraine and "Fight of civilizations". "We have to attain victories over foreign enemies by grabbing territory": Azov's promo video from the roll-out of the "Centuria" organization on August 1st. Thread https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1290379167108923392/video/1

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Ukraine's far-right Azov movement now openly talks an EXPANSIONIST agenda for Ukraine and "Fight of civilizations". "We have to attain victories over foreign enemies by grabbing territory": Azov's promo video from the roll-out of the "Centuria" organization on August 1st. Thread https://t.co/0V3hLSdTxB

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil! All or Nothing", says "Centuria" inaugural Telegram post "Centuria starts on the wary of the struggle for the Great Ukraine!". Consider that the military wing of Ukraine's far-right Azov movement the Azov Regiment is embedded into Ukraine's government

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Online the military-oriented "Centuria" (let's separate it from the org. presented by Azov on August 1st) consistently touts its ties to the Azov Regiment of Ukraine's National Guard and the larger far-right Azov movement, including participation in events at the Regiment's base. https://t.co/nm1hAiGEFg

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Online the military-oriented "Centuria" has identified an individual with military call sign "Milan" (Milano) as one of its leaders. "Milan" is likely 20-something Yurii Gavrylyshyn, a veteran of the Azov Regiment. Gavrylyshyn also popped up in photos with a "Centuria" patch.

6:45 PM · Aug 2, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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There's a consistency to the military-oriented "Centuria" (let's separate it from the organization presented by Azov on August 1st) claims about having its members in leadership positions in Ukraine's Armed Forces. Consider this from September 2019. Complete with banking info. https://t.co/HROMHIcWx3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Online the military-oriented "Centuria" (let's separate it from the org. presented by Azov on August 1st) consistently touts its ties to the Azov Regiment of Ukraine's National Guard and the larger far-right Azov movement, including participation in events at the Regiment's base.

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The apparently Azov-linked "Centuria" infiltrating Ukraine's Armed Forces and the "Centuria" presented by the Azov movement yesterday may be different groups: The namesake organizations have different symbols, for example. https://t.co/Fn49wYqQ53

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: There's a consistency to the military-oriented "Centuria" (let's separate it from the organization presented by Azov on August 1st) claims about having its members in leadership positions in Ukraine's Armed Forces. Consider this from September 2019. Complete with banking info.

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Far right assuming leadership roles in Ukraine’s military? A self-described “pan-European traditionalist, nationalist” group “Centuria” claims that its members now serve as [apparently junior] officers in a number of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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@kooleksiy: The apparently Azov-linked "Centuria" infiltrating Ukraine's Armed Forces and the "Centuria" presented by the Azov movement yesterday may be different groups: The namesake organizations have different symbols, for example.

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"Look for us in every unit of Ukraine's Armed Forces [...] Protect your territory and your traditions to the last drop of blood", a promotional video shared on "Centuria Army" Telegram in May 2020 said. https://t.co/BMoLMFpXuQ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: If true, there are serious implications of the situation where units of Ukraine's Armed forces are influenced by officers answering to the "Centuria" that describes itself as a pan-European traditionalist, nationalist group equally HOSTILE to Kremlin and Brussels.

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Currently, the aforementioned "Centuria" claims that it has established a foothold in a number of Ukraine's military units where its members allegedly assumed commanding roles. Online "Centuria" invites likeminded Ukrainian soldiers to serve under "Centuria commandors (sic!)". https://t.co/iSX1MRVN1t

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: The list of Ukraine's Armed forces units where Centuria members, young military officers, allegedly serve in leadership roles includes nearly a dozen units.

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The list of Ukraine's Armed forces units where Centuria members, young military officers, allegedly serve in leadership roles includes nearly a dozen units. https://t.co/dOc62xgEg9

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: "Look for us in every unit of Ukraine's Armed Forces [...] Protect your territory and your traditions to the last drop of blood", a promotional video shared on "Centuria Army" Telegram in May 2020 said. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1289994321983188992/video/1

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@kooleksiy: Currently, the aforementioned "Centuria" claims that it has established a foothold in a number of Ukraine's military units where its members allegedly assumed commanding roles. Online "Centuria" invites likeminded Ukrainian soldiers to serve under "Centuria commandors (sic!)".

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@kooleksiy: The public roll-out of the "Centuria" group is notable because that supposedly new group shares the name with an apparently Azov-linked group of young military officers dedicated to infiltrating Ukraine's Armed Forces, building far right's clout there. The latter Centuria's logos

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@kooleksiy: Re "Centuria", consider that Ukraine's Azov - not unlike other far-right groups internationally - appears to have a pattern of routinely multi-patching its activists (overall estimated in the low thousands by the organization itself) as members of several groups at the same time. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1289994308628578304/video/1

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"Everything anti-Ukrainian will be annihilated". Ukraine's internationally active far-right Azov movement yesterday rolled out a new organization - the "Centuria" - in a dramatic ceremony attended by what looked like (maybe) hundreds of masked men dressed in black. THREAD https://t.co/pC5OEB3glk

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Disciplined, organized and resolute [...] ready to fight any enemy of Ukraine [...] everything anti-Ukrainian will be annihilated", - Ihor “Cherkass” Mykhailenko commander of the Azov's "National Militia" wrote online about the event he apparently led.

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"Everything anti-Ukrainian will be annihilated". Ukraine's internationally active far-right Azov movement yesterday rolled out a new organization - the "Centuria" - in a dramatic ceremony attended by what looked like (maybe) hundreds of masked men dressed in black. THREAD https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1289994301087178753/video/1

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Anti-Maidan Ukrainian blogger Sharij sends dozens of letters to US lawmakers: a recent video published on Sharij's Telegram suggests. Letters may be part of Sharij campaign blaming ongoing attacks on Sharij's party by the far-right Azov movement on Ukraine's President Zelenskiy.

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@kooleksiy: Remarkably RFERL's updated article still says NOTHING about the actual portrayal of Jews (they're vilified cast as enemies of Ukrainians) in the anti-Semitic play that it described in January 2020 as a play where "the good fights evil".

5:34 PM · Jul 30, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The US-funded @RFERL's Ukrainian Service now ADMITS that "xenophobic views, language" were present in the "Rebel Vertep" (Повстанський вертеп) play it did a favorable story about in January. The original report failed to mention anti-Semitism in the play.

5:34 PM · Jul 30, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The US-funded @RFERL's Ukrainian Service now ADMITS that "xenophobic views, language" were present in the "Rebel Vertep" (Повстанський вертеп) play it did a favorable story about in January. The original report failed to mention anti-Semitism in the play. https://t.co/I7yPrHz8x1

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: "Editor's Note: "Radio Liberty" does not support xenophobic views or language fueling negative stereotypes that were present in this play" was added to the article - https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/donbas-kolyadka-vertep-stalin-chort/30374423.html The play in question is a brain-child of Ukraine's "Youth Nationalist Congress".

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“I can’t quite remember the storyline because it was a while ago”. I received a response from @RFERL Ukrainian Service reporter who in January 2020 reported for that US-funded media about the anti-Semitic play by a nationalist organization WITHOUT MENTIONING how it portrayed Jews

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

U.S.-funded @RFERL Ukrainian service covered the anti-Semitic "Rebel Vertep" play by Ukraine's Youth Nationalist Congress (more on the play in @mossrobeson__ report⬇️) in Jan. 2020, except it has not mentioned vilification of Jews in the play. Why? Thread https://t.co/Wx43vnEBn9 https://t.co/2xLwe3BKHi

6:58 AM · Jul 30, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Remarkably on Facebook Shatrovsky apparently implicitly addressed the video that featured live rounds fired at a target to Ukraine's president Zelenskiy. “A challenge from veterans to Ze-collaborationists and populists in the government [...]", he wrote on Facebook. https://t.co/nh8bIuvR74

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: "[...]To various populists and pro-Russian officials with their cronies who want to get publicity with or hurt our event [...] Shut your windows tightly lest a FLY (Муха) will get in", Shatrovsky says in the video possibly alluding to RPG-18 also known as "Fly" (Ukrainian "Муха") https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1288203646543507459/video/1

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@kooleksiy: Remarkably on Facebook Shatrovsky apparently implicitly addressed the video that featured live rounds fired at a target to Ukraine's president Zelenskiy. “A challenge from veterans to Ze-collaborationists and populists in the government [...]", he wrote on Facebook.

4:04 PM · Jul 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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The video draws attention to/ advertises the upcoming (August 24th) "March of Ukraine's Defenders"(Марш Захисників України) organized by Ukrainian far right, far right-linked, nationalist, veterans organizations. https://t.co/HdSgi8WGn7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The person firing a machine gun and RPG is Dmytro Shatrovsky, leader of the "Veterans Brotherhood" (part of the far-right Azov movement). He is also the head of the Public Council in Ukraine's Veterans Ministry and a leader of the influential "Veterans Movement of Ukraine".

4:03 PM · Jul 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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An RPG, Machine gun FIRED by a Ukrainian far-right figure/prominent veterans' movement leader in a video that serves as both an apparent warning to "pro-Russian officials and their cronies" and an Ad for the upcoming "March of Ukraine's Defenders"(Марш Захисників України). Thread https://t.co/Yy79siOPki

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: The video draws attention to/ advertises the upcoming (August 24th) "March of Ukraine's Defenders"(Марш Захисників України) organized by Ukrainian far right, far right-linked, nationalist, veterans organizations. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1288203563785740291/video/1

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An RPG, Machine gun FIRED by a Ukrainian far-right figure/prominent veterans' movement leader in a video that serves as both an apparent warning to "pro-Russian officials and their cronies" and an Ad for the upcoming "March of Ukraine's Defenders"(Марш Захисників України). Thread

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@kooleksiy: For example, per this December 2019 decision of Ukraine's government national-patriotic education grant commission, the Youth Nationalist Congress was allotted state funding for a series of youth camps planned for 2020 http://www.dsmsu.gov.ua/media/2019/12/27/1/Rishennya_26.PDF

6:52 AM · Jul 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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This excerpt from the Kostyantynivka performance, for example, is largely identical to other performances (check @mossrobeson__ report) of the "Rebel Vertep", and has "Jews" talking about making money off of Ukrainians, undermining, ridiculing their aspirations for free Ukraine https://t.co/h7DGayL8rm

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: According to the Youth Nationalist Congress site http://mnk.org.ua/novini/silni-bo-iedini/, the play was performed in a total of 9 locations in Eastern Ukraine and the tour ended with a peformance on Kyiv's Mykhailivska Square.

6:52 AM · Jul 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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That video recording is available on Youtube https://t.co/7mJUfJhmKr and shows that in 2020 during the tour of Eastern Ukraine the Youth Nationalist Congress "Rebel Vertep" continued to vilify Jews. The presence of the Youth Nationalist Congress flag in the play is also notable. https://t.co/HgFnXfHXnB

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: This excerpt from the Kostyantynivka performance, for example, is largely identical to other performances (check @mossrobeson__ report) of the "Rebel Vertep", and has "Jews" talking about making money off of Ukrainians, undermining, ridiculing their aspirations for free Ukraine https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1288064664329490433/video/1

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There’s at least one video recording of the complete “Rebel Vertep” play as performed During the early 2020 tour. When the play was performed in Kostyantynivka in Donetsk oblast it was filmed by the host “public order enforcement" formation "Gaydamaky". https://t.co/OQR7Gsu16A

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: That video recording is available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og_0tpfrVBE and shows that in 2020 during the tour of Eastern Ukraine the Youth Nationalist Congress "Rebel Vertep" continued to vilify Jews. The presence of the Youth Nationalist Congress flag in the play is also notable.

6:51 AM · Jul 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Performance in Sloviansk was part of the Youth Nationalist Congress "Rebel Vertep" tour of Eastern Ukraine in 2020. The YNC's own story about the tour -that showed the play vilifying Jews to viewers in Eastern Ukraine - is titled "Warmth and Sincerity" https://t.co/WPk7E95K8K https://t.co/py06xdrDGM

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: There’s at least one video recording of the complete “Rebel Vertep” play as performed During the early 2020 tour. When the play was performed in Kostyantynivka in Donetsk oblast it was filmed by the host “public order enforcement" formation "Gaydamaky".

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@kooleksiy: Performance in Sloviansk was part of the Youth Nationalist Congress "Rebel Vertep" tour of Eastern Ukraine in 2020. The YNC's own story about the tour -that showed the play vilifying Jews to viewers in Eastern Ukraine - is titled "Warmth and Sincerity" http://mnk.org.ua/novini/teplo-i-shchirist-misiia-povstanskii-vertep-na-skhodi/

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@kooleksiy: Although the report on the Sloviansk performance mentioned that "Jewesses" (Russian word жидовки has a certain ring to it) are among the play's "unusual characters" it failed to mention how Jews were portrayed in the play, etc.

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@kooleksiy: I archived @RFERL Ukrainian Service original article on the Rebel Vertep in case it gets pulled or edited after the fact http://archive.vn/jCVGg

6:51 AM · Jul 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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You can judge the play's portrayal of Jews for yourself bc the play - as performed in 2015 in Ukraine's Burshtyn - was uploaded with ENGLISH SUBTITLES (accurate AFAIC) by @mossrobeson__ on Youtube: https://t.co/68RYJDrNPe Notice how “Rebels” get physical with “Jews”, etc. https://t.co/1fi53jSsy7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The play with its portrayal of Jews as money-hungry and hostile to Ukrainians was, per the Youth Nationalist Congress own site http://mnk.org.ua/novini/silni-bo-iedini/ , written in 2008 by YNC current head Solomiya Farion, and Andriy Ben, ex-head of the YNC Lviv chapter.

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@kooleksiy: You can judge the play's portrayal of Jews for yourself bc the play - as performed in 2015 in Ukraine's Burshtyn - was uploaded with ENGLISH SUBTITLES (accurate AFAIC) by @mossrobeson__ on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dhrRNvJNPsw?t=241 Notice how “Rebels” get physical with “Jews”, etc. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1288064461220315137/video/1

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U.S.-funded @RFERL Ukrainian service covered the anti-Semitic "Rebel Vertep" play by Ukraine's Youth Nationalist Congress (more on the play in @mossrobeson__ report⬇️) in Jan. 2020, except it has not mentioned vilification of Jews in the play. Why? Thread https://t.co/Wx43vnEBn9 https://t.co/2xLwe3BKHi

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The “Rebel Vertep”/“Insurgent Vertep” (Повстанський вертеп) is a creation of Ukraine’s seminal “Youth Nationalistic Congress”. It took elements of a traditional Ukrainian Christmas performance (Vertep) to create an Xmas play about Ukrainian Insurgent Army (УПА) and its enemies.

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U.S.-funded @RFERL Ukrainian service covered the anti-Semitic "Rebel Vertep" play by Ukraine's Youth Nationalist Congress (more on the play in @mossrobeson__ report⬇️) in Jan. 2020, except it has not mentioned vilification of Jews in the play. Why? Thread

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@kooleksiy: Per Kulagin's company site - https://omox.com.ua/company/management/ - his "concept of enclavization (анклавізація - Ukrainian) of the country" has been "commended by American diplomats, Ukrainian economists, and political scientists". The site doesn't present evidence for its claims.

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Per Kulagin's company site - https://t.co/kYLwYKkuDL - his "concept of enclavization (анклавізація - Ukrainian) of the country" has been "commended by American diplomats, Ukrainian economists, and political scientists". The site doesn't present evidence for its claims. https://t.co/Z1zEnqeS56

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Reportedly, in the past Kulagin was interested in having an enclave of the United States inside Ukraine. Namely, on his property in Kyiv. In 2018 he told Ukrainian media that he presented "staff" of @USEmbassyKyiv with the concept of "an enclave under the U.S. jurisdiction".

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Per "Tradition and Order", Kulagin lectured participants on Ukrainian economy, flaws of banking and tax systems in the country, and on "why foreign creditors can't be trusted". The latter seems reflective of Ukraine's far right's hostility to IMF, George Soros, etc. https://t.co/94MABLxYAv

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: But Oleksiy Kulagin is also known as a proponent/ author of the idea of creation of foreign "enclaves" inside Ukraine which is seemingly at odds with Ukrainian far right's much-touted commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1287086704931876869/video/1

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The "school" featured lectures by known Ukrainian far-right figures like Dmytro Korchynsky (Bratstvo) and Yevhen Karas (C14/ Society of the future), as well as an appearance by often quoted political commentator Bozhko, others. https://t.co/u1lORCM9GS

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The far-right "political school" caught my attention because it featured a lecture by Oleksiy Kulagin (Олексій Кулагін) who's best known as the real estate developer behind Kyiv's "Chaika" condominium complex that made headlines bc of residents disputes with the developer.

2:05 PM · Jul 25, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The far-right "political school" caught my attention because it featured a lecture by Oleksiy Kulagin (Олексій Кулагін) who's best known as the real estate developer behind Kyiv's "Chaika" condominium complex that made headlines bc of residents disputes with the developer. https://t.co/ek0MaSQIIk

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Per "Tradition and Order", Kulagin lectured participants on Ukrainian economy, flaws of banking and tax systems in the country, and on "why foreign creditors can't be trusted". The latter seems reflective of Ukraine's far right's hostility to IMF, George Soros, etc.

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@kooleksiy: The "school" featured lectures by known Ukrainian far-right figures like Dmytro Korchynsky (Bratstvo) and Yevhen Karas (C14/ Society of the future), as well as an appearance by often quoted political commentator Bozhko, others.

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Reality is stranger than you think. In Ukraine, a "political school" held by an internationally active far-right group featured a lecture by the proponent of creating foreign powers-governed "enclaves" inside Ukraine. Thread

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@kooleksiy: The Russian Center’s online posts claim that members of the group attended events in Europe in 2019, and that the organization has members in Putin’s Russia where they operate “effectively underground”.

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@kooleksiy: Earlier in July the “Russian Center” posted a series of updates regarding events in Serbia citing “a participant in the events[..] Serbian comrade via the “Radical Alliance”.[more on the RA⬇️] The updates lamented the far right’s failure to influence the dynamics of the protests

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Radical white nationalists in Eastern Europe discussed sending "combat groups" to EU states to boost allies during RALLIES, PROTESTS, RIOTS: Alleged details of Radical Alliance March/Sword of Europe Conference held in Ukraine's Uzhhorod in April come out via a participant org. https://t.co/xo1Wbzd8xk

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@kooleksiy: Remarkably, per Saakashvili, then-President Poroshenko "bet on Hillary" in 2016 US elections. Saakashvili says he warned Poroshenko against it. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1284972181567549440/video/1

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"I'm afraid of the worst-case scenario of the further breakup of Ukraine": Georgia's ex-President Saakashvili now Head of Ukraine's Executive Committee on Reforms warns in an interview. Full video https://youtu.be/zXnURUrySoc?t=1939 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1284971929741426691/video/1

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Remarkably, prior to the "Tradition and Order" protest in support of RAM in front of the US Embassy in Ukraine, earlier in July, the "Orden" (Order) far-right grouping linked to the Azov movement protested there in support of the "legacy of Confederacy". https://t.co/tId8maramL

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: "If we fail to protect General [Robert E.] Lee statues in the US, then tomorrow we'll have to protect Taras Shevchenko monuments in Ukraine", "Orden" leader and ideologue of far-right Azov movement Eduard Yurchenko said in front of the US Embassy in Ukraine earlier in July. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1283512115203104771/video/1

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@kooleksiy: Ukraine's "Tradition and Order" is close to the Azov movement but the International Secretary of the latter recently denied any links to TAO's international efforts. That being said, Denis Nikitin has long cooperated with Azov and his involvement with TAO can be telling.

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Ukraine's "Tradition and Order" is close to the Azov movement but the International Secretary of the latter recently denied any links to TAO's international efforts. That being said, Denis Nikitin has long cooperated with Azov and his involvement with TAO can be telling. https://t.co/G3XBo4eHoq

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Remarkably, prior to the "Tradition and Order" protest in support of RAM in front of the US Embassy in Ukraine, earlier in July, the "Orden" (Order) far-right grouping linked to the Azov movement protested there in support of the "legacy of Confederacy".

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@kooleksiy: Protesters expressed support for the Rise Above Movement and demanded that the USA "stop financing radical left in Ukraine". The protest was led by Ukraine's internationally active far-right "Tradition and Order" group, known for anti-LGBT stance, attacks.

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Protesters expressed support for the Rise Above Movement and demanded that the USA "stop financing radical left in Ukraine". The protest was led by Ukraine's internationally active far-right "Tradition and Order" group, known for anti-LGBT stance, attacks. https://t.co/pkRraYvW6N

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: Robert Smithson appeared in front of the US Embassy in Kyiv wearing a patch of "Tradition and Order" and spoke next to TAO's leader Khodakovsky. "Tradition and Order" has stated its international ambitions earlier this year [ more about this:

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

BIG: Notorious neo-Nazi MMA organizer Denis Nikitin of the White Rex fame resurfaces in Ukraine with a remarkable agenda for Europe. Apparently he is with "Tradition und Ordnung", the German branch of 🇺🇦far-right "Tradition and Order" org. They have plans to boost far right in EU https://t.co/cf3upVqzAe https://t.co/5XgBEOZKjR

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Ties between American, Ukrainian far right were on full display in Kyiv last week as Robert Smithson, a member of American white nationalist "Rise Above Movement", spoke in front of @USEmbassyKyiv at a protest in support of the RAM organized by a Ukrainian far-right group. THREAD https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1283512094739103744/video/1

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“We will help our ideological brothers in the WORLD struggle”: a(nother) video address of supposed far right in Ukraine promising support to “colleagues” against “ANTIFA, LGBT” shared by a Telegram (~28k) channel ostensibly linked to Azov that incites political violence inside 🇺🇦

8:45 PM · Jul 12, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: In a recent interview RCM’s leader, nationalist Andriy Levus remarked that although "removal" of Zelenskiy was a goal, preservation of Ukraine's statehood was important. "Any shock can destroy the nation," Levus said - https://tyzhden.ua/News/244367

5:48 PM · Jul 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Statements from the spox of the internationally active Azov movement are additionally worrying because Azov's military wing the Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine's National Guard, Azov's rise arguably has been predicated on its historic ties to the Ministry of internal affairs.

5:47 PM · Jul 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Korotkih is an influential figure in the Azov movement, involved in international outreach, strategizing. An ex-Ministry of Internal affairs 🇺🇦 official. He was a 🇷🇺 neo-Nazi figure but reached heights in Ukraine. He received 🇺🇦 passport from then-President Poroshenko in 2014 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1281344366284623872/video/1

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@kooleksiy: “European civilization is in crisis globally [...]I believe that we have a sacred function to kick-start the whole series of events because we will collapse faster, seize to exist as a nation-state", Azov Spox Sergey Korotkih says in a recent interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw8_S_4nV2Q&feature=youtu.be&t=1475 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1281344142736531461/video/1

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“The reality of this situation for the workers in Ukraine’s clothing factories is sadly reminiscent of the infamous Asian sweatshops. For these workers, this path is a constant search for resources, instability and psychological and physical exhaustion.” @opendemocracyru writes.

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Remarkably, like many amongst Ukrainian far right, the group that posed with firearms in the video address to anti-Maidan Sharij party may be tuned into the global white nationalist narratives and uses recognizable symbols embraced by the far right worldwide. https://t.co/VcJ4vZM0mM

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: In late June a Facebook post by "Sokil Khmelnytskyi" spoke of Germany's neo-nazi Dritte Weg party as "comrades - allies" and wrote that "the struggle for the dignity of the white people continues"

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The man speaking, firing a pistol in the threat/warning to anti-Maidan Sharij followers, others is Nazarii Chepko, member of far-right Svoboda party. In 2019 parliamentary election Svoboda's ballot brought together Ukraine's major far-right forces (Azov, Right Sector) and figures https://t.co/X4Hg07b2Mu

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: The "warning shot to pro-Russians" video was posted on Youtube channel of Khmelnytskyi chapter of "Sokil" (Falkon), the youth wing of the far-right Svoboda party. It was shared by "Sokil" on its official Facebook, Telegram. I wrote about "Sokil" before https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/06/21/calls-to-fight-lgbt-people-by-ukrainian-cleric-emblematic-of-churchs-proximity-to-far-right/

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The "warning shot to pro-Russians" video was posted on Youtube channel of Khmelnytskyi chapter of "Sokil" (Falkon), the youth wing of the far-right Svoboda party. It was shared by "Sokil" on its official Facebook, Telegram. I wrote about "Sokil" before https://t.co/LmmFXwEzI3 https://t.co/iZYcrgDc0c

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: Remarkably, like many amongst Ukrainian far right, the group that posed with firearms in the video address to anti-Maidan Sharij party may be tuned into the global white nationalist narratives and uses recognizable symbols embraced by the far right worldwide.

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Ukrainian far right has fired a LITERAL WARNING SHOT in their conflict with anti-Maidan Sharij blogger, others. "You say the streets are yours?[...] Come and try to take them away from us", says a video statement posted on July 6th. Source: https://youtu.be/QY1reUmuRRo THREAD https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1280977237316075526/video/1

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Ukrainian far right has fired a LITERAL WARNING SHOT in their conflict with anti-Maidan Sharij blogger, others. "You say the streets are yours?[...] Come and try to take them away from us", says a video statement posted on July 6th. Source: https://t.co/xNlC1wwIob THREAD https://t.co/Xtls1N09pV

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The man speaking, firing a pistol in the threat/warning to anti-Maidan Sharij followers, others is Nazarii Chepko, member of far-right Svoboda party. In 2019 parliamentary election Svoboda's ballot brought together Ukraine's major far-right forces (Azov, Right Sector) and figures

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Notably, the article doesn’t question Zelenskiy’s stubborn reliance on the minister of internal affairs Arsen Avakov. Certainly not a “flunky with little experience” widely criticized Avakov maintained his standing under Zelenskiy as the president sacked others and took hits. https://t.co/ALfqIa1O4W https://t.co/cEBZsNcysP

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: As street violence appears to escalate in the “pro-Russians vs nationalists” heated conflict, Avakov may ALSO be called upon to deal with the flames coincidentally stoked by his historic associates on both sides. Think, Azov’s Biletsky (“nationalists”) and Kiva (“pro-Russians”).

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Notably, the article doesn’t question Zelenskiy’s stubborn reliance on the minister of internal affairs Arsen Avakov. Certainly not a “flunky with little experience” widely criticized Avakov maintained his standing under Zelenskiy as the president sacked others and took hits.

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A photo apparently taken in 2017 showed heavily armed, masked men with a Nazi flag. “Avangard” an organization linked to 🇺🇦 far-right Azov movement identified the same men as members. That year “Avangard” also posted videos of its cadre training. Source https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRT_GA1B3PHTEnt2lEoFpow https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1279210604406943749/video/1

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In Ukraine, a photograph of a group of heavily armed men with a Nazi flag leads to the Azov movement-linked group "Avangard"/ "Students' Avangard" (ВПО Авангард/ ГО Студентський Авангард)and its successors that currently offer "tactical-special training" in downtown Kyiv. THREAD https://t.co/6uDoM8A0lm

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This is relevant TODAY because although the "MPO "Avangard"/ "Students' Avangard" went dormant in 2018 and announced a merger with then-nascent Azov's National Militia, the group has recently reappeared as "Cultural Union "Avangard" (Авангард Культурна Спілка) https://t.co/ZWfXqjcQYH

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: "Cultural Union Avangard" is self-admittedly a continuation of "MPO "Avangard"/ "Students' Avangard", and operates - just like its predecessor - out of the Cossack House, the hub of far-right Azov movement in downtown Kyiv, alongside Azov's "Plomin" book club/publisher.

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"Cultural Union Avangard" is self-admittedly a continuation of "MPO "Avangard"/ "Students' Avangard", and operates - just like its predecessor - out of the Cossack House, the hub of far-right Azov movement in downtown Kyiv, alongside Azov's "Plomin" book club/publisher. https://t.co/gdSfvTfqJu

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: In July 2020 "Cultural Union "Avangard" offers boxing classes, "military training"/"tactical-special training", lectures, etc. and mentions online its past experience with "regular training of this kind for youth as well tours to the front lines for that youth".

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"Avangard" social media pages are replete with photos showing supposed leaders, figures of that organization using the Azov movement's facilities, promos of various classes there. "MPO "Avangard" was also advertised to college students, alongside Azov's Plomin book club, etc. https://t.co/FNK1ibtw0b

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: "MPO "Avangard"/"Students' Avangard" apparently cooperated with Alexey Levkin, Russian emigre far-right figure who continues to play an important role in the Azov movement [some background re Azov and Levkin here:

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How close to neo-Nazi is Ukraine's Azov movement? Today leader of Azov's National Militia "Cherkas" Mykhailenko did an hour-long @instagram live with Alexei Levkin, leader of the neo-Nazi "Wotanjugend" org, M8l8th band, praised him as an "inspiration" for Azov's youth https://t.co/7eML0T5Dqq

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"MPO "Avangard"/"Students' Avangard" apparently cooperated with Alexey Levkin, Russian emigre far-right figure who continues to play an important role in the Azov movement [some background re Azov and Levkin here: https://t.co/inaaXmH6qw] https://t.co/ezuPrANhX4

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: Remarkably, an April 2017 a VK post by "Avangard" said that the group could provide recommendations for members - who passed exams held at Azov's ATEK base and were patched - who wanted to join the Azov Regiment, Ukraine's Armed Forces, Ukrainian Volunteer Battalions.

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Remarkably, an April 2017 a VK post by "Avangard" said that the group could provide recommendations for members - who passed exams held at Azov's ATEK base and were patched - who wanted to join the Azov Regiment, Ukraine's Armed Forces, Ukrainian Volunteer Battalions. https://t.co/AM5XAF43hi

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: This is relevant TODAY because although the "MPO "Avangard"/ "Students' Avangard" went dormant in 2018 and announced a merger with then-nascent Azov's National Militia, the group has recently reappeared as "Cultural Union "Avangard" (Авангард Культурна Спілка)

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Online "Avangard" used that name interchangeably with "Students' Avangard" (Студентський Авангард). The latter is a registered NGO, umbrella organization - in 2019 it changed the name to "PLOMIN"= Azov movement's far-right book club/publisher - led by prolific Yevhen Vriadnyk https://t.co/PIpuNbu9YK

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: "MPO "Avangard" operated out of the hubs of Ukraine's far-right Azov movement, including the Cossack House in downtown Kyiv, and Azov's sprawling ATEK base in the capital of Ukraine.

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"MPO "Avangard" operated out of the hubs of Ukraine's far-right Azov movement, including the Cossack House in downtown Kyiv, and Azov's sprawling ATEK base in the capital of Ukraine. https://t.co/IyRodYrgKP

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: "Avangard" social media pages are replete with photos showing supposed leaders, figures of that organization using the Azov movement's facilities, promos of various classes there. "MPO "Avangard" was also advertised to college students, alongside Azov's Plomin book club, etc.

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@kooleksiy: But armed men in the Nazi flag photo are apparently members of the "military-patriotic organization "Avangard", that seemingly merged with Azov's "National Militia" in early 2018. The same individuals are seen with the "Avangard" flag in the latter's 2017 social media post.

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But armed men in the Nazi flag photo are apparently members of the "military-patriotic organization "Avangard", that seemingly merged with Azov's "National Militia" in early 2018. The same individuals are seen with the "Avangard" flag in the latter's 2017 social media post. https://t.co/hfRNGMC3gw

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: A side-by-side comparison of the two photos leaves little doubt that the group with the Nazi flag are the same men identified by "Avangard" in 2017 as "our fighters currently on the front line", and as "members of the Avangard [...] the year 2017" in a 2020 social media post.

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A side-by-side comparison of the two photos leaves little doubt that the group with the Nazi flag are the same men identified by "Avangard" in 2017 as "our fighters currently on the front line", and as "members of the Avangard [...] the year 2017" in a 2020 social media post. https://t.co/YC823UUYG2

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Online "Avangard" used that name interchangeably with "Students' Avangard" (Студентський Авангард). The latter is a registered NGO, umbrella organization - in 2019 it changed the name to "PLOMIN"= Azov movement's far-right book club/publisher - led by prolific Yevhen Vriadnyk

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In Ukraine, a photograph of a group of heavily armed men with a Nazi flag leads to the Azov movement-linked group "Avangard"/ "Students' Avangard" (ВПО Авангард/ ГО Студентський Авангард)and its successors that currently offer "tactical-special training" in downtown Kyiv. THREAD

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In Ukraine, a photograph of a group of heavily armed men with a Nazi flag leads to the Azov movement-linked group "Avangard"/ "Students' Avangard" (ВПО Авангард/ ГО Студентський Авангард)and its successors that currently offer "tactical-special training" in downtown Kyiv. THREAD https://t.co/6uDoM8A0lm

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: In August 2019 Ukrainian "Tarrant's lads" Telegram -known for spreading printed copies of Christchurch shooter manifesto- shared this photo claiming that it showed "volunteers" (in the war against Russian aggression) from Russia, Belarus & was taken by "a volunteer from Ukraine"

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51% Ukrainians say Poroshenko probes constitute “punishment for breaking the law”: Kyiv International Institute of Sociology poll finds. 30% see probes as “political persecution”. Poll comes after the USA, Canada embassies warned against “settling political scores”, “revanchism”

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More evidence of Kyiv's role as a networking hub for international far right. In this 2018 video, members of🇺🇸 Rise Above Movement are working out at Hydropark’s Kachalka with "Goncalo"(center), a key Portuguese far-right figure, per @publico. Full video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8RiXlmzN6w&feature=youtu.be&t=125 https://twitter.com/Publico/status/1274568040114462721 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1277529582577557505/video/1

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Re the ongoing conflict in Ukraine between anti-Maidan blogger Sharij(&his party) and the far-right National Corps/Azov: Both aren't far apart on immigration, etc. "Dictatorship where... you have to love by default someone who just climbed down from a tree," Sharij writes.

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New alleged Biden-Poroshenko tapes released in Kyiv. One interesting element is Biden apparently agreeing in December 2016 to confirm with FBI if the Bureau in fact had no plans to cooperate with fugitive lawmaker Onyshchenko who accused Poro of corruption https://t.co/MO53g2fXfT https://t.co/LBWIe8FVyB

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: Poroshenko: “If it’s true that FBI is working with him [...]I wanna know that” Biden: “They are not [...] I will check that and confirm that with you”. For context of the alleged exchange on Onyshchenko between then VP Biden and Poroshenko read this: https://www.rferl.org/a/fbi-met-with-poroshenko-accuser/28181758.html https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1275165194335944707/video/1

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New alleged Biden-Poroshenko tapes released in Kyiv. One interesting element is Biden apparently agreeing in December 2016 to confirm with FBI if the Bureau in fact had no plans to cooperate with fugitive lawmaker Onyshchenko who accused Poro of corruption https://youtu.be/ho-IF3h2wr0?t=2287 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1275165063024971781/video/1

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Rainbow flag over Kyiv's iconic monument BELIES lack of progress in Ukraine on anti-discrimination laws: proposed hate crime protections bill sunk in Rada as Law enforcement Committee voted to reject it. There's also STRONG opposition to ratification of the Istanbul Convention... https://t.co/OFLH5lkFio https://t.co/hJCokuKBey

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: Ukrainian lawmaker Ilya Kiva from Opposition Platform - For Life party known for its pro-Russian alignment writes on Facebook that he "will take revenge" against "f**s". THAT's after a drone flew a rainbow flag over Kyiv's Motherland monument.

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Prospects of armed political violence in Ukraine? Leader of far-right Azov movement's pol. wing posts photo with a machine gun, hints at retaliation for future attacks on "pro-Ukrainian activists". That's after fights between anti-Maidan blogger Sharij and Azov members last week. https://t.co/fZ2JEMVLGa

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: "Whereas then it was all limited to slaps upside the head and baseball bats now we have completely different training and our means are different", leader of far-right National Corps writes evoking "the spirit of 2014". His message is to Medvedchuk's party MP Kiva and Sharij.

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"Whereas then it was all limited to slaps upside the head and baseball bats now we have completely different training and our means are different", leader of far-right National Corps writes evoking "the spirit of 2014". His message is to Medvedchuk's party MP Kiva and Sharij. https://t.co/Hx2DKKwkdl

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: It's an alarming statement from a senior leader of militant Azov movement that is effectively embraced by the state bc its military wing the Azov Regiment is part of the National Guard. "I speak for myself but I'm positive that every member of the Azov family will back my words".

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Prospects of armed political violence in Ukraine? Leader of far-right Azov movement's pol. wing posts photo with a machine gun, hints at retaliation for future attacks on "pro-Ukrainian activists". That's after fights between anti-Maidan blogger Sharij and Azov members last week.

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Rainbow flag over Kyiv's iconic monument BELIES lack of progress in Ukraine on anti-discrimination laws: proposed hate crime protections bill sunk in Rada as Law enforcement Committee voted to reject it. There's also STRONG opposition to ratification of the Istanbul Convention...

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Ukrainian far right voice "words of support" to "those" in Europe, USA, the UK who "defend our cities from looting[...] and destruction of European heritage": Dynamo Kyiv's "Rodychi" hooligans crew publishes a video with "Europe Wake Up" call and "white lives matter" hashtag. https://t.co/Ifj3nn1Cbf

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The speaker in the video is Arseniy Bildoub, far-right organizer and lead-singer of the neo-Nazi "Sokyra Peruna" band. The video fits in with other gestures of support for Western right-wingers from the Ukrainian far right amidst George Floyd protests.

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In Ukraine, some far right push “white lives matter”#, post photos with firearms. “In the USA, EU ethnic minorities and ANTIFA are trying to dictate their rules without asking the majority. We represent the majority” far-right Azov-linked group in Kharkiv went. A long way from 🇺🇸 https://t.co/3NheYP7j7z

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The speaker in the video is Arseniy Bildoub, far-right organizer and lead-singer of the neo-Nazi "Sokyra Peruna" band. The video fits in with other gestures of support for Western right-wingers from the Ukrainian far right amidst George Floyd protests. https://t.co/4JDLkwKkLL https://t.co/bUhLEi1dY7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The video is also noteworthy because "Rodychi" soccer hooligans crew, and Ukrainian soccer hooligans overall, backs the controversial ex-leader of far right Sternenko amidst his legal woes and his emergence as a headline-grabbing (and -generating) figure backed by civil society.

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The video is also noteworthy because "Rodychi" soccer hooligans crew, and Ukrainian soccer hooligans overall, backs the controversial ex-leader of far right Sternenko amidst his legal woes and his emergence as a headline-grabbing (and -generating) figure backed by civil society. https://t.co/phKPu2mBVW

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: Bilodub, who got the talking part in the "Europe Wake Up" video, is an internationally active far-right organizer, leader of "Sokyra Peruna" band that played last year at an event attended by then Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk [ more on that https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/11/11/ukraines-ministry-of-veterans-affairs-embraced-the-far-right-with-consequences-to-the-u-s/]

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Ukrainian far right voice "words of support" to "those" in Europe, USA, the UK who "defend our cities from looting[...] and destruction of European heritage": Dynamo Kyiv's "Rodychi" hooligans crew publishes a video with "Europe Wake Up" call and "white lives matter" hashtag.

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The suspected leader of the Tarrant-inspired group in Ukraine attended an international networking event with European far right last year where groups discussed ways to boost one another across borders. Read more about the event HERE:

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Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe event attended by Skachkov in April 2019 was organized by Ukraine's militant far-right group "Karpatska Sich", one of several internationally active far-right organizations in Ukraine. For more on the event check: https://t.co/1uZmG7Rrgf https://t.co/9lTiIKUrxV

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Seen next to Skachkov in these photos are the aforementioned Mikheev and Denis Vikhorev (second from the left in the Pushkin photo). The latter is the coordinator of the Russian center and spoke in April 2019 at the Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe. https://t.co/JBgJXcEwkc

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: It should be noted that Ukraine-based "Russian Center" issued a statement on Telegram regarding Skachkov's arrest, suggesting that it was a Russian provocation. "Russian Center" has been posting about the case.

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Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe event attended by Skachkov in April 2019 was organized by Ukraine's militant far-right group "Karpatska Sich", one of several internationally active far-right organizations in Ukraine. For more on the event check: https://t.co/1uZmG7Rrgf https://t.co/9lTiIKUrxV

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Notably, photos of Skachkov at Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe event are part of the official report from the event by "Russian Center', a group that represents emigre anti-Putin right-wingers in Ukraine http://archive.md/0U1mL

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Notably, photos of Skachkov at Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe event are part of the official report from the event by "Russian Center', a group that represents emigre anti-Putin right-wingers in Ukraine https://t.co/fFPVY1cpC2 https://t.co/49fYCiKaL9

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: Seen next to Skachkov in these photos are the aforementioned Mikheev and Denis Vikhorev (second from the left in the Pushkin photo). The latter is the coordinator of the Russian center and spoke in April 2019 at the Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe.

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Findclone search suggests that the individual next to "Wotanov" and Skachkov is the same person (Topilin Dmitriy?) that also appeared in photos with the Russian "Father Frost Mode" group. FFM operates openly in Russia (it may suggest cooperation with Kremlin), NETWORKS in Europe. https://t.co/nnmFmdm5MW

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Another remarkable individual seen in a number of photos with Skachkov is Ivan Mikheev, an emigre Russian right-winger in Ukraine who has cooperated with the Azov movement, including an appearance at Pact of Steel II event in 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhyeyVmb20E)

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Another remarkable individual seen in a number of photos with Skachkov is Ivan Mikheev, an emigre Russian right-winger in Ukraine who has cooperated with the Azov movement, including an appearance at Pact of Steel II event in 2017 (https://t.co/tVLTX8NYPw) https://t.co/ms6xxUDzlG

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: Skachkov was also part of the April 2019 Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe event in Uzhhorod, Ukraine that brought together European far-right groups. Photos discovered by @ColborneMichael show Skachkov next to "Legio Hungaria" activists, leaders of Russian far right in Ukraine.

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Skachkov was also part of the April 2019 Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe event in Uzhhorod, Ukraine that brought together European far-right groups. Photos discovered by @ColborneMichael show Skachkov next to "Legio Hungaria" activists, leaders of Russian far right in Ukraine. https://t.co/eXHpH5IgIv

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe event attended by Skachkov in April 2019 was organized by Ukraine's militant far-right group "Karpatska Sich", one of several internationally active far-right organizations in Ukraine. For more on the event check:

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

"Combat groups" from E.Europe could boost "Euro allies... at rallies, protests&riots": Kyiv-based "Russian Center"[emigre anti-Putin Radicals linked to Azov movement] writes re topics raised at April 2019 Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe events in Uzhhorod https://t.co/APdxPdMSKR https://t.co/seR33Qa0sk

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Ties between National Corps' "Wotanov" and suspected leader of the Tarrant-inspired operation can be ongoing. "Wotanov" posted on Instagram that Skachkov fought for Ukraine and was wounded, adding that "literature" Skachkov allegedly sold "hasn't been banned by anyone". https://t.co/d2f29Sb9VJ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: But 2017 photo of Skachkov with "Wotanov" mentioned earlier is also remarkable for the presence of an individual ostensibly linked to Russia's popular far-right workout & MMA group "Father Frost Mode" (По программе Дедушки Мороза).

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But 2017 photo of Skachkov with "Wotanov" mentioned earlier is also remarkable for the presence of an individual ostensibly linked to Russia's popular far-right workout & MMA group "Father Frost Mode" (По программе Дедушки Мороза). https://t.co/fJyudz5FtJ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Findclone search suggests that the individual next to "Wotanov" and Skachkov is the same person (Topilin Dmitriy?) that also appeared in photos with the Russian "Father Frost Mode" group. FFM operates openly in Russia (it may suggest cooperation with Kremlin), NETWORKS in Europe.

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For example, in this photo posted online in 2017 Skachkov is with a long-time activist of far-right "National Corps" who goes online by Makar "Wotanov"/Makarov Artyom. Recognizable by tattoos he's seen in reports published on National Corps site as recently as June 2020, &earlier https://t.co/43G0n2cR4m

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Wotanov" is also seen in a recent video where he describes himself as "a representative of the National Corps" in the Kyiv region and apparently names the city where he lives/works. He is apparently linked with the neo-Nazi "Militant Zone" label. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1274214748184285185/video/1

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"Wotanov" is also seen in a recent video where he describes himself as "a representative of the National Corps" in the Kyiv region and apparently names the city where he lives/works. He is apparently linked with the neo-Nazi "Militant Zone" label. https://t.co/wI2tkAwUKh

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Ties between National Corps' "Wotanov" and suspected leader of the Tarrant-inspired operation can be ongoing. "Wotanov" posted on Instagram that Skachkov fought for Ukraine and was wounded, adding that "literature" Skachkov allegedly sold "hasn't been banned by anyone".

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@kooleksiy: Skachkov isn't the only apparent tie between OUN and Tarrant's manifesto publishing ring. Per media reports, law enforcement also arrested (apparently he was set free later?) Ihor Pavlov AKA Les Cherniak who was among right-wingers supported by OUN several years ago.

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@kooleksiy: For example, in this photo posted online in 2017 Skachkov is with a long-time activist of far-right "National Corps" who goes online by Makar "Wotanov"/Makarov Artyom. Recognizable by tattoos he's seen in reports published on National Corps site as recently as June 2020, &earlier

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In his social media post about Skachkov, his former commander Mikola Kokhanivsky said that Skachkov is put on trial because he is "a volunteer and a nationalist", and downplayed the allegations that Skachkov disseminated neo-Nazi content online. https://t.co/WUxCTcuRru

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: But there's a reason to wonder if OUN's commander may know more about the Tarrant manifesto disseminating operation that Skachkov, according to Ukraine's Secret Service, is part of.

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But there's a reason to wonder if OUN's commander may know more about the Tarrant manifesto disseminating operation that Skachkov, according to Ukraine's Secret Service, is part of. https://t.co/4YvxJiSmTF

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In March 2019 when "Tarrant's lads" channel had measly 72 subscribers (as opposed to 2600+ now ) OUN's commander Kokhanivsky shared a link to it on his social media. This matters, because it may suggest that Kokhanivsky was among those exposed to/aware of the channel early on.

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@kooleksiy: In Ukraine, Skachkov was part of the OUN volunteer battalion. That's according to the leader of the said battalion Mikola Kokhanivsky (first photo), who has stated support for Skachkov online. This is an important link.

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In Ukraine, Skachkov was part of the OUN volunteer battalion. That's according to the leader of the said battalion Mikola Kokhanivsky (first photo), who has stated support for Skachkov online. This is an important link. https://t.co/Nk0KJmTLk2

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In his social media post about Skachkov, his former commander Mikola Kokhanivsky said that Skachkov is put on trial because he is "a volunteer and a nationalist", and downplayed the allegations that Skachkov disseminated neo-Nazi content online.

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Photos on social media also show Skachkov with: an activist of Ukraine's far-right National Corps party; leaders of Russian emigre far right in Ukraine; individual ostensibly linked to Russian neo-Nazi workout/MMA group "Father Frost Mode". https://t.co/0poKe5IVW3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The court ruled on Friday to hold Skachkov who was arrested earlier by @ServiceSsu [background: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/pkyap8/ukraines-secret-service-busts-neo-nazi-cell-inspired-by-christchurch-shooter]. Per SSU, Skachkov led a Tarrant-inspired cell that "published and spread extremist literature". SSU investigation is into "incitement of terror attacks".

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Russian emigre neo-Nazi Skachkov - arrested in Ukraine, held by the court over his suspected role in a network of admirers of the Christchurch shooter Tarrant - NETWORKED WITH EUROPEAN far right in Ukraine's Uzhhorod in 2019, and more: Photos posted on social media suggest.THREAD https://t.co/KSi0EtKDvp

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Photos place Skachkov at April 2019 far-right networking event Radical Alliance/ Sword of Europe in Uzhhorod. Per participants, the event brought together groups from Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia. In one photo Skachkov is next to "Legio Hungaria" activists.

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Photos place Skachkov at April 2019 far-right networking event Radical Alliance/ Sword of Europe in Uzhhorod. Per participants, the event brought together groups from Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia. In one photo Skachkov is next to "Legio Hungaria" activists. https://t.co/9uuHO864V4

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Photos on social media also show Skachkov with: an activist of Ukraine's far-right National Corps party; leaders of Russian emigre far right in Ukraine; individual ostensibly linked to Russian neo-Nazi workout/MMA group "Father Frost Mode".

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Russian emigre neo-Nazi Skachkov - arrested in Ukraine, held by the court over his suspected role in a network of admirers of the Christchurch shooter Tarrant - NETWORKED WITH EUROPEAN far right in Ukraine's Uzhhorod in 2019, and more: Photos posted on social media suggest.THREAD

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“Low demand for old-style nationalism that was popular in Ukraine five years ago” does seem to be part of Poroshenko supporters grievances. Today’s rally at @APUkraine featured chants of “Army, Language, Faith” the nationalistic slogan of Poroshenko’s failed re-election bid. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1273648904194543616/video/1

Ivan Verstyuk @VerstyukIvan

This is a pro-Poroshenko group of supporters, who’re unhappy with everything: Poroshenko’s criminal case, Zelensky’s policies, coronavirus and low demand for old-style nationalism that was popular in Ukraine five years ago. https://t.co/QJBIwcKQV5

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To be seen if Poroshenko probe will resonate in Ukraine beyond his base. The latter is on fire though. Parubiy today: “We have to bring closer the day when we send Zelenskiy out of his office - after Yanukovych to Rostov. I’m positive that it will come soon, and Ukraine will win” https://twitter.com/fabrice_deprez/status/1273591131398385664 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1273602532984721409/video/1

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In Ukraine, proposed hate crime protections bill 3316 SINKS in Rada as law enforcement committee overwhelmingly recommends to reject it. Committee’s head, Servant of the people MP Monastyrsky cited opposition from religious groups, NGOs. Opponents described the bill as draconian. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1273437475629944832/video/1

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In Ukraine, far-right Azov movement seems determined to try to score brownie points with folks outside of its 0.5% (per KIIS poll) base by taking on the party of anti-Maidan blogger Sharij, a lightning rod for Maidan, Poroshenko crowd, nationalists - statement from Azov's leader. https://t.co/dOOlsH7xS3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: “Many patriots, nationalists” in Ukraine are outraged by the prospect that Sharij’s party will make it to Rada, per Poroshenko channel 5 anchor Sokolova. In May Azov’s Biletsky told her that Sharij’s supporters had to be “broken”. On Wednesday Azov, Sharij people scuffled in Kyiv https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1273383832646008833/video/1

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In Ukraine, far-right Azov movement seems determined to try to score brownie points with folks outside of its 0.5% (per KIIS poll) base by taking on the party of anti-Maidan blogger Sharij, a lightning rod for Maidan, Poroshenko crowd, nationalists - statement from Azov's leader.

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In Kyiv the party of anti-Maidan blogger Sharij protested at @APUkraine, etc in numbers (estimates range from 100s to 1000+) that compare to/exceed (?) Sterenenko protests or anti-Zelenskiy Resistance to Capitulation Movement events. Less favorable angles https://twitter.com/bykvu/status/1273202808708366336 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1273275813060804610/video/1

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Sharij's party rallies Wedn. at @APUkraine against Zelenskiy supposed inaction re alleged attacks on S' reporters, activists. Sharij is a lightning rod for many incl. nationalists, far right. How many the vehemently anti-Maidan blogger's party can pull? Rally will be countered.

Balazs Jarabik @BalazsJarabik

#Ukraine poll: #Zelensky support (first time) under 40% (decided voters) and under 30% (all polled). Several small parties (Smeshko, the blogger Sharij, Lyashko Radical Party) are at around parliamentary threshold suggesting political fragmentation https://t.co/rs2wkiiRFQ https://t.co/thliD0qZML

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Leader of Ukraine's far-right Azov movement Biletsky wrote on Telegram that he is (again) visiting the Azov Regiment of @ng_ukraine. In March he accused 🇺🇦 President Zelenskiy of “high treason”. Azov's National Corps party is part of anti-Ze "Resistance to Capitulation Movement".

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"Honor"'s leaders include Nazarii Kravchenko ex-senior leader of the National Corps party. Kravchenko is seen in this 2015 photo (on the left) with other current "Honor" members, leaders. In 2019 Kravchenko posted a selfie with ex-CIA director Petraeus https://t.co/FADTHMDxLP https://t.co/GcCFLFbnTY

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Led by known far-right figures, the militant "Honor" group is heavily invested in MMA training. Olha Reshetylova project manager for human rights org @UGSPL wrote in May that "Honor" has been providing security at civil society events

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Apparent alignment between civil society leaders and "Honor" (Гонор) group is puzzling because the group is led by the likes of Serhii Filimonov, ex-leader of Azov's National Corps who reportedly played a role in 2018 destruction of a Roma camp in Kyiv https://t.co/fagbO5Io5g https://t.co/oL2lyf30nq

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Filimonov's old social media posts from his days in the Azov include a 2014 post seemingly honoring Adolf Hitler's birthday with thematic songs and a commentary "I regret that you won't rise up like Jesus, grandpa", etc. Filimonov's VK also links to "SoberNazi" Twitter handle.

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@kooleksiy: "Honor"'s leaders include Nazarii Kravchenko ex-senior leader of the National Corps party. Kravchenko is seen in this 2015 photo (on the left) with other current "Honor" members, leaders. In 2019 Kravchenko posted a selfie with ex-CIA director Petraeus

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

File under “Ukraine encounters”. Apparently back in June former CIA director Petraeus posed for a selfie with a Ukrainian far-right figure, former leader of Azov’s National Corps Nazarii Kravchenko. Petraeus’ trip to Kyiv included meetings with NSDC head Danylyuk, Tymoshenko https://t.co/UVj112S3rm

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An interesting part of Sternenko, anti-Avakov, etc protests in Ukraine is the apparent alignment between civil society, political figures - incl. from Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and Holos party - and militant "Honor" (Гонор) group led by known far-right figures

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An interesting part of Sternenko, anti-Avakov, etc protests in Ukraine is the apparent alignment between civil society, political figures - incl. from Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and Holos party - and militant "Honor" (Гонор) group led by known far-right figures https://t.co/uwA1IlewsX

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Apparent alignment between civil society leaders and "Honor" (Гонор) group is puzzling because the group is led by the likes of Serhii Filimonov, ex-leader of Azov's National Corps who reportedly played a role in 2018 destruction of a Roma camp in Kyiv https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2018/06/7/7182669/

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Azov and Democratic Axe cooperate on matters related to Ukraine’s ministry of veterans affairs, and are both involved in the influential “Veterans movement of Ukraine” umbrella org. Azov and Democratic Axe rally and organize jointly with others against Zelenskiy too. https://t.co/fwuQ1UMQd7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: At a May press briefing of the organizers of the anti-Zelenskiy “Resistance to Capitulation Movement” rallies, Democratic Axe Gudymenko was seen next to Maksym Zhorin of the Azov’s National Corps. Puts Gudymenko’s 2019 combative interview with Korotkih in a perspective, eh?

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

At today's briefing re May 24 "Stop Revanche" protests Anti-Ze "Resistance to Capitulatin Movement" was repped by the likes of ex-volunteer commander Teteruk, leaders of the far-right Svoboda and National Corps, Poroshenko-aligned "Democratic Axe", volunteer Myroslav Hai, others https://t.co/YWnY9r3gjT

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@kooleksiy: Azov and Democratic Axe cooperate on matters related to Ukraine’s ministry of veterans affairs, and are both involved in the influential “Veterans movement of Ukraine” umbrella org. Azov and Democratic Axe rally and organize jointly with others against Zelenskiy too.

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In early 2019, in an interview that apparently made him uncomfortable, the alleged financier of 🇺🇦 far-right Azov movement Sergey Korotkih claimed that he had worked in LatAm for “an international, American private military company” in 2010-2013, had accounts in US banks. 🤔 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1271790862708748289/video/1

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Coldwell's comments on Covid apparnetly went viral after the orignal interview was trimmed, re-edited and published on a Youtube channel that also features videos attacking Putin with anti-Semitic tropes. The channel has videos from nationalistic "Russian March" events. https://t.co/NZbl4lwyKK

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Youtube apparently deleted the original Coldwell interview upload by "А если честно" seemingly published circa May 30, but as we can see Coldwell's COVID claims still went viral in Russian language @Youtube space.

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Initially Coldwell/Klein’s now viral comments were published in what seems like his exclusive interview with 🇷🇺 language "Information Agency" "А если честно" (Frankly Speaking - Russian) as part of their Коронавирус #Разоблачено (coronavirus exposed) series. They translated him. https://t.co/mtIK81YLoJ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Coldwell's comments on Covid apparnetly went viral after the orignal interview was trimmed, re-edited and published on a Youtube channel that also features videos attacking Putin with anti-Semitic tropes. The channel has videos from nationalistic "Russian March" events.

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Coldwell/Klein COVID-themed commentary translated into Russian includes, among others, his suggestion that the government lies about COVID, etc. He apparently talks about the situation in the West, but I wonder if Russian language viewers make that distinction. https://t.co/j5jGf9Ngb8

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Initially Coldwell/Klein’s now viral comments were published in what seems like his exclusive interview with 🇷🇺 language "Information Agency" "А если честно" (Frankly Speaking - Russian) as part of their Коронавирус #Разоблачено (coronavirus exposed) series. They translated him.

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Coldwell/Klein, whose COVID-themed commentary went viral in Russia, was also mentioned in @washingtonpost article "They turn to Facebook and YouTube to find a cure for cancer - and get sucked into a world of bogus medicine"https://t.co/52M26kACwi. His books are sold on Amazon. https://t.co/Rr9QIA7KA6

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: Coldwell/Klein COVID-themed commentary translated into Russian includes, among others, his suggestion that the government lies about COVID, etc. He apparently talks about the situation in the West, but I wonder if Russian language viewers make that distinction. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1270836740094337024/video/1

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But "Dr. Leonard Coldwell" is Bernd Klein, German-American guru, who per 2017 @welt article[https://t.co/IW20xausXT] made huge claims about healing cancer. And per @KreilChristian [https://t.co/11rHDZHzdA ], Coldwell/Klein flirts with European right-wingers, identitarians. https://t.co/rVNGCv9ZN1

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Coldwell/Klein, whose COVID-themed commentary went viral in Russia, was also mentioned in @washingtonpost article "They turn to Facebook and YouTube to find a cure for cancer - and get sucked into a world of bogus medicine"https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/they-turn-to-facebook-and-youtube-to-find-a-cure-for-cancer--and-get-sucked-into-a-world-of-bogus-medicine/2019/06/25/6df3ddae-7cdc-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.html. His books are sold on Amazon.

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Close to 5 million views in a single week has "Dr. Leonard Coldwell" COVID-themed commentary translated into Russian. In his commentary "Coldwell" goes over the staple of COVID conspiracy tropes: Bill Gates, 5G, repressive agenda behind quarantine, more https://t.co/FOX8NaL2yW https://t.co/FKbVvw3Ddu

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: But "Dr. Leonard Coldwell" is Bernd Klein, German-American guru, who per 2017 @welt article[https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.welt.de%2Fvermischtes%2Farticle163286359%2FDer-Arzt-der-behauptet-Krebs-heilen-zu-koennen.html] made huge claims about healing cancer. And per @KreilChristian [https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000113127197/wie-die-identitaeren-die-oesterreicher-do5-und-ein-bizarrer-medizinguru ], Coldwell/Klein flirts with European right-wingers, identitarians.

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Thread. Much has been said about Russia's role in COVID disinformation in the West, so ...where do we place THIS? In Russian language @YouTube space apparent conspiratorial COVID claims by purported “American doctor” go viral raking up nearly 5 000 000 views in a single week. https://t.co/hUmmMWSp5G

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Close to 5 million views in a single week has "Dr. Leonard Coldwell" COVID-themed commentary translated into Russian. In his commentary "Coldwell" goes over the staple of COVID conspiracy tropes: Bill Gates, 5G, repressive agenda behind quarantine, more https://youtu.be/Jw9L93ZVTCs

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Thread. Much has been said about Russia's role in COVID disinformation in the West, so ...where do we place THIS? In Russian language @YouTube space apparent conspiratorial COVID claims by purported “American doctor” go viral raking up nearly 5 000 000 views in a single week.

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Per "Behind the News", the post is "an update" prompted by "an insane wave of accusations-excuses" that George Floyd murder "was justified" (мали вправо вбити - Ukr.) because "- he's a recidivist; - "an addict who resisted police; - black[...]". https://t.co/THznnyyqUe

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Update: “Behind the News” 🇺🇦 fact-checker pulled its unsubstantiated claim re George Floyd protests that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow, now says that it was sourced “from comments”, AND explains that it was pulled because “It’s a FACT(sic!) that can’t be proven or refuted”. 🤦‍♀️

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The remarkable unsubstantiated claim that "modern ANTIFA hail from Russia" is apparently a result of input/ pressure(?) from readers. The claim is preceded with words "We were advised in comments that we forgot to mention ANTIFA's Russian trace. We're fixing this mistake" https://t.co/vo58YHJ6b2

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Per "Behind the News", the post is "an update" prompted by "an insane wave of accusations-excuses" that George Floyd murder "was justified" (мали вправо вбити - Ukr.) because "- he's a recidivist; - "an addict who resisted police; - black[...]".

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"Behind the News" fact-checker in Ukraine that alleges -re George Floyd protests - that "modern ANTIFA hail from Russia", is a project of Ukraine's "Regional Press Development Institute". RPDI lists @USAID, @gijn, @ndi , UK Aid, Politiken-Fonden, others as partners. https://t.co/lRlNJYZ5vJ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Behind the News" was apparently launched in 2018 as part of the "re: start democratic discourse" project (originally 6 months) on which RPDI partnered with @ECPMF "with support from" @GermanyDiplo - https://behindthenews.eu . "Behind the News" current main focus is COVID-19.

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"Behind the News" was apparently launched in 2018 as part of the "re: start democratic discourse" project (originally 6 months) on which RPDI partnered with @ECPMF "with support from" @GermanyDiplo - https://t.co/SXVjbpkKfQ . "Behind the News" current main focus is COVID-19. https://t.co/bA6DNCzh0u

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: Facebook post by "Behind the News" fact-checker also mentioned that "Moscow also looms behind (Московські вуха стирчать) the story regarding self-defense classes for the poorest residents of "black" neighborhoods" apparently referencing 2017 @CNN "Black fist" investigation

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Facebook post by "Behind the News" fact-checker also mentioned that "Moscow also looms behind (Московські вуха стирчать) the story regarding self-defense classes for the poorest residents of "black" neighborhoods" apparently referencing 2017 @CNN "Black fist" investigation https://t.co/XXASTGR2gR

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: The remarkable unsubstantiated claim that "modern ANTIFA hail from Russia" is apparently a result of input/ pressure(?) from readers. The claim is preceded with words "We were advised in comments that we forgot to mention ANTIFA's Russian trace. We're fixing this mistake"

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Thread. Has anyone in the USA claimed - re George Floyd Protests - that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow? Ukrainian fact-checker "Behind the News" has without proof: "Modern ANTIFA hail from Russia and are a well-coordinated hierarchical organization[...]Hence Trump's extreme concern" https://t.co/3BGMZtHMa5

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: The claim that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow was made as part of a Facebook post that explained George Floyd protests in the USA by Ukrainian fact-checker "Behind the News". Source: https://www.facebook.com/245503722940435/posts/688074688683334/?d=n archived: http://archive.md/ipLFF

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The claim that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow was made as part of a Facebook post that explained George Floyd protests in the USA by Ukrainian fact-checker "Behind the News". Source: https://t.co/kXOd6vkYz5 archived: https://t.co/H1B3EkubbV https://t.co/7tW74i8kpn

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: Ukrainian fact-checker added a link to @ADL 's "Who are ANTIFA?" article https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/who-are-antifa to its claim that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow and are hierarchical BUT ADL's article says ANTIFA are "not a unified group", doesn't mention Russia

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Ukrainian fact-checker added a link to @ADL 's "Who are ANTIFA?" article https://t.co/3QFfAIXiSL to its claim that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow and are hierarchical BUT ADL's article says ANTIFA are "not a unified group", doesn't mention Russia https://t.co/X68WheOb0V

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Behind the News" fact-checker in Ukraine that alleges -re George Floyd protests - that "modern ANTIFA hail from Russia", is a project of Ukraine's "Regional Press Development Institute". RPDI lists @USAID, @gijn, @ndi , UK Aid, Politiken-Fonden, others as partners.

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Thread. Has anyone in the USA claimed - re George Floyd Protests - that ANTIFA are tied to Moscow? Ukrainian fact-checker "Behind the News" has without proof: "Modern ANTIFA hail from Russia and are a well-coordinated hierarchical organization[...]Hence Trump's extreme concern"

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In Ukraine, some far right push “white lives matter”#, post photos with firearms. “In the USA, EU ethnic minorities and ANTIFA are trying to dictate their rules without asking the majority. We represent the majority” far-right Azov-linked group in Kharkiv went. A long way from 🇺🇸

11:54 AM · Jun 7, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Those who blieve that it won't touch us are wrong" Russia's RIM wrote of events in the USA on its page on https://t.co/KULd7IFJR7, adding that commentary to a copy-pasted viral post that alleges police inaction in NYC in the face of looting. https://t.co/O08A12UwdU

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: A thought-provoking aspect of this situation is that German neo-Nazis “Dritte Weg” and “Junge Nationalisten” groups- allegedly trained by the RIM in Russia - have been cooperating with far right in Ukraine, incl. Azov movement, and routinely join far-right rallies, events there.

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German neo-Nazi party "Dritte Weg" posts a report on its participation in October 14th anti-Zelenskiy/nationalist rallies in Kyiv https://t.co/li9rgYVlYv See photos of Dritte Weg stickers on @ZelenskyyUa ‘s Office. https://t.co/GtKhQjRNXU

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Not unlike other far right worldwide, Russia's RIM has been heavily focused on George Floyd protests, instances of looting in the USA. "Out of control negroes (разгул негров), ANTIFA (шавок) and liberals in the USA" was one of the topics of a June 5 video address by RIM's leaders https://t.co/q1UGQ04AvP

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: "Those who blieve that it won't touch us are wrong" Russia's RIM wrote of events in the USA on its page on http://VK.com, adding that commentary to a copy-pasted viral post that alleges police inaction in NYC in the face of looting.

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@kooleksiy: Not unlike other far right worldwide, Russia's RIM has been heavily focused on George Floyd protests, instances of looting in the USA. "Out of control negroes (разгул негров), ANTIFA (шавок) and liberals in the USA" was one of the topics of a June 5 video address by RIM's leaders

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The Russian Imperial Movement apparently focused on Germany. In 2016 RIM's leader Stanislav Vorobyev recorded a video address in German to "European patriots". "We are united by the common threat of colonization by the new barbarians and death of our civilization" Vorobyev said. https://t.co/SVK3n5SlEu

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: RIM may have (or had) boots on the ground in Germany. In 2017 RIM wrote on VK about having "a representative in Germany". According to RIM's April 2018 post on VK, RIM participated in "Europe Wake Up!" rally in Dortmund and RIM's "delegate" spoke at the rally.

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Seemingly echoing rhetoric advanced by the far right worldwide Vorobyev also wrote -re @focusonline ‘s report - that he liked “readers’ commentary” online that "it's the left, ANTIFA and islamists who practice terror, but for some reason the right are called terrorists". https://t.co/ucvFwQjyqs

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: The Russian Imperial Movement apparently focused on Germany. In 2016 RIM's leader Stanislav Vorobyev recorded a video address in German to "European patriots". "We are united by the common threat of colonization by the new barbarians and death of our civilization" Vorobyev said.

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Although the US designated the Russian Imperial Movement as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, the RIM-associated "Partisan" course where German neo-Nazis allegedly trained has @Youtube account where it promoted its services on June 3rd. “Partisan” has a @Facebook page too https://t.co/dZOEiyER0u

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: Seemingly echoing rhetoric advanced by the far right worldwide Vorobyev also wrote -re @focusonline ‘s report - that he liked “readers’ commentary” online that "it's the left, ANTIFA and islamists who practice terror, but for some reason the right are called terrorists".

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In a 2015 interview, Gariyev spoke at length about the founding, his role in "Partisan" training course https://t.co/D8uiFhSz4A saying, among other things, that "Partisan" was was self-sufficient financially and that ~20 groups (~10-20 each) graduated from “Partisan” in 3 years https://t.co/YsSFfflATp

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: Although the US designated the Russian Imperial Movement as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, the RIM-associated "Partisan" course where German neo-Nazis allegedly trained has @Youtube account where it promoted its services on June 3rd. “Partisan” has a @Facebook page too

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But the claim by RIM's leader Stanislav Vorobyev that RIM doesn't control "Partisan" training course is in contrast to the fact that "Partisan" has been led for years by Vorobyev's right-hand man Denis Gariyev, who's also designated as a SDGT by the U.S. https://t.co/1GzALoOXme

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: In a 2015 interview, Gariyev spoke at length about the founding, his role in "Partisan" training course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIri6tyr70k saying, among other things, that "Partisan" was was self-sufficient financially and that ~20 groups (~10-20 each) graduated from “Partisan” in 3 years https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1269356920521003013/video/1

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@kooleksiy: But the claim by RIM's leader Stanislav Vorobyev that RIM doesn't control "Partisan" training course is in contrast to the fact that "Partisan" has been led for years by Vorobyev's right-hand man Denis Gariyev, who's also designated as a SDGT by the U.S.

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“Lots of nonsense and lies", Russian Imperial Movement’s leader Stanislav Vorobyev responded to me regarding @focusonline’s report that says - citing 🇩🇪 security sources -that German neo-Nazis “Junge Nationalisten", “Der Dritte Weg" trained at the RIM-associated "Partisan" course https://t.co/OVCMgCiRXC

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: While he responded to the report with “nonsense and lies” comment RIM’s Vorobyev also added that the report “failed to cite a single instance of terrorism by the right in Germany”. 🤔 German justice minister called far-right terror “biggest threat” in February- @meddynyt reported

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Thread: Russian Imperial Movement (Specially Designated Global Terrorist per @StateDept) has COMMENTED on @focusonline’s report that German neo-Nazis trained in the use of weapons and explosives at the "Partisan" course associated with RIM [Background https://t.co/2IXjfby5RF] https://t.co/yZW9J62XoQ

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: “Lots of nonsense and lies", Russian Imperial Movement’s leader Stanislav Vorobyev responded to me regarding @focusonline’s report that says - citing 🇩🇪 security sources -that German neo-Nazis “Junge Nationalisten", “Der Dritte Weg" trained at the RIM-associated "Partisan" course

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Thread: Russian Imperial Movement (Specially Designated Global Terrorist per @StateDept) has COMMENTED on @focusonline’s report that German neo-Nazis trained in the use of weapons and explosives at the "Partisan" course associated with RIM [Background https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.focus.de%2Fpolitik%2Fausland%2Frechtsextreme-lager-deutsche-neonazis-ueben-terrorkampf-in-sankt-petersburg_id_12067019.html]

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In Ukraine, elsewhere outside the USA, the far right made statements making it clear that they internalize what they see in George Floyd protests as vindication of their rhetoric about dangers posed by minorities, leftists, LGBT, and of their attacks on them. That’s the story

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@kooleksiy: Important in view of the upcoming #KyivPride : Ukrainian far right’s hostility towards George Floyd protests in the USA may spill over into violence in Ukraine. The aforementioned video address -allegedly from 🇺🇦 hooligans - contained an explicit threat to “domestic leftists”.

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@kooleksiy: There have been numerous instances when 🇺🇦 far-right hooligans stated a shared ,incl anti-immigrant, agenda with Western far right. Take, for example, this 2018 video featuring current darlings of Ukraine’s civil society the far-right group “Honor”(Гонор) https://youtu.be/vCHI3ISuuBg

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The video shows a group of masked men, allegedly fans of “Veres” soccer club, in front of “White Europe Wake Up!” slogan and a white supremacist Celtic Cross symbol. The video says protesters in the USA “strongly need to be stopped”. https://t.co/Gv9sbBsHhJ

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: The video describes George Floyd protesters in the USA as “a threat to civilized society”, and says “all right-wing movements in Europe [...] must “fight for the rights of white Europe”.

10:04 PM · Jun 4, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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“There are no “peaceful protests” just liberal shit destroying their own cities”: In Ukraine a soccer hooligans Telegram with ~7k subscribers “Troublemakers and Ultras Action” published a video address allegedly by a local hooligan group attacking George Floyd protests in the USA https://t.co/Zc27xbnwnF

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: The video shows a group of masked men, allegedly fans of “Veres” soccer club, in front of “White Europe Wake Up!” slogan and a white supremacist Celtic Cross symbol. The video says protesters in the USA “strongly need to be stopped”.

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“There are no “peaceful protests” just liberal shit destroying their own cities”: In Ukraine a soccer hooligans Telegram with ~7k subscribers “Troublemakers and Ultras Action” published a video address allegedly by a local hooligan group attacking George Floyd protests in the USA

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@kooleksiy: According to the leader of the far-right Azov, its members account for 50% of participants at anti-Zelenskiy events under the "No to Capitulation!" slogan. "If we don't come to a "No to Capitulation!" event it will miss 50% of its manpower. You want a rally or a small protest?" https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1268310914371063810/video/1

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Biletsky's lengthy appearance on Poroshenko's Channel 5 comes as the Azov movement plays a visible role in the anti-Zelenskiy "Resistance to Capitulation Movement", attacks Zelenskiy. RCM events have been boosted by figures, groups linked to Poroshenko's own "European Solidarity" https://t.co/jhIyZWhlgv

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Biletskiy took the time to explain appearances on Medvedchuk's channels, saying that M's channels need boogeymen and he (Biletsky) will go the any platform to express his "own thoughts"

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@kooleksiy: Biletsky's lengthy appearance on Poroshenko's Channel 5 comes as the Azov movement plays a visible role in the anti-Zelenskiy "Resistance to Capitulation Movement", attacks Zelenskiy. RCM events have been boosted by figures, groups linked to Poroshenko's own "European Solidarity"

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In Chicago, calls inside the Ukrainian community to self-organize against looters. "Defend your businesses and your families[...]talk to Americans, your neighbors[...]some of them are fed up too" one apparent local said in a video that now has 8 000+ views https://t.co/oDtWVicCFc https://t.co/AvVnwsDyPz

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: The Chicagoan who called on Ukrainians to organize posted videos of apparent lootings too. Some FB users left comments attacking African-Americans under his videos. "Move blacks to Africa, and you'll have peace", one user(apparently from Ukraine) wrote. There’s more in that space

4:33 PM · Jun 2, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Never underestimate a fellow Ukrainian. The next revolution can be created by Ukrainians responding to the public disorder[...] suppression by the state" one "Ukrainian Chicago" FB group user wrote in a since edited post. The post prompted both support and condemnations. https://t.co/xdzd0pI7nX

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: In Chicago, calls inside the Ukrainian community to self-organize against looters. "Defend your businesses and your families[...]talk to Americans, your neighbors[...]some of them are fed up too" one apparent local said in a video that now has 8 000+ views https://www.facebook.com/100001398223504/videos/3116851751704735/ https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1267917195310497792/video/1

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@kooleksiy: Prior to the authorities' comments re Vechirko he was seemingly lionized in some online spaces frequented by Ukrainians in the USA like "Ukrainian Chicago" FB group where many also express concern over looting, violence. Others objected to charged comments https://www.facebook.com/groups/371624156311514/

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Prior to the authorities' comments re Vechirko he was seemingly lionized in some online spaces frequented by Ukrainians in the USA like "Ukrainian Chicago" FB group where many also express concern over looting, violence. Others objected to charged comments https://t.co/IpRppAowZw https://t.co/PRjrBdhsFQ

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: "Never underestimate a fellow Ukrainian. The next revolution can be created by Ukrainians responding to the public disorder[...] suppression by the state" one "Ukrainian Chicago" FB group user wrote in a since edited post. The post prompted both support and condemnations.

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@lincolnpigman Avenatti apparently passed muster with another Russia hawk Chalupa https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/stormy-daniels-lawyer-says-he-s-serious-about-a-2020-campaign

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@lincolnpigman All that wisdom could’ve been spent on the Avenatti 2020 campaign https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/29/michael-avenatti-2020-election-campaign-944994

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Georgetown last night. Video via @Marcella_Rob ‘s Instagram. https://twitter.com/Ron_Christie/status/1267138793414541312 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1267430593484161025/video/1

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The key here [lost in the incomplete translation]is that the incendiary, racist post amped by Simonyan is a mock step by step guide on how to “make real Ukraine out of the USA”. The post goes over the author’s view/spin re moves that defined the success of Euromaidan in Ukraine https://t.co/G6o8vPk0sL https://t.co/Gl1eiVoLtI

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: The “beat the whites until they turn black” part in the incendiary post shared by Simonyan is a play on the slogan associated (via a movie classic The Adjutant of His Excellency )with the Green army (зеленоармейцы) during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) https://youtu.be/IA7-tR4_LYY

3:19 PM · May 31, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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The key here [lost in the incomplete translation]is that the incendiary, racist post amped by Simonyan is a mock step by step guide on how to “make real Ukraine out of the USA”. The post goes over the author’s view/spin re moves that defined the success of Euromaidan in Ukraine

Bellingcat @bellingcat

Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT, shared incredibly racist "advice" to "Minnesota negrs" [the word has several meanings in Russian: coloreds, blacks, negroes] The re-post is from Dmitry Steshin, a journalist known for his nationalist views. We translated some bits. https://t.co/32EXpxZmXY

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From the USA to EU and Eastern Europe the far right made Tommie Lindh into *their* martyr. “Young nationalist stabbed to death by a migrant while trying to stop a rape” the story goes. But @Aftonbladet tells a different story: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/kolumnister/a/xPnAXR/berattelsen-om-mordet-pa-tommie-lindh-ar-falsk&prev=search

8:17 PM · May 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukrainian far-right group “Tradition and Order” wants to help far right in EU overcome “censorship”, “leaks of personal information” by placing “servers of new alternative hosting platforms” in 🇺🇦:TAO’s head says. TAO international man is Nikitin White Rex

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Neo-nazi MMA Organizer Denis Nikitin of “White Rex” fame, known for his ties to far-right Azov movement answers questions from German speaking viewers on PARAMILITARY training: "For ALL SORTS of training [you' are] welcome in Ukraine". https://t.co/scA1k3KqnN https://t.co/byTAZ3C16J

5:54 PM · May 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Mock executioner’s block, stake (as in burning at the stake), dummy in noose - parts of anti-Zelenskiy “Stop Revanche” messaging in Sumy yesterday. SR events held by “Resistance to Capitulation movement” brought together Poroshenko-linked groups, figures, far right, others. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1265003898139443201/video/1

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@kooleksiy: A notable presence at [and co-organizers of

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At today's briefing re May 24 "Stop Revanche" protests Anti-Ze "Resistance to Capitulatin Movement" was repped by the likes of ex-volunteer commander Teteruk, leaders of the far-right Svoboda and National Corps, Poroshenko-aligned "Democratic Axe", volunteer Myroslav Hai, others https://t.co/YWnY9r3gjT

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Surveys show Zelenskiy way ahead of potential presidential rivals, still, anti-Ze opposition "Resistance to Capitulatin Movement" will stage "Stop Revanche" protests on May 24th. Earlier RCM leader said it was "start of a campaign for government change" https://t.co/Z2LIINMwfZ https://t.co/pUiwOzkbCv

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: At today's briefing re May 24 "Stop Revanche" protests Anti-Ze "Resistance to Capitulatin Movement" was repped by the likes of ex-volunteer commander Teteruk, leaders of the far-right Svoboda and National Corps, Poroshenko-aligned "Democratic Axe", volunteer Myroslav Hai, others

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Surveys show Zelenskiy way ahead of potential presidential rivals, still, anti-Ze opposition "Resistance to Capitulatin Movement" will stage "Stop Revanche" protests on May 24th. Earlier RCM leader said it was "start of a campaign for government change"

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

"The government understands only the power of the streets", leader of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement", ex-MP Levus said today about protests planned for May 24, "This is essentially a start of a campaign for government change (зміна влади)". Source: https://t.co/9d74h2wkuU https://t.co/1umMJ0BENM

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WaPo, others bring up that Derkach (Biden tapes publisher) attended KGB Higher School in the early 90s. Well, Derkach too believes that ties to KGB are damning: In 2019 he accused the West-embraced oligarch Pinchuk of cooperating with KGB in Soviet times https://www.facebook.com/derkach.al/posts/1020377828314282

4:54 PM · May 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy first year is seen favorably by 68% of Ukrainians. That’s in contrast to rhetoric from Ze’s opponents who paint his presidency as detrimental to Ukraine and prepare “Stop Revanche” protests to mark first anniversary of Zelenskiy’s inauguration

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

In case Ukraine's government lifts coronavirus quarantine on May 22 (seems to be the plan), there are protest planned for May 24 in Kyiv, other cities by anti-Zelenskiy "Resistance to Capitulation Movement". Organizers say the end-goal is "government change" https://t.co/fuFiOAV4Kj

4:17 PM · May 18, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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President Zelenskiy will now have to react to online petition calling on his Rada faction to withdraw bill 3316 proposing hate-crime protections based on sexual orientation & gender identity. The petition has crossed required 25 000 signatures threshold https://t.co/hhVyrkpkeE https://t.co/lSKoQbZzPG

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: Earlier "Servant of the People" MP Sviatoslav Yurash, leader of conservative "Value. Dignity. Family" group (claims it has 300+ MPs) in Rada suggested that there's a broad coalition against the bill in the Parliament of Ukraine https://www.facebook.com/sviatoslav.yurash/posts/4194331520607186

5:53 PM · May 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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President Zelenskiy will now have to react to online petition calling on his Rada faction to withdraw bill 3316 proposing hate-crime protections based on sexual orientation & gender identity. The petition has crossed required 25 000 signatures threshold https://petition.president.gov.ua/petition/93004

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Life comes at you fast

8:21 AM · May 12, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Those mentioned ⬆️ as allies by human rights activist Reshetylova include Filimonov who led Azov movement in Kyiv in 2018 when Azov destroyed a Roma camp, "Maliar" (Potashenkov) who attacked black soccer fans in Kyiv in 2015 ↘️https://youtu.be/omlmayZrRkQ?t=1709, ex-Azov leader Kravchenko https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1259951498831724544/video/1

5:00 PM · May 11, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Those Tymoshenko $ millions? “Skadden paid $11 million or more” to Tymoshenko and Vlasenko “to settle the case before a lawsuit was filed, according to people familiar with the settlement” @kenvogel writes.

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Far-right "Karpatska Sich" say they "ensured order and compliance with law" on May 9 in Ukraine's Uzhhorod to "prevent pro-Russian provocations". 1st photo is today's, rest - prior years. In 2019 KS leader Deyak went to neo-Nazi "Day of Honor" in Budapest. https://t.co/z0uEN5yIG7 https://t.co/a8UVggxer0

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: Far-right Azov spent May 9 chasing after the consensus anti-Maidan boogeymen in Odessa, etc in an apparent attempt to endear themselves to Ukrainian nationalistic mainstream they ran afoul of by criticizing its poster boy Sternenko, & going after ex-Azov leaders that backed him

10:41 AM · May 10, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right "Karpatska Sich" say they "ensured order and compliance with law" on May 9 in Ukraine's Uzhhorod to "prevent pro-Russian provocations". 1st photo is today's, rest - prior years. In 2019 KS leader Deyak went to neo-Nazi "Day of Honor" in Budapest.

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Leader of openly neo-Nazi violent Karpatska Sich (now embraced by the VMU, a group with evident influence in the Ministry of Veterans Affairs in @zelenskyyua government) PARTICIPATED in the neo-Nazi "Day of Honor" in Budapest in 2019 where he posed with Ukrainian flag. https://t.co/V6bXaz9Hnr

7:28 PM · May 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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It's been surreal and informative to watch Ukrainian public figures, Western darlings, civil society leaders, reporters circle the wagons around Sternenko, extol him

6:41 PM · May 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Organizers have launched an online petition/letter warning Zelenskiy's government against “intentions to go on offensive against the ideals of Maidan and Ukraine's European choice". Signatories include prominent public figures, as well as far-right leaders http://openletter.site/revanche

6:34 PM · May 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Stop Revanche" protest are timed to the anniversary of Zelenskiy's inauguration. Organizers bring up Zelenskiy's perceived concessions to Moscow, reversal of Poroshenko era policies, persecution of Maidan figures https://t.co/4HXKAWKwU1 https://t.co/as8yg5nAdg

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: "The government understands only the power of the streets", leader of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement", ex-MP Levus said today about protests planned for May 24, "This is essentially a start of a campaign for government change (зміна влади)". Source: https://www.facebook.com/rok.org.ua/videos/3649889538414645/ https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1258888086932594690/video/1

6:34 PM · May 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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In case Ukraine's government lifts coronavirus quarantine on May 22 (seems to be the plan), there are protest planned for May 24 in Kyiv, other cities by anti-Zelenskiy "Resistance to Capitulation Movement". Organizers say the end-goal is "government change" https://t.co/fuFiOAV4Kj

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: "Stop Revanche" protest are timed to the anniversary of Zelenskiy's inauguration. Organizers bring up Zelenskiy's perceived concessions to Moscow, reversal of Poroshenko era policies, persecution of Maidan figures https://www.facebook.com/333464614190315/posts/596122521257855/

6:33 PM · May 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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In case Ukraine's government lifts coronavirus quarantine on May 22 (seems to be the plan), there are protest planned for May 24 in Kyiv, other cities by anti-Zelenskiy "Resistance to Capitulation Movement". Organizers say the end-goal is "government change"

6:33 PM · May 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: With “Voice” MP Vasylenko at today’s presentation was also deputy minister of Veterans Affairs Anton Kolumbet known for his role as co-head of Municipal Guard organization known for associations with the far-right C14 group, etc as @schfm wrote

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Wondering what a Municipal Guard patrol of #Kyiv is like? Apparently it can involve harassing people they think are Roma and congratulating them with International G***sy Day. Nice to see police in the background watching this happen. https://t.co/r2ErglXp9B https://t.co/8XZmA6BeEO

9:00 AM · May 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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With “Voice” MP Vasylenko at today’s presentation was also deputy minister of Veterans Affairs Anton Kolumbet known for his role as co-head of Municipal Guard organization known for associations with the far-right C14 group, etc as @schfm wrote https://t.co/uJx1wEHtNE https://t.co/KazKVggVGO

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: The event featured ex-Veterans minister Koliada. Far-right figures, allies of far right played (and continue)important roles in the ministry, with many elevated under Koliada [

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9:00 AM · May 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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In March Shatrovsky (who memorably donned a Wolfsangel patch to a meeting of the Public Council of the Veterans Ministry)led crowds in chants of "Out with Zelenskiy!" during "Ukrainian volunteer" rallies led by Ukrainian far right, veterans groups https://t.co/bq0HeJ7Gfu https://t.co/tKRZ9eKf1B

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Veterans Movement of Ukraine" an apparent partner to (elements of?)Vakarchuk's "Voice Party" is an umbrella organization co-founded by Azov's "Veterans Bortherhood". Far-right figures play important roles in VMU. It has clout in the Veterans Ministry https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/11/11/ukraines-ministry-of-veterans-affairs-embraced-the-far-right-with-consequences-to-the-u-s/

9:00 AM · May 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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A reminder that far right is normalized in Ukraine. Today Vakarchuk's "Voice" ("a reformist party" per @AtlanticCouncil, "liberal party" per @euronews )MP Vasylenko presented bills re veterans policies developed with "Veterans Movement of Ukraine"=org co-founded by far-right Azov https://t.co/VJsUsGK50n

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: At today's presentation of bills on veterans policies member of Rada Lesya Vasylenko of Vakarchuk's "Voice" party appeared with Dmytro Shatrovsky, head of "Veterans Brotherhood" [a branch of far-right Azov movement], others https://www.facebook.com/events/242295063684587/

9:00 AM · May 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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At today's presentation of bills on veterans policies member of Rada Lesya Vasylenko of Vakarchuk's "Voice" party appeared with Dmytro Shatrovsky, head of "Veterans Brotherhood" [a branch of far-right Azov movement], others https://t.co/BVtVTHM3IH https://t.co/1VfU3zbaGM

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: In March Shatrovsky (who memorably donned a Wolfsangel patch to a meeting of the Public Council of the Veterans Ministry)led crowds in chants of "Out with Zelenskiy!" during "Ukrainian volunteer" rallies led by Ukrainian far right, veterans groups

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

"Зелю геть!" (Out with Zelenskiy) as "March of Ukrainian Volunteers" organized by the far-right Azov, others is nearing the Embassy of Russia in Kyiv IT IS Azov's Dmytro Shatrovsky, head of the Public Council in Zelenskiy's Ministry of Veterans Affairs leading anti-Ze chants. https://t.co/PqdEONnFiy

9:00 AM · May 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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A reminder that far right is normalized in Ukraine. Today Vakarchuk's "Voice" ("a reformist party" per @AtlanticCouncil, "liberal party" per @euronews )MP Vasylenko presented bills re veterans policies developed with "Veterans Movement of Ukraine"=org co-founded by far-right Azov

9:00 AM · May 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Neo-nazi MMA Organizer Denis Nikitin of “White Rex” fame, known for his ties to far-right Azov movement answers questions from German speaking viewers on PARAMILITARY training: "For ALL SORTS of training [you' are] welcome in Ukraine". https://t.co/scA1k3KqnN https://t.co/byTAZ3C16J

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: “Our goal is to unite Slavs in Germany and Germans that share the Right views[...]We’re ready to share experience, practice[...]We’re inviting you to visit us”, leader of “Tradition and Order” sends a message to like-minded individuals in Germany. Nikitin (White Rex) interpreting https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1257094834319429632 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1257391493708464128/video/1

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“Silver of the Rose” anti-feminist groupuscule that appears in @5050oD video is linked to far-right Azov movement. SOR’s leader Fedosyuk has a role in Azov’s book club/publisher “Plomin”. In this photo she’s next to leaders of Azov’s violent National Corps, National Militia wings https://t.co/1YSWHly08n

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: .@5050oD should consider that “Silver of the Rose” anti-feminist groupuscule that appears in their video on #DomesticViolence is also OPPOSED to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.

2:05 PM · May 4, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Anti-feminist groupuscule “Silver of the Rose” that appears in @5050oD video has been embraced by 🇺🇦’s influential anti-LGBT, “pro-family” “Vsi Razom” org. In a recent interview SOR’s leader Fedosyuk https://t.co/gBQeDz4hd7 says “feminism is ready to mutilate and sell women” https://t.co/iktwqi7PPv

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: “Silver of the Rose” anti-feminist groupuscule that appears in @5050oD video is linked to far-right Azov movement. SOR’s leader Fedosyuk has a role in Azov’s book club/publisher “Plomin”. In this photo she’s next to leaders of Azov’s violent National Corps, National Militia wings

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.@5050oD video on #DomesticViolence features anti-feminist 🇺🇦 groupuscule “Silver of the Rose”which describes itself as rooted in "European Identity", "traditional view on women", opposed to “neo-liberal feminism”. The shot used is SOR carrying a coffin with “Feminism” on it https://t.co/ZHVUrWKBj5 https://t.co/Z2ZXoRrtFc

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: Anti-feminist groupuscule “Silver of the Rose” that appears in @5050oD video has been embraced by 🇺🇦’s influential anti-LGBT, “pro-family” “Vsi Razom” org. In a recent interview SOR’s leader Fedosyuk https://youtu.be/VfNFponCmmI says “feminism is ready to mutilate and sell women”

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.@5050oD video on #DomesticViolence features anti-feminist 🇺🇦 groupuscule “Silver of the Rose”which describes itself as rooted in "European Identity", "traditional view on women", opposed to “neo-liberal feminism”. The shot used is SOR carrying a coffin with “Feminism” on it

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Far-right group in Ukraine offers help, safe haven to Western far right: “European Union has to be destroyed[...]We’re calling on forces in Europe: We are ready to provide you with a base, safe haven[...], and move together in a Crusade against Brussels, liberals and immigrants” https://t.co/CHsrLCDUxQ https://t.co/43SWBbg0qg

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Neo-nazi MMA Organizer Denis Nikitin of “White Rex” fame, known for his ties to far-right Azov movement answers questions from German speaking viewers on PARAMILITARY training: "For ALL SORTS of training [you' are] welcome in Ukraine". https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1257094849075073028 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1257109737050701824/video/1

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@kooleksiy: Far-right group in Ukraine offers help, safe haven to Western far right: “European Union has to be destroyed[...]We’re calling on forces in Europe: We are ready to provide you with a base, safe haven[...], and move together in a Crusade against Brussels, liberals and immigrants” https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1257094835628097537 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1257101960131620865/video/1

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@kooleksiy: Tradition and Order ambitions re Germany backed(spurred?) by Denis Nikitin of White Rex add to CONCERN about Ukraine becoming a hub for right-wing extremists. "How can one book training with you in Ukraine" one user asked during live video stream. There were several such Qs.

7:49 PM · May 3, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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BIG: Notorious neo-Nazi MMA organizer Denis Nikitin of the White Rex fame resurfaces in Ukraine with a remarkable agenda for Europe. Apparently he is with "Tradition und Ordnung", the German branch of 🇺🇦far-right "Tradition and Order" org. They have plans to boost far right in EU https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1257094552072093696/video/1

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Ukrainian far-right group “Tradition and Order” claims that it LAUNCHED a CHAPTER in GERMANY. That group has a record of violence. Some members fought in the war against Russia, received advanced military training beyond that, and pass it to others. Members learn firearms, MMA https://t.co/1VAh1GoP2I

7:47 PM · May 3, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Quick observation re Trump pick for Ukraine ambassador Keith W. Dayton: Many 🇺🇦 politicos went through seminars held since 2014 by Dayton’s @Marshall_Center, incl. current vehement CRITICS of Zelenskiy ex-veterans minister/now MP Friz, MP Ariev, ex-MP Levus, Teteruk, Syroid, etc.

2:17 AM · May 2, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Recently 🇺🇦 Azov movement seems to promote its neo-Nazi elements more. After @instagram live with “Wotanjugend” leader Levkin, head of National Militia (ex-commander of Azov Regiment of @ng_ukraine) “Cherkas” was set to talk to an apparent member of RAHOWA-praising “Nord Storm”.

12:12 AM · May 2, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukrainian Mayor Martsynkiv who wanted Roma individuals removed from Ivano-Frankivsk is apparently lionized online by American far-right gang “Rise Above Movement” also known for ties to Ukrainian far-right Azov, trips to the country. 🇺🇦Police opened a probe into M’s statements.

6:49 PM · May 1, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: “Mainly we're counting on a reaction from our NATO partners",- Azov's Shatrovsky says in a video statement, - "We sent letters to the Chargé d’Affaires (@USEmbassyKyiv), to Lithuania, Poland, Latvia [...] hope [...]they will help have the competition launched after quarantine" https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1255664077894025226/video/1

9:03 PM · Apr 29, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Acc to Shatrovsky of Azov's "Veterans Brotherhood", Koliada brought him to @DefenceU's "open session" that included "Western partners: Lithuania, Poland [..] NATO partners". Sh is deputy head of influential Veterans Movement of Ukraine org, an ally of Azov https://www.facebook.com/100042173079766/videos/226926515389783/ https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1255664013020663810/video/1

9:03 PM · Apr 29, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau is backed, apparently trusted by the West but how about Ukrainians? Recent @dem_initiatives, Razumkov Center surveys put NABU among the least trusted institutions. However, it's more trusted than courts, Office of the Prosecutor General..

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@kooleksiy: Leader of Azov’s National Militia “Cherkas” had this to say re 🇷🇺 neo-Nazi Martsinkevich: “We can’t stay silent on him because at the very least he has challenged the system[...]He’s a fighter against the system that generations of Ru nationalists, Ukrainians couldn’t break”.

8:46 PM · Apr 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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How close to neo-Nazi is Ukraine's Azov movement? Today leader of Azov's National Militia "Cherkas" Mykhailenko did an hour-long @instagram live with Alexei Levkin, leader of the neo-Nazi "Wotanjugend" org, M8l8th band, praised him as an "inspiration" for Azov's youth

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How close to neo-Nazi is Ukraine's Azov movement? Today leader of Azov's National Militia "Cherkas" Mykhailenko did an hour-long @instagram live with Alexei Levkin, leader of the neo-Nazi "Wotanjugend" org, M8l8th band, praised him as an "inspiration" for Azov's youth https://t.co/7eML0T5Dqq

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: "An inspiration to the National Militia youth" that's how ex-commander of the Azov Regiment of @ng_ukraine, Mykhailenko "Cherkas" introduces leader of the neo-Nazi "Wotanjugend" organization Levkin to viewers.

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Big: Ukraine’s Rada probe into 2017 Balakliya munitions depot explosion apparently suggests an inside job, coverup of suspected corruption, rules out the “Russian drone” version. That’s per Arakhamia, the head of the Servant of the People Rada faction https://www.facebook.com/1756314575/posts/10207160477487731/?d=n

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Another addition to Vsi Razom's "Cabinet of Experts" is Yuliya Fedosyuk of Plomin reading club/publisher linked to the far-right Azov movement, and anti-feminist "Silver of the Rose" groupuscule rooted in "European Identity", "traditional view on women" https://t.co/L1dtWzDUcs https://t.co/ityqmoFhqX

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: Leader of "All Together"(Vsi Razom) Kukharchuk is reportedly an aide/deputy to influential Oleksandr Turchynov in the latter's Christian conservative "Sobor" (Assembly) organization. Turchynov, Kukharchuk attended 2020 National Prayer Breakfast in DC

5:48 PM · Apr 22, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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In 2019 Bellingcat reported [https://t.co/QeDLYs2orL] that far-right groups in Ukraine got state $ for "national patriotic education" projects BUT "Vsi Razom" was also among recipients of NPE funding from the government of Ukraine. https://t.co/wPiBbvUh9W

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: Ex-head of the Department for National Patriotic Education in Ukraine’s Ministry of Youth and Sports Mykola Lyakhovych is NOW on Vsi Razom's "Cabinet of Experts"= a select group of speakers advanced in the media by Vsi Razom https://vsirazom.ua/cabinet/residents/lyaxovich-mikola/

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Ex-head of the Department for National Patriotic Education in Ukraine’s Ministry of Youth and Sports Mykola Lyakhovych is NOW on Vsi Razom's "Cabinet of Experts"= a select group of speakers advanced in the media by Vsi Razom https://t.co/gqJSCUQk3g https://t.co/VuEGW0QX7R

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: Lyakhovych led National Patriotic Education in Ukraine's Ministry of Youth and Sports WHEN 350 000 UAH in national patriotic education project funding for 2019 was earmarked for Vsi Razom's "pro-family" events http://www.dsmsu.gov.ua/media/2018/12/28/3/Rishennya_1%2C_2.PDF

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Lyakhovych led National Patriotic Education in Ukraine's Ministry of Youth and Sports WHEN 350 000 UAH in national patriotic education project funding for 2019 was earmarked for Vsi Razom's "pro-family" events https://t.co/dbwVAv6zdi https://t.co/VUhdKREpCn

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: Another addition to Vsi Razom's "Cabinet of Experts" is Yuliya Fedosyuk of Plomin reading club/publisher linked to the far-right Azov movement, and anti-feminist "Silver of the Rose" groupuscule rooted in "European Identity", "traditional view on women" https://vsirazom.ua/cabinet/residents/fedosyuk-yuliya/

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Thread. Additional signs emerge of ties between influential "pro-family" "All Together" (Vsi Razom) movement and figures associated with Ukraine's nationalists, far right. A recent report by LGBT Human Rights Nash Mir Center described "All Together" as a "homophobic initiative".

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Thread. Additional signs emerge of ties between influential "pro-family" "All Together" (Vsi Razom) movement and figures associated with Ukraine's nationalists, far right. A recent report by LGBT Human Rights Nash Mir Center described "All Together" as a "homophobic initiative". https://t.co/jiaJE1NDXR

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: "Vsi Razom" describes self as an umbrella org for groups "based in Christian values", it leads nationwide campaigns to ban "homosexual propaganda". It currently opposes a bill proposing hate-crimes protections based on sexual orientation & gender identity

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"Vsi Razom" describes self as an umbrella org for groups "based in Christian values", it leads nationwide campaigns to ban "homosexual propaganda". It currently opposes a bill proposing hate-crimes protections based on sexual orientation & gender identity https://t.co/Rz0oXh1IB0 https://t.co/eUAcH6D5dk

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In 2019 Bellingcat reported [https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/07/16/ukrainian-far-right-extremists-receive-state-funds-to-teach-patriotism/] that far-right groups in Ukraine got state $ for "national patriotic education" projects BUT "Vsi Razom" was also among recipients of NPE funding from the government of Ukraine.

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2014 Biden meets then-acting President of Ukraine Turchynov, tells Ukraine “We want to be your partner” 2020 Turchynov leads anti-LGBT “Sobor” NGO in Ukraine and the latter’s site reprints Ukrainian translation of ➡️ https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/biden-unveils-vast-lgbt-plan-overturning-trumps-religious-liberty-protections.html

11:45 PM · Apr 19, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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As Ukraine celebrates Orthodox Easter excerpts from notorious anti-semitic book "Judaism Without Embellishment" (published in the USSR in the 1960s) by Trofim Kichko are pushed via "Dux_Europe" Telegram promoted by & ostensibly linked to leaders of far-right Azov movement.

12:17 PM · Apr 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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As Ukraine celebrates Orthodox Easter excerpts from notorious anti-semitic book "Judaism Without Embellishment" (published in the USSR in the 1960s) by Trofim Kichko are pushed via "Dux_Europe" Telegram promoted by & ostensibly linked to leaders of far-right Azov movement. https://t.co/viSqVeNuUM

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Dux_Europe" Telegram channel was promoted by Azov's ideologist Eduard Yurchenko, others. The channel describes itself as dedicated to "ideological development of the right movement in Ukraine and combatting left leanings inside of it"

12:17 PM · Apr 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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"Dux_Europe" Telegram channel was promoted by Azov's ideologist Eduard Yurchenko, others. The channel describes itself as dedicated to "ideological development of the right movement in Ukraine and combatting left leanings inside of it" https://t.co/t8W0OH2tsE

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Kichko's anti-semitic "Judaism Without Embellishment" was published under the USSR in 1963 in Ukrainian language. It was described as "provocation" meant "to brand [...]Ukrainian people with anti-Semitism before the whole world" by diaspora nationalists: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/AERODYNAMIC%20%20%20VOL.%2028%20%20(OPERATIONS)_0065.pdf

12:17 PM · Apr 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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🇺🇦’s far right expectations (conditioned on high seniors mortality) of post-COVID 🌎 include EU where youth of “non-European” origin, culture plays a larger role, Russia dominated by young Muslim voters. That’s per a March text by Azov ideologue Kravchenko https://nationalcorps.org/postkoronavirus-shho-bude-pislya-pandemii/

10:15 PM · Apr 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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COVID-19 hits the headlines in Ukraine but it is the noncommunicable (largely preventable) diseases that devastate it. Per @Ukrstat, tumors (10s of thousands annually)& diseases of the circulatory system(100s of thousands)=leading causes of death 2005-2018 http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2019/zb_ukr_2018.pdf

5:19 PM · Apr 16, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: In an ironic twist the Ukrainian MP behind hate-crime protections Bill 3316 Olga Vasylevska-Smagliuk is supportive of Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affaris Avakov who's historically linked to the far-right Azov movement now attacking Bill 3316.

11:32 AM · Apr 16, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Meanwhile influential "All Together" anti-LGBT org is leading a campaign to press Rada to reject bill 3316 https://t.co/XlvF4EmZeZ, arguing that the bill constitutes a ban on freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, and threatens "religious freedoms and freedom of worship" https://t.co/AHedC8uyF1

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "All Together" anti-LGBT org led by Ruslan Kukharchuk is behind anti-LGBT resolutions voted by multiple Ukrainian city councils. That influential, internationally-connected org has been pushing for a ban on all public LGBT activities in Ukraine, and more https://vsirazom.ua/council

11:32 AM · Apr 16, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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"8 years behind bars for criticizing LGBT and gay parades[...]THEY want to fight against commons sense, nationalists, every Ukrainian family", leader of the far-right National Corps/Azov Maksym Zhorin says re the proposed hate-crime protections Bill 3316 https://t.co/IXkPw3E67t https://t.co/rjPOI2MgR5

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Meanwhile influential "All Together" anti-LGBT org is leading a campaign to press Rada to reject bill 3316 https://vsirazom.ua/vchinki/nadishlit-listi-narodnim-deputam-shhodo-skandalnogo-zakonoproektu-3316, arguing that the bill constitutes a ban on freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, and threatens "religious freedoms and freedom of worship"

11:32 AM · Apr 16, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: "8 years behind bars for criticizing LGBT and gay parades[...]THEY want to fight against commons sense, nationalists, every Ukrainian family", leader of the far-right National Corps/Azov Maksym Zhorin says re the proposed hate-crime protections Bill 3316 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_82l0RaWYEw

11:32 AM · Apr 16, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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“despite few recorded cases, the potential spread of COVID-19 in front-line communities in Donbas would overwhelm the region's fragile health system, and inflict serious harm disproportionately on the elderly and poor population”

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7:03 PM · Apr 14, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine's Secret Service arrests its own general on suspicion of spying for Russia Valeriy Shaitanov met with his FSB handler in Europe, @ServiceSsu says in a statement NOTABLY Shaitanov was promoted to general by the then-president Poroshenko in 2015 https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4962015-19351

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Re that viral tweet about "a radioactive cloud" heading for Kyiv: CONSIDER that the Gov source the tweet appears to cite, STATES in a more recent message: there's NO need "for additional radiation protection measures" outside of the exclusion zone. Concern is understandable tho https://t.co/UqOQfuTLpc

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: As @fabrice_deprez mentioned the gov source mentions "potentially contaminated air masses", not a "radioactive cloud". There are many reasons to be worried BUT the government source cited in the viral tweet, currently says: no need "for additional radiation protection measures"

5:20 PM · Apr 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Re that viral tweet about "a radioactive cloud" heading for Kyiv: CONSIDER that the Gov source the tweet appears to cite, STATES in a more recent message: there's NO need "for additional radiation protection measures" outside of the exclusion zone. Concern is understandable tho

5:20 PM · Apr 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: In Jan 2020 photos Stop Fake's Suprun (recent @CNN guest, husband of ex-top official Ulana Suprun) is seen holding Diana Vynogradova/Kamluk, current Right Sector figure who spent time behind bars for her role in 2006 hate-motivated murder of a Nigerian man https://www.segodnya.ua/criminal/pervoe-v-ukraine-delo-o-racictckom-ubijctve-parni-bili-afrikantsa-nohami-i-vonzili-v-cpinu-nozh-90831.html

1:10 PM · Apr 12, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Standing next to Marko Suprun in the photo is also one of the leaders of Ukraine's notorious C14 group Voitko. His org (and C14's branch) "Union of Veterans of the War With Russia" receives $$ funding from the state

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1:10 PM · Apr 12, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Is it likely that @Facebook's fact-checker of choice in Ukraine "Stop Fake" will cover issues related to the far right, neo-Nazism justly? Food for thought in these recent photos featuring Stop Fake's contributor Marko Suprun and known Ukrainian far-right, neo-Nazi figures. https://t.co/2aTVxKCe5x

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The photos apparently taken at the January 2020 premier of a recent Ukrainian patriotic movie "Our Kittens" were posted to @Instagram page of Ukrainian neo-Nazi band "Sokyra Peruna".

1:10 PM · Apr 12, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The photos apparently taken at the January 2020 premier of a recent Ukrainian patriotic movie "Our Kittens" were posted to @Instagram page of Ukrainian neo-Nazi band "Sokyra Peruna". https://t.co/XXlGKBibdC

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The most notable far-right figure next to Marko Suprun in the photos is the lead singer of neo-Nazi "Sokyra Peruna" band Arseniy Bilodub. Bilodub is a seminal neo-Nazi organizer, and sits on the board of the Right Sector party. @ColborneMichael has more https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-the-upcoming-neo-nazi-concert-in-ukraine-that-no-one-is-talking-about-1.7391007

1:10 PM · Apr 12, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Is it likely that @Facebook's fact-checker of choice in Ukraine "Stop Fake" will cover issues related to the far right, neo-Nazism justly? Food for thought in these recent photos featuring Stop Fake's contributor Marko Suprun and known Ukrainian far-right, neo-Nazi figures.

1:09 PM · Apr 12, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Attempting to defend the Russian Imperial Movement's involvement (via radicalization and training of perpetrators) in 2016 Gothenburg terrorist attacks, RIM's leader Gariev argued today that bc perps spent only 2 years behind bars their crimes couldn't be all that serious.

6:12 PM · Apr 10, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Telizhenko -who now claims that in 2016 the USA under Obama "directed" Ukraine's NABU to spy on Poroshenko - was pushed for Kyiv's Amb-r in the USA in 2019, @kenvogel reported https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/us/politics/ukraine-zelensky-trump.html. There are concerns that Telizhenko spreads Russian disinformation. He denied it

4:13 PM · Apr 10, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: In a minor but interesting detail Telizhenko's interview replete with explosive allegations re Biden, NABU, etc. also included a lengthy appearance by a notorious Ukrainian far-right figure Ihor Mosiychuk.

2:27 PM · Apr 10, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: In a particularly explosive new(?) claim, Telizhenko alleges that in 2016 he was part of a White House meeting that included Biden aides where Ukraine's NABU and SAP anti-corruption agencies were offered equipment to wiretap Poroshenko. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1248678906145759235/video/1

2:27 PM · Apr 10, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Laputina's suggestion that Russia is behind traditional values movements is in contrast to President Poroshenko openly embracing such organizations during his term in office, and backing of such orgs, rhetoric from Secretary of Ukraine’s Natsec Council Turchynov while in office. https://t.co/W8yU8WAgU3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Ukrainian authorities feel [...] need to create their own version of the ideological solidarity President Putin has described as “spiritual bonds,” so as to counter Russian aggression" @mnogobooKS wrote in 2018 of Poroshenko's and Turchynov's conservatism https://carnegie.ru/commentary/78026

2:59 PM · Apr 9, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Laputina's suggestion that Russia is behind traditional values movements is in contrast to President Poroshenko openly embracing such organizations during his term in office, and backing of such orgs, rhetoric from Secretary of Ukraine’s Natsec Council Turchynov while in office.

2:59 PM · Apr 9, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The Russian Imperial Movement now recruits new members online (using @Google forms) off the global terrorist designation by @StateDept. RIM Leaders Gariev and Vorobyev cast the designation as an attack on Christianity, open up by describing themselves as "white Christians". https://t.co/LsYdifSyMC

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In a recent-ish interview leader of the Russian Imperial Movement Vorobyev described 2019 as significant for RIM's international contacts, spoke about "new ties to western European right", RIM's participation in events in Austria, Spain, Bulgaria, Poland https://vk.com/wall-3560737_149829.

8:53 PM · Apr 8, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: American far-right "Rise Above Movement" now has a new site http://media2rise.com featuring articles (Google-translated?) from Ukraine-based neo-Nazi group "Wotan Jugend" [https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/09/04/the-hardcore-russian-neo-nazi-group-that-calls-ukraine-home/]. RAM members met Wotanjugend leader Alexei Levkin in Ukraine in 2018.

2:06 PM · Apr 8, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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On the Russian Imperial Movement’s RECENT international contacts: In November 2019 RIM’s Stanislav Shevchuk took part in an international conference organized by Spain’s far-right National Democracy party. Check out participants here : https://t.co/C1GEyMcNKh https://t.co/oEDA8Z9OGE

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The Russian Imperial Movement now recruits new members online (using @Google forms) off the global terrorist designation by @StateDept. RIM Leaders Gariev and Vorobyev cast the designation as an attack on Christianity, open up by describing themselves as "white Christians".

9:06 AM · Apr 8, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The Russian Imperial Movement’s Stanislav Shevchuk toured Washington, DC with American white nationalist Matthew Heimbach - @cjcmichel 's 2017 article. I'd add that (a dwindling number of) social media associated with Shevchuk suggest that he practices law in Barcelona, Spain. https://t.co/O6EB6PAdrJ https://t.co/xmJqKj0b72

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: On the Russian Imperial Movement’s RECENT international contacts: In November 2019 RIM’s Stanislav Shevchuk took part in an international conference organized by Spain’s far-right National Democracy party. Check out participants here : http://democracianacional.org/dn/31535/

8:19 PM · Apr 7, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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The Russian Imperial Movement’s Stanislav Shevchuk toured Washington, DC with American white nationalist Matthew Heimbach - @cjcmichel 's 2017 article. I'd add that (a dwindling number of) social media associated with Shevchuk suggest that he practices law in Barcelona, Spain.

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7:19 PM · Apr 7, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The Russian Imperial Legion, "combat wing" of the Russian Imperial Movement cast participation of its fighters in wars in Ukraine, Syria, Lybia, CAR as a crusade. "We kill anti-Christians in the Middle East, schismatics in Novorossiya[...]new direction is North & Central Africa" https://t.co/R5DhaoSmiO

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: On VK ex-DNR defense minister Igor Strelkov congratulates "respected comrades" the Russian Imperial Movement on @StateDept Specially Designated Global Terrorist designation, calls it a "high award" from "enemies of Russia and the Russian people".

11:34 AM · Apr 7, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The Russian Imperial Legion, "combat wing" of the Russian Imperial Movement cast participation of its fighters in wars in Ukraine, Syria, Lybia, CAR as a crusade. "We kill anti-Christians in the Middle East, schismatics in Novorossiya[...]new direction is North & Central Africa"

10:38 AM · Apr 7, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The Russian Imperial Movement - designated today as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, or SDG by @StateDept - continues unimpeded on @instagram. In a new video RIM's leader Denis Gariev talks plans to launch an online training course on "combat tactics, medicine" .

5:31 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Turns out my article on the undeniable ties between the Azov Regiment of Ukraine's @ng_ukraine and the neo-Nazi, per Anton Shekhovstov, party the National Corps didn't please the party's International Secretary Apparently my findings aren't disputed tho https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-azov-regiment-has-not-depoliticized/

8:40 PM · Apr 2, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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As @Facebook embraces a partisan anti-disinfo partner in Ukraine, here's your reminder that in 2016 Facebook apparently held a conference call with a Fake Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst who went by "David Jewberg" and specialized in fear-mongering https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2018/04/02/curious-case-david-jewberg-fake-senior-pentagon-russia-analyst/

Matthew Schaaf @schfm

Facebook chooses anti-disinfo partners in Ukraine in part based on assessments by @factchecknet. Unfortunately, the "assessment" is conducted by only one person, also from Ukraine. This cannot possibly be considered a legitimate and complete assessment. https://t.co/ZXaPycsFWB https://t.co/FqM7300dnV

3:54 PM · Mar 27, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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.@Facebook should take a hard look at apparent ties to Ukrainian far right (for starters to neo-Nazi figure Arseniy Bilodub/Klimachov) of a particular disinformation expert on the rooster of its new fact-checker partner in Ukraine

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

The picture of Marko Suprun’s relationship with far right wouldn’t be complete without this video -from 2017 event @Alexey__Kovalev mentions -suggesting that Suprun became “brothers” with Bilodub -leader of 🇺🇦neonazi band “Sokyra Peruna”-in a ritual that involved bloodletting https://t.co/7VzpJUadGj https://t.co/sFOQutrf4K

10:42 AM · Mar 27, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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China to provide Ukraine with assistance during the pandemic, per Ukraine's President. Zelenskiy today mentioned expected regular deliveries of respirators, tests, safety suits for medics, more. Per Ze, Ukrainian doctors consult with counterparts in Wuhan https://www.president.gov.ua/news/zvernennya-glavi-derzhavi-shodo-prodovzhennya-borotbi-z-koro-60329

3:44 PM · Mar 26, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Thoughts? In light of thinly-veiled threats from his opponents, chants of "Out with Zelenskiy!" at March 14th nationalists- and far right-led volunteer rallies - SHOULD Zelenskiy seek additional democratic mandate for consequential moves re Donbass?

12:08 PM · Mar 26, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Meanwhile another leader of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement", nationalist Andriy Levus openly states re Zelenskiy's government that the goal is to remove "all of these chaps from power". "We are getting ready for massive spring walks when days get warmer". https://t.co/k96Vcx6Lq7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Make no mistake: Zelenskiy's opponents deny legitimacy to his government as s a whole. "The President, Cabinet, Parliament, Prosecution, law enforcement (силовики) are infected with pro-Russian Revanche", Andriy Levus, leader of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" writes.

12:08 PM · Mar 26, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Make no mistake: Zelenskiy's opponents deny legitimacy to his government as s a whole. "The President, Cabinet, Parliament, Prosecution, law enforcement (силовики) are infected with pro-Russian Revanche", Andriy Levus, leader of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" writes. https://t.co/irjsGcOf0P

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: At March 14th "March of Patriots" rally in Kyiv that culminated with "Out with Zelenskiy!" chants, Levus of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" addressed the crowd next to the likes of Biletsky and Karas, who repped the far-right Azov Movement and C14 organization respectively

12:08 PM · Mar 26, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Meanwhile another leader of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement", nationalist Andriy Levus openly states re Zelenskiy's government that the goal is to remove "all of these chaps from power". "We are getting ready for massive spring walks when days get warmer".

12:08 PM · Mar 26, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: If Zelenskiy "wants to live in peace with his nation", Basarab writes, he "must seek understanding with the active [as opposed to supposedly "passive" Ze voters] part of the society grounded in the belief in the strong state (державницький світогляд)" [read Nationalism?].

12:08 PM · Mar 26, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Thread. "Not even a hypothetical anti-Maidan will support Zelenskiy": In Ukraine more thinly-veiled threats to Zelenskiy, apparent dismissal of elections' results, and talk of "removal from power" from his opponents in the nationalists-led "Resistance to Capitulation Movement"

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Thread. "Not even a hypothetical anti-Maidan will support Zelenskiy": In Ukraine more thinly-veiled threats to Zelenskiy, apparent dismissal of elections' results, and talk of "removal from power" from his opponents in the nationalists-led "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" https://t.co/BYkoRxlpbZ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Statement by Mykhailo Basarab of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement", apparently suggests that impressive 2019 elex victories gave Zelenskiy only "formal legitimacy", whereas to obtain "real legitimacy" he should seek understanding with "the active part of the civic society".

12:08 PM · Mar 26, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Ukraine's Health Minister says the country's hospitals won't be able to handle an influx of patients, stresses that it's important to localize coronavirus spread. Yemets likens the current situation to a surgery, "impossible to save lives with masks and disinfectants alone" https://t.co/7DaAkIiAvx

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Yemets who yesterday denied allegations that he was to resign, says that "some deliberately create obstacles to the ministry's work". Sticking to the time-honored tradition, Yemets also blamed predecessors (without naming them) for "almost completely" ruining the healthcare.

9:08 PM · Mar 25, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Ukraine may see a "catastrophic number" of coronavirus victims: statement by Ukraine's Health Minister Illya Yemets. The minister says the worst-case scenario is likely if the ministry's efforts "are further hampered". Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJh-DfOt3DI https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1242981720380583936/video/1

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Ukraine may see a "catastrophic number" of coronavirus victims: statement by Ukraine's Health Minister Illya Yemets. The minister says the worst-case scenario is likely if the ministry's efforts "are further hampered". Full video: https://t.co/BjP9yLnjdR https://t.co/bWvKpSMwJx

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Ukraine's Health Minister says the country's hospitals won't be able to handle an influx of patients, stresses that it's important to localize coronavirus spread. Yemets likens the current situation to a surgery, "impossible to save lives with masks and disinfectants alone"

9:08 PM · Mar 25, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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I'll leave you with the following image. That's younger Ihor in the "International Peace Support Training Center"(Yavoriv), THE major military training hub where Western allies work with Ukrainian troops https://t.co/6WDtnc0XB4

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Should it even be a surprise that an openly neo-Nazi instructor (on the left) in Ukraine's "Desna" military training center who rubs shoulders with Western instructors [

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11:01 AM · Mar 25, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine: priests throw "holy water" on the streets in a town close to Kyiv. Seemingly a recent video. Coronavirus-related “measures”? Plenty of facepalms where this came from https://www.facebook.com/groups/mistoinform/permalink/1059398237760543/ IMO Ты Уйдешь by Комиссар fits perfectly https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1242434667762135041/video/1

8:54 AM · Mar 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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"I mean same-sex marriages first and foremost [...] are the cause of coronavirus," says Honorary Patriarch of Orthodox Church of Ukraine Filaret , who was embraced by top Western politicians, leaders. https://t.co/Su6tbCV2iR

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: For years Patriarch Filaret [now blames same-sex marriage for coronavirus] was engaged, boosted by the top US, Western officials, politicians as a peacemaker.

2:37 PM · Mar 22, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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"I mean same-sex marriages first and foremost [...] are the cause of coronavirus," says Honorary Patriarch of Orthodox Church of Ukraine Filaret , who was embraced by top Western politicians, leaders. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1241796038224117765/video/1

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@kooleksiy: When the National Corps bluntly state (as they do in the title of that video) that "National Corps" = Azov these claims are backed by facts. Unlike claims of those who for some reason claim that the Regiment and the internationally-active far-right party are separated.

11:13 AM · Mar 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The Azov Regiment and the National Corps party even cross-post. Look at this blog on the Steinmeier formula. The blog is found on both the Regiment's site [https://t.co/j4LKCE9s3f] and the site of the National Corps [https://t.co/KG5ilb8ygM] https://t.co/Fn5XwIcKZA

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: Although it's somewhat older, I'm not sure that the alleged depoliticization of the Azov Regiment is backed by the Regiment boosting the National Corps', other Azov movement branches propaganda via its official Twitter. Plenty(!) of examples of this.

10:49 AM · Mar 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: The Azov Regiment and the National Corps party even cross-post. Look at this blog on the Steinmeier formula. The blog is found on both the Regiment's site [https://azov.org.ua/formula-shwarcnegera/] and the site of the National Corps [https://nationalcorps.org/formula-shtajnmara-dorozhnja-karta-kaptuljac-ukrani/]

10:42 AM · Mar 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: In another challenge to Azov's alleged "depoliticization", the Minister of Internal Affairs Avakov admitted publicly that he meets with the leader of the National Corps party Biletsky to talk Regimental matters https://nv.ua/ukraine/politics/ya-ne-chlen-izbiratelnogo-shtaba-poroshenko-glava-mvd-ukrainy-arsen-avakov-otvetil-na-voprosy-nv-50012092.html

10:27 AM · Mar 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Azov Regiment's current commander is happy to meet former leaders of the Azov Regiment, political leaders of the Azov movement, talk the movement as a whole with them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2Y3XYgSjY

10:12 AM · Mar 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Ukraine’s PM Shmygal met with the ambassador of China Wednesday to discuss economic cooperation and coronavirus response, says Beijing offered “emergency humanitarian assistance”. Shmygal thanked China for “unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”

1:07 AM · Mar 19, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Russian neo-Nazi Levkin leader of Wotanjugend led ideological indoctrination in the Azov Regiment of @ng_ukraine. That's per 2017 video allegedly recorded at the Regiment's base. In the video Levkin talks to Yurchenko, ideologist of Azov's National Corps https://t.co/Ulrdk5a6XO https://t.co/ZThS9DKd4C https://t.co/JDkmjtlGYk

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Azov Regiment never de-politicized. The current commander Denys "Redis" Prokopenko, has been with Azov since 2014, came, per "Redis" himself, from the milieu of Dynamo Kyiv soccer hooligans. The photos are from a 2014 rally. The cover is of Azov's own zine "The Black Sun".

6:24 PM · Mar 18, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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In which @ChristopherJM shows off his "Ukraine knowledge". The very rally featured in the NYT photo is from the "Patriot March" organized by very much far-right and nationalist actors, Azov was welcome there, gave speeches, whereas Golos organized Bankova protest the day before.

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Limonov memorably spun Ukraine's war against Russian aggression as Kyiv's imperialistic struggle to preserve its "patchwork empire" against supposed desires of its Russian speakers, regions with historic ties to Poland, Romania. https://t.co/OxQIhOzsxO

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In 2018 Limonov tweeted out his "will". He wasn’t talking literature or any of that rebel, bohemian stuff. He called (“in case I don’t make it”) to “take all Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine into Russia, starting with Kharkiv” and to “partition Kazakhstan with China”.

4:37 PM · Mar 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Limonov memorably spun Ukraine's war against Russian aggression as Kyiv's imperialistic struggle to preserve its "patchwork empire" against supposed desires of its Russian speakers, regions with historic ties to Poland, Romania. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1239981177982910464/video/1

2:25 PM · Mar 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: "Members of the Parliament are infected with the virus of treason", the "National Corps" statement re March 17th rally says, "The virus of treason needs to be stopped. Otherwise, the nationalists will quickly come up with medicine to cure that sickness fast".

7:42 PM · Mar 16, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Despite the ban on public events in Ukraine, and 2 Covid-19 cases reported in Kyiv, far-right Azov movement/"National Corps" party announced a rally for March 17 demanding Rada shutdown for the duration of the nationwide quarantine.

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Ukrainian far-right group "Tradition and Order" makes an appearance in Germany's Rostock. This photo was posted to the group's dedicated @telegram German channel. The TO has a reputation for violence. Last year it claimed that it launched a German chapter.

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Ukrainian far-right group “Tradition and Order” claims that it LAUNCHED a CHAPTER in GERMANY. That group has a record of violence. Some members fought in the war against Russia, received advanced military training beyond that, and pass it to others. Members learn firearms, MMA https://t.co/1VAh1GoP2I

11:00 AM · Mar 16, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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"To those in Ukraine who bet on Russia: it will be over with soon [...]our peacekeeping forces will come to Moscow, Kuban to help those savage tribes live in a cultured way, like normal European nations". In front of the embassy of Russia today C14's Karas echoed 1929 Martynet. https://twitter.com/jonathbruns/status/1238765045636530176 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1238965130953662465/video/1

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"Зелю геть!" (Out with Zelenskiy) as "March of Ukrainian Volunteers" organized by the far-right Azov, others is nearing the Embassy of Russia in Kyiv IT IS Azov's Dmytro Shatrovsky, head of the Public Council in Zelenskiy's Ministry of Veterans Affairs leading anti-Ze chants. https://t.co/PqdEONnFiy

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Far-right, anti-Zelenskiy unity in Kyiv. "It doesn't matter who's against us, Moscow [...] or the internal enemy[...] We will come for them soon". In front of the Embassy of Russia, leader of C14 groups addresses the rally led by the Azov movement. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TAfXIj0iJE https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1238895378445058048/video/1

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@kooleksiy: "Зелю геть!" (Out with Zelenskiy) as "March of Ukrainian Volunteers" organized by the far-right Azov, others is nearing the Embassy of Russia in Kyiv IT IS Azov's Dmytro Shatrovsky, head of the Public Council in Zelenskiy's Ministry of Veterans Affairs leading anti-Ze chants. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1238877998587273219/video/1

1:21 PM · Mar 14, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Russian neo-Nazi Levkin leader of Wotanjugend led ideological indoctrination in the Azov Regiment of @ng_ukraine. That's per 2017 video allegedly recorded at the Regiment's base. In the video Levkin talks to Yurchenko, ideologist of Azov's National Corps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chu5MDuab_E https://twitter.com/ColborneMichael/status/1238859729679585280 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1238872642502918144/video/1

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Ukrainian volunteers rally in Kyiv today. One event "Mach of Patriots" culminated with chants of "Out with Zelenskiy" (Зелю Геть!) in front of @APUkraine, various anti-Zelenskiy figures including leaders of far-right Azov, C14 addressing the crowd. ~5000 participants, per police

10:04 AM · Mar 14, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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A recent @AtlanticCouncil blog stressed that there's a distance between the Azov Regiment of @ng_ukraine and far-right National Corps party. You may wanna trust your own eyes though. What I see in this video is the Regiment being a prop for leaders of the National Corps. https://t.co/DJ8LpTNCSU

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: "If needed we'll respond in the same way we responded to Russians in 2014". Leader of far-right Azov Biletsky accused @ZelenskyyUa of treason today. Days ago soldiers of @ng_ukraine Azov Regiment posed in a video with leaders of Biletsky's party= ad for March 14 Volunteers March https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1238543557063061504/video/1

3:12 PM · Mar 13, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Who gets it?

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@kooleksiy: Telegram channel (7000+ subscribers) ostensibly linked to the far-right Azov movement has been inciting readers against “pro-Russian” Ukrainian politicians, individuals for days, NOW it also pushes neo-Nazi propaganda

12:46 PM · Mar 13, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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WOW! @poroshenko party member, 🇺🇦 Rada deputy Mykhailo Bondar just personally vouched in court for neo-Nazi "Volkov" detained yesterday with a group of Azov movement members who disrupted Sivoho event. "Volkov" is an unabashed neo-Nazi. Source: https://t.co/okPFcw1XE8 https://t.co/utouoWAkDO

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: .@poroshenko's Member of Rada Mykhailo Bondar [just vouched for neo-Nazi "Volkov"]confirms in court that he'll vouch for all detained in yesterday's Sivoho disruptions, says @ZelenskyyUa government pressures those who fought against Russia. So much for Azov not having MPs in Rada

11:34 AM · Mar 13, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: WOW! @poroshenko party member, 🇺🇦 Rada deputy Mykhailo Bondar just personally vouched in court for neo-Nazi "Volkov" detained yesterday with a group of Azov movement members who disrupted Sivoho event. "Volkov" is an unabashed neo-Nazi. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HsKy7mVROI

11:13 AM · Mar 13, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Can't make this up! "Volkov" the openly neo-Nazi member of the group that attacked Sivoho today is glorified by the Veterans Movement of Ukraine, the org with huge influence in the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of🇺🇦 Previously "Volkov" accosted MP Buzhansky https://t.co/fXaziaqIRS https://t.co/6r6tmHbGFQ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "When Azov gets active in the streets [...] it benefits Avakov [Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine]. When Azov attacks Sivoho - look for Avakov", says “Ukrainian Railways” Supervisory Council member, political commentator Leshchenko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4THHbEOHQ https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1238200938965450756/video/1

4:31 PM · Mar 12, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Today's National Corps attack on Sivoho came after earlier a @telegram channel apparently linked to the Azov movement ran a poll asking which ["pro-Russian"] politician should be "pressed" next [after Buzhansky]. https://t.co/YWSlwQeYN0 The Channel follows Sivoho incident, etc. https://t.co/dI9LpipHKD

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Can't make this up! "Volkov" the openly neo-Nazi member of the group that attacked Sivoho today is glorified by the Veterans Movement of Ukraine, the org with huge influence in the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of🇺🇦 Previously "Volkov" accosted MP Buzhansky https://www.facebook.com/593487700798924/posts/1598153210332363/?d=n

3:28 PM · Mar 12, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Another member of the National Corps group that confronted Sivoho today, "Volkov", recently accosted Ukrainian MP Buzhansky. "Volkov" is a veteran of the Azov Regiment. A recent photo shows "Volkov" with "Nord Storm" neo-Nazis that I tweeted about earlier https://t.co/cmNFc5RUFI https://t.co/B71WAtcsRL

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Today's National Corps attack on Sivoho came after earlier a @telegram channel apparently linked to the Azov movement ran a poll asking which ["pro-Russian"] politician should be "pressed" next [after Buzhansky].

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

In Ukraine, a Telegram channel (5000+ followers) ostensibly linked to far-right Azov movement runs a poll asking which ["pro-Russian"] politician should be "pressed" next. That's after "Servant of the People" MP Buzhansky was accosted, his car egged by a group of Azov veterans. https://t.co/xaztMunxam

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@kooleksiy: Another member of the National Corps group that confronted Sivoho today, "Volkov", recently accosted Ukrainian MP Buzhansky. "Volkov" is a veteran of the Azov Regiment. A recent photo shows "Volkov" with "Nord Storm" neo-Nazis that I tweeted about earlier

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@kooleksiy: Here's Vladyslav Sobolevsky, Maxim Zhorin, leaders of far-right National Corps party - both part of today's incident with Sivoho - visiting the Azov Regiment in early 2019 (they do it a lot, but I'll limit myself to one example) to chat with the Regiment's current commander.

8:36 AM · Mar 12, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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The Department of State "2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Ukraine" mentions @BcatMonitoring @bellingcat reporting on the state "national-patriotic education" project funding that went to branches of far-right groups National Corps and C14 https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/ukraine/

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@kooleksiy: In September 2018 Azov’s "First Nationalist Hub" was launched by the leader of the movement Biletsky who said then: “Ukrainian youth will develop here intellectually and spiritually”. Apparently, It turned out to mean neo-Nazis training to use knives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgzy2Xg4770

12:35 PM · Mar 9, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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In September 2018 Azov’s "First Nationalist Hub" was launched by the leader of the movement Biletsky who said then: “Ukrainian youth will develop here intellectually and spiritually”. Apparently, It turned out to mean neo-Nazis training to use knives https://t.co/rhsb2oWtMY https://t.co/1kYGQd0Lin

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In an apparent testament to the global nature of white supremacy, the "Nord Storm" group in Ukraine’s Kharkiv drew praise online from ... American Robert Rundo of the far-right “Rise Above Movement”. “Respect!”, Rundo commented on a post by the group.

12:35 PM · Mar 9, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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"Nord Storm" posts firearms training videos, sells its own merchandise. Members are seen with banners of Wotan Jugend and Misanthropic Division (groups embraced in the Azov movement) https://t.co/4lK4YTn7R1

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: While in some posts "Nord Storm" members' faces are blurred, there's no consistent effort to hide. The same individuals (also ID-able by ink, voices, etc) appear on Azov's social media described as National Militia activists. Azov's pages also mention Nord Storm as a partner.

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While in some posts "Nord Storm" members' faces are blurred, there's no consistent effort to hide. The same individuals (also ID-able by ink, voices, etc) appear on Azov's social media described as National Militia activists. Azov's pages also mention Nord Storm as a partner. https://t.co/2TfOul6b6w

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: One Nord Storm figure apparently has a leadership role in Azov’s Kharkiv branch. The individual appears in a macabre summer 2019 performance (masked, recognizable by tattoos) of the National Militia, 2019 New Year video from the National Corps, more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao4OSPYQCT0&feature=emb_title

12:35 PM · Mar 9, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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“How many have you killed yourself? [...] your life only benefits the Jews” in a video seen by thousands on @Telegram, @Instagram masked men, members of Kharkiv-based Nord Storm recite a poem by Russian neo-Nazi Voevodin praising "racial holy war". https://t.co/CIppoKSuFe

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: On social media Kharkiv-based "Nord Storm" - that openly operates out of Azov’s First Nationalist Hub where it holds knife fighting classes- describes itself as grounded in "straight edge" ideology, talks about "creative destruction", "putting fear and pain into souls"

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On social media Kharkiv-based "Nord Storm" - that openly operates out of Azov’s First Nationalist Hub where it holds knife fighting classes- describes itself as grounded in "straight edge" ideology, talks about "creative destruction", "putting fear and pain into souls" https://t.co/HJV2RQk5Fa

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Nord Storm" posts firearms training videos, sells its own merchandise. Members are seen with banners of Wotan Jugend and Misanthropic Division (groups embraced in the Azov movement)

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@kooleksiy: “Bringing Ukrainian order” is the motto of Azov’s National Militia wing that recently celebrated its 3rd anniversary [

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In Kyiv with torches, daggers raised in the air ”National Militia", street wing of far-right the Azov movement, celebrated its 3rd anniversary today. https://t.co/J6mN6I4ang https://t.co/kQqpENhmOo

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“Bringing Ukrainian order” is the motto of Azov’s National Militia wing that recently celebrated its 3rd anniversary [https://t.co/p4rGvhuHrJ]. But in Kharkiv National Militia members are behind “Nord Storm”, a group that recently honored Russian neo-Nazi murderer Alexey Voevodin https://t.co/mX05POrMlU

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: “How many have you killed yourself? [...] your life only benefits the Jews” in a video seen by thousands on @Telegram, @Instagram masked men, members of Kharkiv-based Nord Storm recite a poem by Russian neo-Nazi Voevodin praising "racial holy war".

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Contacts between Robert Rundo, leader of American far-right group "Rise Above Movement", and Ukraine's Azov movement COULD predate RAM's 2018 European tour [background: https://t.co/MT77dvXTS7] by years - Rundo's apparent old profile on Russian VK social network suggests https://t.co/VZQKKDdR9q

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Dormant (since April 2015) profile of "Rome Desalvio" - first and last names Rundo has used - on Russian VK social network https://vk.com/id278119699 shows that Rundo followed "Reconquista Europe" page run by the International Secretary of Azov's National Corps

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@kooleksiy: Contacts between Robert Rundo, leader of American far-right group "Rise Above Movement", and Ukraine's Azov movement COULD predate RAM's 2018 European tour [background: https://www.rferl.org/a/azov-ukraine-s-most-prominent-ultranationalist-group-sets-its-sights-on-u-s-europe/29600564.html] by years - Rundo's apparent old profile on Russian VK social network suggests

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In Ukraine, a Telegram channel (5000+ followers) ostensibly linked to far-right Azov movement runs a poll asking which ["pro-Russian"] politician should be "pressed" next. That's after "Servant of the People" MP Buzhansky was accosted, his car egged by a group of Azov veterans.

10:43 PM · Mar 7, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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In Ukraine, a Telegram channel (5000+ followers) ostensibly linked to far-right Azov movement runs a poll asking which ["pro-Russian"] politician should be "pressed" next. That's after "Servant of the People" MP Buzhansky was accosted, his car egged by a group of Azov veterans. https://t.co/xaztMunxam

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: Buzhansky, a controversial "pro-Russian" figure drew ire in February when he refused to honor the memory of the Heavenly Hundred. In response, an influential figure in the Azov movement (and Ministry of Veterans Affairs) Shatrovsky responded with thinly veiled threats online.

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Per Razumkov center, Ukrainians are not quite as enamored with Honcharuk as western commentariat. They’re growing disillusioned with Zelenskiy too. More Ukrainians now believe that both were in power long enough to be judged based on performance http://razumkov.org.ua/napriamky/sotsiologichni-doslidzhennia/otsinka-gromadianamy-diialnosti-vlady-riven-doviry-do-sotsialnykh-instytutiv-ta-politykiv-elektoralni-oriientatsii-gromadian-liutyi-2020r

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Minister of Veterans Affairs Koliada - now out with Honcharuk - was supported by Azov, Veterans Brotherhood, Veterans Movement of Ukraine. Having lost their minister these orgs will want to show the gov why it needs to take them seriously. That’s what March 14 rally is about. https://t.co/GZoGyKUNLm

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: A recent @AtlanticCouncil blog stressed that there's a distance between the Azov Regiment of @ng_ukraine and far-right National Corps party. You may wanna trust your own eyes though. What I see in this video is the Regiment being a prop for leaders of the National Corps. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1235961674609364993/video/1

11:13 AM · Mar 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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March 14 “March of Ukrainian Volunteers” organized by “Veterans brotherhood” [branch of far-right Azov movement] is clearly a political event. VB’s head Shatrovsky also leads Veterans Movement of Ukraine that holds immense influence in Ukraine’s Ministry of Veterans Affairs. https://t.co/5EVMiiiYWq

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Minister of Veterans Affairs Koliada - now out with Honcharuk - was supported by Azov, Veterans Brotherhood, Veterans Movement of Ukraine. Having lost their minister these orgs will want to show the gov why it needs to take them seriously. That’s what March 14 rally is about.

8:58 AM · Mar 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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This is all that there’s to know re the supposed distancing of the Azov Regiment of Ukraine’s National Guard from political, other wings of far-right Azov movement. Shatrovsky, head of Azov’s “Veterans Brotherhood” uses the Regiment as a prop in an ad for March 14 rally in Kyiv. https://t.co/z49jaWDgaS

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: March 14 “March of Ukrainian Volunteers” organized by “Veterans brotherhood” [branch of far-right Azov movement] is clearly a political event. VB’s head Shatrovsky also leads Veterans Movement of Ukraine that holds immense influence in Ukraine’s Ministry of Veterans Affairs.

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This is all that there’s to know re the supposed distancing of the Azov Regiment of Ukraine’s National Guard from political, other wings of far-right Azov movement. Shatrovsky, head of Azov’s “Veterans Brotherhood” uses the Regiment as a prop in an ad for March 14 rally in Kyiv.

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@kooleksiy: Per @ukrpravda_news , Ryaboshapka was fired despite pressure from the USA. He was also backed by G-7 ambassadors it seems. Zelenskiy didn’t endear all of the above by dropping Ryaboshapka. On the other hand the West won’t get love from Ze for trying to force him to keep R.

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“I don't give a rat's ass" - Zelenskiy fumed today in Poltava - "Those who make money by engaging in corruption have to be in jail". That was Ze's response when a local businessman told him local elected politicians "had no choice but to make money by engaging in corruption" https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1235604377097789441/video/1

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On his social media, Ihor can be seen along with other ostensible "Desna" instructors doing drills with cadets of that West-backed military center. He often openly wears clothing items, patches with recognizable neo-Nazi symbols https://t.co/fNNYdrOyfd

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: Ihor's case raises questions regarding the vetting of Ukrainian trainees of Western military programs in Ukraine, as well as Ukraine's military apparent tolerance for neo-Nazis in their ranks, in positions where they can indoctrinate others, normalize neo-Nazism

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Ihor's case raises questions regarding the vetting of Ukrainian trainees of Western military programs in Ukraine, as well as Ukraine's military apparent tolerance for neo-Nazis in their ranks, in positions where they can indoctrinate others, normalize neo-Nazism https://t.co/h6btlZuiFV

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: I'll leave you with the following image. That's younger Ihor in the "International Peace Support Training Center"(Yavoriv), THE major military training hub where Western allies work with Ukrainian troops

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@kooleksiy: Reports by Ukraine's military, Ihor's own social media, other reports show him working as an instructor in the "Desna", including alongside Canadian instructors, and with leading Ukrainian tactical medicine experts.

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Reports by Ukraine's military, Ihor's own social media, other reports show him working as an instructor in the "Desna", including alongside Canadian instructors, and with leading Ukrainian tactical medicine experts. https://t.co/0kHG1Htz7T

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: On his social media, Ihor can be seen along with other ostensible "Desna" instructors doing drills with cadets of that West-backed military center. He often openly wears clothing items, patches with recognizable neo-Nazi symbols https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1235485566386520065/video/1

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It is now clear that the individual (named Ihor) who posted the images and was seen with a neo-Nazi flag is currently an instructor in Ukraine's "Desna" Center, and a graduate of a program supported, per Ukraine's General Staff, by @USEmbassyKyiv and @CanadianForces https://t.co/XkSMw7rPWg

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Despite years of openly professing to be a neo-Nazi online and IRL, Ihor - associated with last names Ohorodniychuk and Bashynskyi online - appears to work alongside Western military trainers in Ukraine, is accepted by "Desna Leadership", other instructors.

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Ukraine: An in-your-face neo-Nazi graduated in 2018 from a tactical medicine program supported, per the military of Ukraine, by the Canadian military and the USA. He now trains Ukrainian cadets in the "Desna" center, sometimes alongside Canadian instructors. Thread

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Ukraine: An in-your-face neo-Nazi graduated in 2018 from a tactical medicine program supported, per the military of Ukraine, by the Canadian military and the USA. He now trains Ukrainian cadets in the "Desna" center, sometimes alongside Canadian instructors. Thread https://t.co/6Sr5xY33Oa

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Earlier I tweeted about a group that has posed with a flag of the neo-Nazi "Misanthropic Division" in the famed "Desna":

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Apparently in this photo trainees(?) in the 205th Tactical Medical Training Centre in Desna, Ukraine pose with a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division group. This photo was posted to social media last year by the individual whose face is clearly visible in the image. https://t.co/2zCOO2YK1a

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Earlier I tweeted about a group that has posed with a flag of the neo-Nazi "Misanthropic Division" in the famed "Desna": https://t.co/oewDDjhTaH One member of that group was also seen with a Canadian instructor who-on a separate occasion- appeared next to @HarjitSajjan in Ukraine https://t.co/6jkVFdVaGE

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: It is now clear that the individual (named Ihor) who posted the images and was seen with a neo-Nazi flag is currently an instructor in Ukraine's "Desna" Center, and a graduate of a program supported, per Ukraine's General Staff, by @USEmbassyKyiv and @CanadianForces

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In an important signal to the world Honcharuk [now-former PM of Ukraine] praised President Zelenskiy in Rada: “Our President is an honest and decent person. During my work with him I have not even once received an illegal command. There hasn’t been even a hint of unfair play”.

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Ukraine’s Rada sacks the government of Honcharuk. Hopefully this means a farewell to the leadership of the Ministry of the Veterans Affairs that relied on and boosted notorious far-right organizations - Azov and C14- and figures, accused murderers.

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In Kyiv with torches, daggers raised in the air ”National Militia", street wing of far-right the Azov movement, celebrated its 3rd anniversary today. https://t.co/J6mN6I4ang https://t.co/kQqpENhmOo

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "5th column and Russia, the degenerate government bent on selling off Ukrainian land, economic crisis and masses of socially unprotected" the leader of far-right "Azov" Biletsky painted the challenges ahead, telling the crowd of hundreds(?)it may be "the most important year yet"

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In Kyiv with torches, daggers raised in the air ”National Militia", street wing of far-right the Azov movement, celebrated its 3rd anniversary today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbqTHJ9TzU

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Lawyer of former Prosecutor General Shokin told media that 🇺🇦’s National Bureau of investigations has registered a criminal proceeding into alleged pressure on Shokin by Joe Biden- @interfaxua reports. Per lawyer, alleged pressure was bc Shokin’s PGO investigated Burisma.

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@kooleksiy: Leader of openly neo-Nazi violent Karpatska Sich (now embraced by the VMU, a group with evident influence in the Ministry of Veterans Affairs in @zelenskyyua government) PARTICIPATED in the neo-Nazi "Day of Honor" in Budapest in 2019 where he posed with Ukrainian flag.

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@kooleksiy: Meanwhile the Azov Regiment (military wing of far-right Azov movement that embraces the likes of “Rise Above Movement”) writes about @AtlanticCouncil “American analytical center made a stand in defense of Azov”, thanks the author for “supporting the image of the unit abroad”.

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@kooleksiy: After listening to “Popular Front” for like a year for free I figured enough is enough (and I want more!) and made use of Patreon. I know fully well how much work (and team work!) goes into quality product. Doing it independently the way @Jake_Hanrahan deserves support.

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.@Alexey__Kovalev isn’t fully accurate though in that Marko Suprun participated in 2017 event in question (funded by 🇺🇦government by the way) with lead singers of two bands, not 1, beloved by 🇺🇦far right: Komu Vnyz, and neo-Nazi “Sokyra Peruna” https://t.co/kPWXIOWUqk

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Suprun’s suggested (that’s by a person sitting next to him in 2017) “brothers” relationship with lead singer of neo-Nazi Sokyra Peruna band is of interest because he appeared on @cnn yesterday opining on separating opinion from fact https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/02/23/the-hill-releases-long-awaited-review-of-journalist-who-spread-ukraine-conspiracy.cnn

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The picture of Marko Suprun’s relationship with far right wouldn’t be complete without this video -from 2017 event @Alexey__Kovalev mentions -suggesting that Suprun became “brothers” with Bilodub -leader of 🇺🇦neonazi band “Sokyra Peruna”-in a ritual that involved bloodletting https://t.co/7VzpJUadGj https://t.co/sFOQutrf4K

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: .@Alexey__Kovalev isn’t fully accurate though in that Marko Suprun participated in 2017 event in question (funded by 🇺🇦government by the way) with lead singers of two bands, not 1, beloved by 🇺🇦far right: Komu Vnyz, and neo-Nazi “Sokyra Peruna”

5:20 PM · Feb 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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The picture of Marko Suprun’s relationship with far right wouldn’t be complete without this video -from 2017 event @Alexey__Kovalev mentions -suggesting that Suprun became “brothers” with Bilodub -leader of 🇺🇦neonazi band “Sokyra Peruna”-in a ritual that involved bloodletting https://twitter.com/Alexey__Kovalev/status/1118802194369785856 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1232067698785427456/video/1

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You have to love it! Azov movement's International wing praises @AtlanticCouncil's new blog Generally, Azov's international wing is busy forging ties with far right internationally, USING AZOV REGIMENT as a selling point, SO earning their praise is wow! https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

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That’s just bad from @A_SHEKH0VTS0V and @AtlanticCouncil : Azov Regiment commanders acknowledge the leader of National Corps Biletsky as their “leader”, the Regiment aligned itself with NC on multiple occasions. There’s explicitly a revolving door within the Azov movement, etc.

Anton Shekhovtsov @A_SHEKH0VTS0V

In my piece for the Atlantic Council, I explain - in layperson's terms - why the arguments for designating the Ukrainian "Azov" Detachment as a foreign terrorist organisation in the US do not hold water: https://t.co/ZHQ7JxKDL7

8:52 AM · Feb 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Former Ukraine’s President Poroshenko now says that attention to coronavirus distracts @ZelenskyyUa from Putin’s attacks. “Regrettably the government has dived into applied virology, and as per usual misses Putin’s attacks. Putin is a larger danger than coronavirus”.

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Ukrainian Diplo gives own reading (again) of what Ukraine’s Natsec Council head said, per @ukrpravda_news, which was “we realize that it wasn’t ONLY locals that participated[...]there were people with no relation to Sanzhary[...] professionals[...] who instigate, then disappear” https://t.co/eN4UsdVBip https://t.co/b2dq0WiEDr

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Remarkably that assertion re professional instigators by head of Ukraine’s Natsec Council contradicts a representative of @MVS_UA who stated that “over 25 individuals that have been identified” ARE LOCALS. “Info re presence of nonlocals is being checked”.

10:14 AM · Feb 22, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukrainian Diplo gives own reading (again) of what Ukraine’s Natsec Council head said, per @ukrpravda_news, which was “we realize that it wasn’t ONLY locals that participated[...]there were people with no relation to Sanzhary[...] professionals[...] who instigate, then disappear”

olexander scherba @olex_scherba

Ukraine’s National Security Council: the attempts to block Wuhan refugees were instigated by non-locals. #coronavirus https://t.co/yxk4eO9Yu6

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More to come? "It turned out to be a conspiracy theory", reporter @yurchenko_alisa corrects herself after speculating earlier that a particular group of coronavirus rioters in 🇺🇦 weren’t locals. They just didn’t look the part to her. Her initial post was cited by several media. https://t.co/47y6jPQ04l

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Consider that yesterday @ZelenskyyUa himself apparently repeated speculations that some coronavirus protesters just didn’t look the part, didn’t look like villagers when he talked about “virusologists in track suits” caught on camera. The narrative got ahead of facts it seems.

7:52 AM · Feb 22, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy Филь бернь

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Филя 2020!

8:56 PM · Feb 21, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ease up on foreign meddling, paid thugs takes for now at least Here’s what 🇺🇦 police actually said re those arrested during coronavirus protests: “In total 24 individuals were taken in[...]ALL are locals[...]but today as we analyze the situation we also see non locals there” https://t.co/eWKosBJOne

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: More to come? "It turned out to be a conspiracy theory", reporter @yurchenko_alisa corrects herself after speculating earlier that a particular group of coronavirus rioters in 🇺🇦 weren’t locals. They just didn’t look the part to her. Her initial post was cited by several media.

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@kooleksiy: In which @ABC repeats @BuzzFeedNews claim that Ukraine’s Secret Service pointed to “outside the country” as the source of an email linked by some to yesterday’s coronavirus riots. NO @ServiceSsu only said that a foreign email spoofing service was used

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@kooleksiy: Ease up on foreign meddling, paid thugs takes for now at least Here’s what 🇺🇦 police actually said re those arrested during coronavirus protests: “In total 24 individuals were taken in[...]ALL are locals[...]but today as we analyze the situation we also see non locals there” https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1230951890931920896/video/1

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Kremlin's readout of Putin - Erdogan phone call says the "The need for unconditional respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic was emphasized". I bet Ukraine would love some of that too http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/62845

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Zelenskiy’s domestic opponents, in the party of former President @poroshenko apparently accuse @ZelenskyyUa of timing the arrival of Wuhan evacuees [met with protests, violence by locals] to “overshadow the memory of Maidan victims”. https://t.co/BUf9y15Ljt

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Member of Ukraine’s Rada with Poroshenko party [not so]aptly named “European Solidarity” compares Zelenskiy to coronavirus, says “Ze Virus” is worse.

8:18 AM · Feb 21, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Ukraine locals terrified that evacuees (Ukrainians) from Wuhan were brought in CLASHED with the police in Novi Sanzhary (Poltava region), set fires to thwart buses with evacuees. @RFERL video. Prime minister, minister of Internal Affairs arrived to diffuse the conflict. https://t.co/PBsQVOlWfS https://t.co/egGvMtBOpo

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Social media posts by apparent Novi Sanzhary residents, who protested Wuhan evacuees arrival, are literal cries for help, claim locals received no “warning”, “fear for their safety, kids safety” “We’re afraid because we don’t know what to expect[...]completely government’s fault”

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Zelenskiy’s domestic opponents, in the party of former President @poroshenko apparently accuse @ZelenskyyUa of timing the arrival of Wuhan evacuees [met with protests, violence by locals] to “overshadow the memory of Maidan victims”.

12:09 AM · Feb 21, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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.@BuzzFeedNews writes that, per Ukraine’s Security Service, viral coronavirus email linked by some to violent protests in Novi Sanzhary “had been sent from OUTSIDE the country”. BUT it’s NOT what @ServiceSsu stated. The article in question: https://t.co/pqp9nTYxrC https://t.co/241AwzN2dX

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In contrast to @BuzzFeed claim Ukraine’s Secret Service statement linked in the article says only that “the email was mass sent USING one of FOREIGN email SERVICES that allow to SPOOF sender ADDRESS”. @ServiceSsu doesn’t say that the email “originated” from outside Ukraine, etc.

11:22 PM · Feb 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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.@BuzzFeedNews writes that, per Ukraine’s Security Service, viral coronavirus email linked by some to violent protests in Novi Sanzhary “had been sent from OUTSIDE the country”. BUT it’s NOT what @ServiceSsu stated. The article in question: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/coronavirus-ukraine-china

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"- I'm trying to go to Valhalla - ... 2 doors down" Ukraine's foreign volunteers fun. Vid was posted in March 2018. The individuals were likely with the Georgian National Legion, a stop for many Western volunteers that came to join 🇺🇦 side. Source: https://instagram.com/biffthemerc https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1230579988409311241/video/1

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In Ukraine locals terrified that evacuees (Ukrainians) from Wuhan were brought in CLASHED with the police in Novi Sanzhary (Poltava region), set fires to thwart buses with evacuees. @RFERL video. Prime minister, minister of Internal Affairs arrived to diffuse the conflict.

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In Ukraine, per report, “radical right-wing groups, which were responsible for most of the documented incidents of violence against some human rights defenders, enjoyed broad impunity for their violent actions”

Matthew Schaaf @schfm

The summary of the report on attacks on human rights defenders in #Ukraine in 2019 is out! We documented 83 incidents last year, including a lot of violent assaults, arson attacks on cars, threats, and more. Read it here: https://t.co/u7wYPS3yTS https://t.co/94UzrZYAQE

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@kooleksiy: On social media Azov's Semenyaka also has explained to an interested party in late 2018 that 🇺🇦 legislation created obstacles to foreigners who wanted to join Azov. As we see in this exchange some apparently traveled to Ukraine to join Azov but settled for Ukraine's Marines.

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@kooleksiy: I don’t know the full extent of earlier contacts between members, branches of Azov and reported American extremists but as far back as January 2016 Andrew Oneshchuk , who went on to join Atomwaffen Division, appeared on a podcast linked at the time to the Azov movement.

6:34 PM · Feb 18, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Azov National Corp's International Secretary also used the Azov Regiment as a selling point while talking to the Nordic Resistance Movement, said that the training for foreigners she bragged about would take pace "in the east at our base" apparently referencing the Azov Regiment. https://t.co/rQu8q7JD2Y

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: I'm not aware if "patriotic camps where foreigners can join" that Azov's Semenyaka bragged about to neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement actually materialized, but the interview (along with other instances) informs an understanding of Azov's sought after demographic in the West

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@kooleksiy: Azov National Corp's International Secretary also used the Azov Regiment as a selling point while talking to the Nordic Resistance Movement, said that the training for foreigners she bragged about would take pace "in the east at our base" apparently referencing the Azov Regiment.

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@kooleksiy: In social media comments, interview with neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (https://archive.org/details/TheFashCastAnthologyWithoutImages/page/n17/mode/2up) Azov's National Corps figure Semenyaka spoke of “Not the best time to join Azov” but bragged about an opportunity for foreigners to train "in military tactics, shooting & more".

6:34 PM · Feb 18, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Speaking in Toronto on Feb 22nd is Andriy Levus leader of "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" that issued an ultimatum ("protests will seize to be peaceful"

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Warm and fuzzy about Kyiv Protests disappears if you look at organizers' statements. Co-org-s of today's Kyiv rally "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" issues an ULTIMATUM to Zelenskiy, warns of Ze's "Resignation", says "protests will Seize to be Peaceful" if demands aren't met https://t.co/wXV7nReosc

10:59 AM · Feb 18, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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When attacked by Russia, listening to "foreign partners" = losing: Ukraine's foreign minister Prystaiko tells @respekt_cz re tensions between Minsk and Moscow. The other option is "fight right away" https://www.respekt.cz/tydenik/2020/8/ukrajinci-to-risknout-chteji A message to/reflection about Ukraine's own allies here?

7:29 PM · Feb 17, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Challenging homophobic attitudes and fighting for equality in Ukraine made these vets a target. “Pylypenko organised the 1st military column at Kyiv Pride[...] Months later, he was attacked by another veteran[...]Davydenko was assaulted outside of his apartment by a group of 5”

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Report by @cxemu suggesting that Russia’s Patrushev secretly met with Zelenskiy in Oman gets no love from ex-investigative reporter Leshchenko who calls it “speculations”. Leshchenko landed a high-paid job in state-owned “Ukrainian Railways” after he supported Ze during the elex

Lucian Kim @Lucian_Kim

Kremlin calls @radiosvoboda report a "lie" that Nikolai Patrushev, head of Russian Security Council, secretly met with Zelenskiy in Oman last month. (Earlier, Zelenskiy's office also denied the report.) https://t.co/4Fnbfht9eZ

5:10 PM · Feb 14, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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The MMA gym in Ukraine's Odessa where, apparently, member of RAM "Robert Smithson" was seen in late 2018-early 2019 -when other members of that American far-right group faced charges in the USA - is, per Azov's National Corps site, associated with its branch in the city. https://t.co/nfE5byAlXz

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Member of California-based white supremacist “Rise Above Movement” “Robert Smithson” seemingly trained with Ukraine’s far-right Azov in Odessa as RAM’s other members faced charges in the USA. He’s likely seen (1st left) in the video posted in Feb 2019 by Azov’s “SK Legion” gym https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1228021314222469121/video/1

1:21 PM · Feb 13, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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In what may indicate larger ties between America's RAM and Ukraine's far-right Azov [read about their ties: https://t.co/MT77dvXTS7] in late 2018 -early 2019 "Smithson", recognizable by his unique ink, seemingly appeared in photos, videos taken in Azov's MMA gym in Odessa. https://t.co/mYj0hifY8Y

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The MMA gym in Ukraine's Odessa where, apparently, member of RAM "Robert Smithson" was seen in late 2018-early 2019 -when other members of that American far-right group faced charges in the USA - is, per Azov's National Corps site, associated with its branch in the city.

11:14 AM · Feb 13, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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No mention of Ukraine in the proposed bill requiring terrorist threat assessment of foreign violent white supremacist extremist groups BUT related press release brings up "battlefields in Ukraine", "white supremacist extremists seeking training from neo-Nazi militant groups"

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American white nationalist figure Robert Rundo was in Budapest with another “Rise Above Movement” member who goes by “Robert Smithson”. Photos posted on RAM’s Gab show the two together. “Smithson” is also seen in some images from the "Day of Honour" neo-Nazi event in Budapest. https://t.co/E9ZJVGjHPv

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In what may indicate larger ties between America's RAM and Ukraine's far-right Azov [read about their ties: https://www.rferl.org/a/azov-ukraine-s-most-prominent-ultranationalist-group-sets-its-sights-on-u-s-europe/29600564.html] in late 2018 -early 2019 "Smithson", recognizable by his unique ink, seemingly appeared in photos, videos taken in Azov's MMA gym in Odessa.

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It is known (read the thread⬆️) that Robert Rundo leader of American far-right group "Rise Above Movement" was in Budapest recently. Now a video by @democ_de appears to show him during the "Day of Honour" neo-Nazi event in Budapest last weekend. https://t.co/6NAdTg5bVg

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: American white nationalist figure Robert Rundo was in Budapest with another “Rise Above Movement” member who goes by “Robert Smithson”. Photos posted on RAM’s Gab show the two together. “Smithson” is also seen in some images from the "Day of Honour" neo-Nazi event in Budapest.

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@kooleksiy: According to a report by @rosaluxstiftung [http://rosalux.org.ua/ua/publications/196-ultra-right-violence-monitoring-2018-2019], during 2018-2019 Azov's National Corps, and C14 targeted for violence LGBT and feminist activists, politicians, reporters, others. At the same time Azov and C14 were embraced by Ukraine's Veterans Ministry.

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@kooleksiy: The U.S. will partner with 🇺🇦's Veterans Ministry, local orgs on a $ 5 million (per the US Embassy) U.S.-funded project on Veterans Reintegration - @StateDept official Joseph Pennington, Deputy Chief of Mission stated in Kyiv. Read full statement here https://ua.usembassy.gov/acting-deputy-chief-of-mission-joseph-penningtons-remarks-at-the-veteran-reintegration-program-launch-of-phase-2/

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Opinion piece by @MaxRose4NY and @Ali_H_Soufan argues for designating international white supremacist groups as foreign terrorist organizations, mentions Ukraine’s Azov, other groups, conflict in Ukraine. “United States law has not caught up to the new threat we face”

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@kooleksiy: It is known (read the thread⬆️) that Robert Rundo leader of American far-right group "Rise Above Movement" was in Budapest recently. Now a video by @democ_de appears to show him during the "Day of Honour" neo-Nazi event in Budapest last weekend.

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In what can also be indicative of that group's international ties on January 1st "Revolt Through Tradition" wrote that 2020 would be "time for education and networking". The group's site emphasizes the goal "to establish connections world wide". https://t.co/KdxI8eOST1

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: All in all, it looks like the US now has one more far-right group looking up to Ukraine's far-right Azov movement, and intent on building international ties. Is it just RAM leaders' side project? At this point, your guess is as good as mine.

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Apparently members of "Revolt Through Tradition" visited old stomping grounds of RAM in Kyiv, Azov's cultural center in downtown Kyiv, the "Cossack House" [read @ColborneMichael for more on the venue https://t.co/cjw202xw1U] https://t.co/Dn8MqhGYj7

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: In what can also be indicative of that group's international ties on January 1st "Revolt Through Tradition" wrote that 2020 would be "time for education and networking". The group's site emphasizes the goal "to establish connections world wide".

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Ties between American far-right group "Revolt Through Tradition" and Ukraine's Azov movement may go beyond admiration from afar. In January 2020 RTT posted videos, images from Kyiv, Ukraine. The video explicitly emphasized "Learn", "Network", etc, messages. https://t.co/hDvooAwKbi

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Apparently members of "Revolt Through Tradition" visited old stomping grounds of RAM in Kyiv, Azov's cultural center in downtown Kyiv, the "Cossack House" [read @ColborneMichael for more on the venue https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-inside-the-extremist-group-that-dreams-of-ruling-ukraine-1.6936835]

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"Revolt Through Tradition" also shared a link to an article on Nietzsche by the International Secretary of the Azov movement Olena Semenyaka https://t.co/2ePHm8eC8N

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: Ties between American far-right group "Revolt Through Tradition" and Ukraine's Azov movement may go beyond admiration from afar. In January 2020 RTT posted videos, images from Kyiv, Ukraine. The video explicitly emphasized "Learn", "Network", etc, messages.

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In September "Revolt Through Tradition" praised the "Young Flame Festival" [check here: https://t.co/Gx4u2giqpc] organized near Ukraine's capital Kyiv by the Azov movement. "it truly sets the bar high for everyone", RTT wrote on Twitter. The event was also praised by RAM https://t.co/BVtmRizbil

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: "Revolt Through Tradition" also shared a link to an article on Nietzsche by the International Secretary of the Azov movement Olena Semenyaka

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"Revolt Through Tradition" an East Coast-based group, per its social media pages, appears to follow in the footsteps of RAM as far as emphasis on combat sports, and leaning towards RAM's known foreign backers - Ukraine's Azov. https://t.co/gOZvxN5Ny3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In September "Revolt Through Tradition" praised the "Young Flame Festival" [check here:

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

In Kyiv far-right the National Corps throws free “Young Flame” Festival cast as celebrating “Ukrainian traditions”, and “our [Azov] movement”. Apparently both, per organizers, include “hass”(hate), “Übermensch“, „ultraviolence” other neonazi/white nationalist parlance. Watch: https://t.co/Ddj2xA8NBX

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Since June (coincidentally that's also when charges against 3 RAM members were dismissed) "Revolt Through Tradition" produced several promotional videos apparently showing that group's members training in MMA, doing banner drops, etc in various locations in the USA. https://t.co/pby6oaTTCO

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: "Revolt Through Tradition" an East Coast-based group, per its social media pages, appears to follow in the footsteps of RAM as far as emphasis on combat sports, and leaning towards RAM's known foreign backers - Ukraine's Azov.

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While publishing blogs by RAM's internationally-minded Rundo, and fundraising for RAM, "Our Fight Clothing Co" site and social media pages also promoted what seems like a new American far-right group with some likeness to RAM - "Revolt Through Tradition" https://t.co/Wdxh0RPXym

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: Since June (coincidentally that's also when charges against 3 RAM members were dismissed) "Revolt Through Tradition" produced several promotional videos apparently showing that group's members training in MMA, doing banner drops, etc in various locations in the USA.

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It's not just ideology that freed members of RAM are apparently busy with. Rundo's most recent blog (February 8, 2020) on "Our Fight Clothing Co" site details his trip to Serbia and meetings with the far right there https://t.co/toyz99otcY https://t.co/WJduGONFjw

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: While publishing blogs by RAM's internationally-minded Rundo, and fundraising for RAM, "Our Fight Clothing Co" site and social media pages also promoted what seems like a new American far-right group with some likeness to RAM - "Revolt Through Tradition"

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@kooleksiy: It's not just ideology that freed members of RAM are apparently busy with. Rundo's most recent blog (February 8, 2020) on "Our Fight Clothing Co" site details his trip to Serbia and meetings with the far right there http://archive.ph/EFqqx

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@kooleksiy: In October "Our Fight Clothing Co" site published "Intangible Goals" (app-ly penned by "Grady Wilhelm, Robert Rundo and Rise Above Movement"), a text that reads like a manifesto http://archive.ph/fi3Cr suggesting a way towards "a widespread American nationalist Street Movement".

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Robert Rundo leader of far-right "Rise Above Movement" is app-ly busy building ties with European far right after charges against him were dismissed in June. At the same time, a new group in the USA "Revolt Through Tradition" is taking after RAM in building ties to Ukraine's Azov https://t.co/TcRctW0VHE

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Apparently, that's Robert Rundo with "Green Arrows" band after "Festung Budapest" concert just days ago. Since U.S. District Court dismissed charges against three members of RAM last June, Rundo is apparently back to linking American far right to European counterparts.

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Robert Rundo leader of far-right "Rise Above Movement" is app-ly busy building ties with European far right after charges against him were dismissed in June. At the same time, a new group in the USA "Revolt Through Tradition" is taking after RAM in building ties to Ukraine's Azov

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Wanna talk about apparent backers of violent far right in Ukraine’s Parliament? Consider that leader of notorious C14 group Karas is listed as an Aide to MP Ihor Huz (Ігор Гузь) on the latter’s Rada page. https://itd.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/14674

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@kooleksiy: In a statement regarding SSU's actions "1 plus 1" says that "conducting a search of reporters for an investigative program that is linked to that program's role in exposing wrongdoings is a first in the history of Independent Ukraine" https://media.1plus1.ua/ua/news/vidkrytyi_lyst_hrupy_11_media_z_pryvodu_dii_sluzhby_bezpeky_ukrainy

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In a statement regarding SSU's actions "1 plus 1" says that "conducting a search of reporters for an investigative program that is linked to that program's role in exposing wrongdoings is a first in the history of Independent Ukraine" https://t.co/Rk8gkygZFE https://t.co/JKUE2kzwcR

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In response to SSU searches that followed an audio leak that embarrassed 🇺🇦's leaders, "1 plus 1" channel writes: “Wrongdoings exposed by this and other investigative programs mostly don't get a reaction from the law enforcement, instead reporters themselves are persecuted ."

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@kooleksiy: Betting on Ukraine’s failure? Asked about low polling the leader of far-right Azov, Biletsky says that current ratings won’t matter in 6-7 months when, he predicts, country will descend into crisis. "Ukraine is facing an impending economic catastrophe" https://youtu.be/9gR7BBQNJKk https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1224925953769590784/video/1

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Pompeo is “grateful” to Ukraine’s Metropolitan Epifaniy for “efforts to promote tolerance and respect for all”. Epifaniy described LGBT as “obtruded by the West” and "sin", met with leaders of far-right, anti-LGBT groups. More on this in my June report https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/06/21/calls-to-fight-lgbt-people-by-ukrainian-cleric-emblematic-of-churchs-proximity-to-far-right/

Secretary Pompeo @SecPompeo

St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery was breathtakingly beautiful and an amazing monument to #Ukraine’s cultural and religious history. Grateful to His Beatitude for this experience, as well as his continued efforts to promote tolerance and respect for all in Ukraine. https://t.co/Oy2QWG0Pag

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Pompeo Snubs Ukraine’s Embattled LGBTQ Community, @annanemtsova writes https://t.co/uboB0w49TU Pompeo, BY CONTRAST, met in Kyiv with Metropolitan Epifaniy who has described LGBT as “obtruded by the West” and "sin". https://t.co/LmPdF8WO0o

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Ukraine's Metropolitan Epifaniy embraced today by @SecPompeo has met with the leader of notorious far-right Azov movement Biletsky, anti-LGBT groups in Ukraine. More on Epifaniy's Church Proximity to Far Right in Ukraine in my June report for @bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/06/21/calls-to-fight-lgbt-people-by-ukrainian-cleric-emblematic-of-churchs-proximity-to-far-right/

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Pompeo Snubs Ukraine’s Embattled LGBTQ Community, @annanemtsova writes https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-pompeo-snubs-ukraines-embattled-lgbtq-community Pompeo, BY CONTRAST, met in Kyiv with Metropolitan Epifaniy who has described LGBT as “obtruded by the West” and "sin".

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Zelenskiy in his PAST as a comic pulled few punches in ridiculing the government, but NOW his government drafted a disinformation law that some say reflects Zelenskiy’s inability to deal with unfavorable coverage, anonymous attacks online. Trimmed 🎼 is Kvartal 95 in Jurmala 2016 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1223272872904445952/video/1

UNHumanRightsUkraine @UNHumanRightsUA

We urge #Ukraine to avoid unnecessary restrictions on media. Current provisions of the draft law on #disinformation may undermine #MediaFreedom, trigger self-censorship & put journalists at risk of prosecution for doing their work. The draft needs further inclusive consultations. https://t.co/GbRVqAbPUk

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@kooleksiy: This week the Veterans Affairs Ministry supported Azov's torchlight March in Kharkiv that culminated in a speech by Azov's leader Biletsky who took a swipe at Zelenskiy comparing the President's policies to the ones that led to defeat of Ukrainian forces in 1918 Battle Of Kruty

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Poignant re the Far Right in Ukraine, before and under Zelenskiy from @freedomhouse "Individuals with strong interests in sustaining far-right activity continue to hold positions of power in the new government" ↘️

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“All Together” (Всі Разом) organization- now apparently embraced by Zelenskiy MP Yurash - is behind ongoing nationwide campaigns to thwart LGBT events, ban “homosexual propaganda”, etc., and its leader Ruslan Kukharchuk sided against LGBT with violent far-right groups. https://t.co/4mFLDPaD0O

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Before Zelenskiy MP Yurash participated in the forum of Kukharchuk’s “All together” anti-LGBT org, Zelenskiy Spox @IuliiaMendel in 2019 took part in Kukharchuk’s Novomedia forum=a charm offensive by religious, anti-LGBT conservatives aimed to woo reporters

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Zelenskiy’s Spox @IuliiaMendel was a speaker at Novomedia forum in Kyiv organized by a key anti-LGBT figure Ruslan Kukharchuk who leads a campaign to ban “propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas” in 🇺🇦. @openDemocracy reported on last year’s forum https://t.co/la552f5HNs https://t.co/ltg2CVrGph

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Less and less doubt that 300+ conservative group in Rada “Values.Dignity. Family” and it’s leader 23y.o. Zelenskiy party MP Yurash HAVE ANTI-LGBT AGENDA. YURASH just spoke at the forum of Ukraine’s leading anti-LGBT organization “All Together”(Всі Разом). https://t.co/FY5J2OF6HV https://t.co/SLr5YTWxVS

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: “All Together” (Всі Разом) organization- now apparently embraced by Zelenskiy MP Yurash - is behind ongoing nationwide campaigns to thwart LGBT events, ban “homosexual propaganda”, etc., and its leader Ruslan Kukharchuk sided against LGBT with violent far-right groups.

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As 23 y.o. Zelenskiy party MP Sviatoslav Yurash finds himself a co-head of Rada's conservative group, his father Andriy is vying (&is favored?) to head a state office described by some as "Minister of Religions". Yurash fam may soon have quite a hold on 🇺🇦's "spiritual" domain. https://t.co/7SkQCzhkz3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Less and less doubt that 300+ conservative group in Rada “Values.Dignity. Family” and it’s leader 23y.o. Zelenskiy party MP Yurash HAVE ANTI-LGBT AGENDA. YURASH just spoke at the forum of Ukraine’s leading anti-LGBT organization “All Together”(Всі Разом). http://archive.fo/TFv1a

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@kooleksiy: “Ukrainians [...] won’t allow collaborators and corrupt officials to betray the Motherland again” - Ukraine’s Veterans ministry Facebook statement says as it promotes an event of far-right Azov movement (House Dems believe Azov should be on @StateDept Foreign Terrorist Org list).

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Blurred lines between Ukraine’s Ministry of Veterans Affairs and far-right Azov Movement are on display AGAIN. The ministry promotes Azov’s torchlight March in Kharkiv (commemorating the battle of Kruty), says the event will double as an official award ceremony for veterans.

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Breaking: A common contact between 🇺🇦’s far-right Azov and the Base’s Nazzaro Interviewing “Norman Spear”/Rinaldo Nazzaro in this video is “Blake Lucca” who assisted attempts to bring American neo-Nazis to join the Azov Movement in Ukraine in 2018 Read: https://t.co/1LLG0hOmnK https://t.co/xnOiM6x5nE https://t.co/1DHDAxqlwI

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In 2018 Azov's National Corps hosted Norwegian neo-Nazi Joachim Furholm who (hosted by NC near Kyiv) appeared on Blake Lucca's "Radio Wehrwolf " and invited listeners to join him in Ukraine, recommending the National Corps. Read @bellingcat’s : https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

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Breaking: A common contact between 🇺🇦’s far-right Azov and the Base’s Nazzaro Interviewing “Norman Spear”/Rinaldo Nazzaro in this video is “Blake Lucca” who assisted attempts to bring American neo-Nazis to join the Azov Movement in Ukraine in 2018 Read: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

SE Anti-Racist Action @SouthEastARA

#NormanSpear #RomanWolf #TheBase This, is Norman Spear AKA Rinaldo Nazzaro on video. That's Alexander Blake Luderman AKA Blake_Lucca who is a heavy player for the Misanthropic Division...at 23 years old. He has been in the movement for 8 years. Luderman: https://t.co/8NFkgo2ZMc https://t.co/D57tKrRgwJ

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@kooleksiy: @guardian Is this part of evidence supporting claims that suspected leader of the Base Rinaldo Nazzaro can be based in Russia? @jason_a_w mentions "a photograph matching public photos of “Norman Spear” atop advertisements for English lessons in St Petersburg" http://archive.md/7LdQ4

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@guardian Meanwhile, motion for detention of the Base members notes that one member, William Garfield Bilbrough IV, prepared to travel to Ukraine to fight, recruit other Base members to join him there. https://t.co/TS1tKYS7Zd https://t.co/YEurYz1ew3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Will we learn if suspected Russia-based leader the Base Nazzaro had anything to do with Bilbrough's preparations to travel to Ukraine "to fight with nationalists"? Per @guardian, neo-Nazis suspected Nazarro could work for the US, or Russia. Feds suspect him of working for Russia.

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How’s that for a plot twist? Per @guardian, behind neo-Nazi terror group the Base is a Russia-based man suspected by some neo-Nazis to be a plant of the US government or a foreign state, and suspected by the US law enforcement to be working for the Russian government. https://t.co/E8syZjsohn https://t.co/56tTb6DmbG

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: @guardian Meanwhile, motion for detention of the Base members notes that one member, William Garfield Bilbrough IV, prepared to travel to Ukraine to fight, recruit other Base members to join him there. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6664640-Patrick-Mathews-Detention-Motion.html

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How’s that for a plot twist? Per @guardian, behind neo-Nazi terror group the Base is a Russia-based man suspected by some neo-Nazis to be a plant of the US government or a foreign state, and suspected by the US law enforcement to be working for the Russian government.

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@kooleksiy: Sharp here ⬆️ re Ukraine’s international supporters:

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In this photo (left) Azov's Nikita Makeev - now a member of the Public Council of 🇺🇦's anti-corruption agency ARMA - is with head of neo-Nazi Wotan Jugend group (operates out of Ukraine), fellow far-right Russian emigre in Ukraine, Alexey Levkin. Makeev sports telling ink too https://t.co/SrPnHrnxyZ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Now a member of the Public Council of Ukraine's ARMA agency, in 2019 Azov's Nikita Makeev posted praise for the Christchurch shooter on Instagram - photo of a graffiti of the shooter as saint, along with an excerpt from a poem about the Crusades

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@kooleksiy: In this photo (left) Azov's Nikita Makeev - now a member of the Public Council of 🇺🇦's anti-corruption agency ARMA - is with head of neo-Nazi Wotan Jugend group (operates out of Ukraine), fellow far-right Russian emigre in Ukraine, Alexey Levkin. Makeev sports telling ink too

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Azov movement figure Nikita Makeev now sits on the Public Council of 🇺🇦's anti-corruption Asset Recovery and Management Agency(ARMA). Makeev made it on the Public Council (9 members total) along with 3 other candidates backed by Azov http://archive.md/ZD1bg h/t @ColborneMichael

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Former Transparency International, ex-Ukrainian gov figure, MP Klymenko torches Honcharuk's reported decision re Ukrainian Railways: "The government [...] talks about transparency[...] places Ukraine's biggest company under [DB] management SECRETIVELY, under no-bid conditions" https://t.co/8tqLI1EqcL

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The Supervisory board of Ukrainian Railways says that cooperation with Deutsche Bahn is "an initiative and the prerogative of the Ukrainian Government". SB apparently expects "more information". https://www.uz.gov.ua/en/press_center/up_to_date_topic/510920/

12:23 PM · Jan 23, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Meanwhile, Holos party MP Yulia Klymenko (formerly of @TI_Ukraine_eng), 1st Deputy Head of Transport & Infrastructure Committee in Rada expressed "shock" over reported Honcharuk's decision to have Deutsche Bahn run Ukrainian Railways https://t.co/pQ8zBTGNwI https://t.co/8sZbPTBLmU

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: Former Transparency International, ex-Ukrainian gov figure, MP Klymenko torches Honcharuk's reported decision re Ukrainian Railways: "The government [...] talks about transparency[...] places Ukraine's biggest company under [DB] management SECRETIVELY, under no-bid conditions"

8:35 AM · Jan 23, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Meanwhile, Holos party MP Yulia Klymenko (formerly of @TI_Ukraine_eng), 1st Deputy Head of Transport & Infrastructure Committee in Rada expressed "shock" over reported Honcharuk's decision to have Deutsche Bahn run Ukrainian Railways https://www.facebook.com/Klymenko.me/posts/2447610458826939

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E-Census in Ukraine puts country’s population at 37 million. In a 2019 interview oligarch Kolomoisky argued that to be considered a success Zelenskiy would have to preside over a 10% population increase. Kolomoisky expressed belief that Ukraine’s population stood at 35 million

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Here's a not infrequent occurrence: Tryzub next to the white supremacist symbols. In this case - Celtic Cross, Wolfsangel and apparently 88 numerical code. "Sport, Health, Nationalism" that graffiti reads https://t.co/bdXeLtnSf4

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Then there's the whole thing with variations of Tryzub used by internationally active (counter terrorism context) 🇺🇦 far-right groups like the Azov Movement (logos of branches - Azov Regiment, National Corps, National Militia, Veterans Brotherhood -included) and Karpatska Sich

6:51 PM · Jan 21, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Some 🇺🇦 far-right figures have Tryzub tattoos along with Nazi symbols like Totenkopf, etc. Case in Point: Serhiy Filimonov formerly of far-right C14, National Corps. Filimonov reportedly played a role in 2018 destruction of Romany camp in Kyiv. He traveled Europe, world too https://t.co/PxMmvPAO1T

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Here's a not infrequent occurrence: Tryzub next to the white supremacist symbols. In this case - Celtic Cross, Wolfsangel and apparently 88 numerical code. "Sport, Health, Nationalism" that graffiti reads

6:51 PM · Jan 21, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Just a few examples. Early iterations of the logo of violent Ukrainian far-right group C14 incorporated the white supremacist Celtic Cross into Tryzub https://t.co/K6ANBlpCS7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Some 🇺🇦 far-right figures have Tryzub tattoos along with Nazi symbols like Totenkopf, etc. Case in Point: Serhiy Filimonov formerly of far-right C14, National Corps. Filimonov reportedly played a role in 2018 destruction of Romany camp in Kyiv. He traveled Europe, world too

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@kooleksiy: Just a few examples. Early iterations of the logo of violent Ukrainian far-right group C14 incorporated the white supremacist Celtic Cross into Tryzub

6:51 PM · Jan 21, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: As 23 y.o. Zelenskiy party MP Sviatoslav Yurash finds himself a co-head of Rada's conservative group, his father Andriy is vying (&is favored?) to head a state office described by some as "Minister of Religions". Yurash fam may soon have quite a hold on 🇺🇦's "spiritual" domain.

4:04 PM · Jan 21, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s @HromadskeUA says it will take the case to the European Court of Human Rights after the Supreme Court of Ukraine ruled I favor of far-right C14 that sued Hromadske for describing them as "neo-Nazi".

Oksana Pokalchuk @OPokalchuk

The Supreme Court of Ukraine upheld the decisions in the case C14 vs @HromadskeUA (in favor of the former). #ICYMI C14, a violent group that openly attacked LGBTI, ethnic minorities & journalists, sued Hromadske for describing them as "neo-Nazi". https://t.co/iSe0x4eka3

9:57 AM · Jan 21, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy's MPs Yurash, Vasiuk siding with Voloshin (a member of the party of Putin ally Medvechuk) under the banner of conservatism (with seeming anti-LGBT bias) is remarkable. Yurash (23) is Rada's youngest MP, & an alumnus of @StateDept International Visitor Leadership Program https://t.co/bEfohlqrYj

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: Zelenskiy’s party MP Yurash who co-launched Rada conservative group is son of Andriy Yurash a @MKMS_Ukraine official who reportedly played a key role in the Orthodox ⛪️ of 🇺🇦 getting Tomos=a highlight of @poroshenko presidency. Yurash Sr congratulated Sviatoslav on Fb. Family biz

10:26 PM · Jan 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: @AlexKokcharov @fabrice_deprez @MKMS_Ukraine Apparently Sviatoslav’s dad is caught up in a controversial fight to head the State Service on Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience. Per Sviatoslav &reports, Yurash sr played a key role in 🇺🇦 getting Tomos. So we now have 2 generations of Yurash fam in the spirituality biz.

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@kooleksiy: "Soros and Co" can't change the fact that Ukraine is "one of the strongholds of traditionalism in Western Christian civilization", Voloshin, a member of the party of Putin's ally Medvedchuk, wrote. Voloshin also touted ties to "European, US conservative circles" and @briansbrown

11:33 AM · Jan 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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"Soros and Co" can't change the fact that Ukraine is "one of the strongholds of traditionalism in Western Christian civilization", Voloshin, a member of the party of Putin's ally Medvedchuk, wrote. Voloshin also touted ties to "European, US conservative circles" and @briansbrown https://t.co/CB1r7I7yPM

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Zelenskiy's MPs Yurash, Vasiuk siding with Voloshin (a member of the party of Putin ally Medvechuk) under the banner of conservatism (with seeming anti-LGBT bias) is remarkable. Yurash (23) is Rada's youngest MP, & an alumnus of @StateDept International Visitor Leadership Program

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Anti-LGBT bias is embedded in the newly formed conservative group of 300+ MPs in Ukraine's "Rada": Facebook post by co-head of the group Oleg Voloshin (Medvechuk's "Opposition Platform") suggests. "Values. Dignity. Family" group is co-led by Zelenskiy's party MPs Yurash, Vasiuk https://t.co/UKR6EGcDxg

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: "The Constitutional majority has no doubt that [...] sexual deviations - not so long ago punishable by committal to nuthouse - shouldn't be normalized and protected by the law" Oleg, Voloshin a co-leader (along with Zelenskiy's MPs, others) of Rada's new conservative group writes

11:33 AM · Jan 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Reports that Ukraine's Rada will have an inter-factional conservative, pro-family group of 300+ MPs are already embraced by 🇺🇦 anti-LGBT groups, figures. "Statements hint at countering LGBT", leader of violent anti-LGBT group “Tradition and Order” wrote on Telegram. https://t.co/PBzrnPBlW8

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Anti-LGBT bias is embedded in the newly formed conservative group of 300+ MPs in Ukraine's "Rada": Facebook post by co-head of the group Oleg Voloshin (Medvechuk's "Opposition Platform") suggests. "Values. Dignity. Family" group is co-led by Zelenskiy's party MPs Yurash, Vasiuk

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@Mortis_Banned @grudkev Family values – "It's more than a sweater vest!"™

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

@Mortis_Banned @grudkev I’m pretty sure it’s “Values. Dignity. Family” (Цінності. Гідність. Родина) although Tymoshenko’s Motherland role in this group - considering Tymoshenko’s history of prayer breakfast tourism, ties to the likes of Bob McEwen in the USA etc - is gonna be quite prominent.

2:49 PM · Jan 18, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Another "Servant of the People" MP Sviatoslav Yurash stated on Facebook post that he initiated creation of the inter-factional conservative, pro-family group, will co-lead it with MPs from "Opposition Platform", Poroshenko's "European Solidarity", Tymoshenko's "Fatherland",others https://t.co/SB4cqjTaaQ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Reports that Ukraine's Rada will have an inter-factional conservative, pro-family group of 300+ MPs are already embraced by 🇺🇦 anti-LGBT groups, figures. "Statements hint at countering LGBT", leader of violent anti-LGBT group “Tradition and Order” wrote on Telegram.

4:50 PM · Jan 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Another "Servant of the People" MP Sviatoslav Yurash stated on Facebook post that he initiated creation of the inter-factional conservative, pro-family group, will co-lead it with MPs from "Opposition Platform", Poroshenko's "European Solidarity", Tymoshenko's "Fatherland",others

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As of today 🇺🇦's Parliament apparently has a "conservative", "pro-family" inter-factional group numbering 300+ MPs. "Servant of the People" MP Oleksandr Vasiuk says he will play a role in the new group. Vasiuk was once described as "a coordinator of lawyers in Zelenskiy's team" https://t.co/Q3EBiZftRB

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: "Defense of eternal values of Ukrainian society, and thwarting attempts to destroy the fundamental natural law" is what the newly formed conservative group of allegedly 300+ MPs in Ukraine's Rada will focus on, per statement by Vasiuk, an MP from "Servant of the People"

4:50 PM · Jan 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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As of today 🇺🇦's Parliament apparently has a "conservative", "pro-family" inter-factional group numbering 300+ MPs. "Servant of the People" MP Oleksandr Vasiuk says he will play a role in the new group. Vasiuk was once described as "a coordinator of lawyers in Zelenskiy's team"

4:50 PM · Jan 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s Ministry of culture proposes mandatory self-identification for “distributors of mass info”. Some observers believe that’s @ZelenskyyUa reaction to the promulgation of popular anonymous Telegram channels leaking sensitive info, etc. http://mkms.gov.ua/files/InformPolityka.pdf

1:28 PM · Jan 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Public displays of apparent Nazi symbols by Veterans ministry's figures aren't limited to Azov's Shatrovsky. A member of the VMU-controlled Public Council, member of Azov Evhen Datsenko can be seen in his since-deleted Facebook photos donning a patch of Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler https://t.co/MXkMlstj7O

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Member of the Public Council of the Ministry, member of Azov Datsenko is apparently a member of "Route 88" biker club. That club's web-page leaves little to imagination as far as ideology http://archive.md/2XFwW In public photos members wear Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler patches

11:28 AM · Jan 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Evidently 🇺🇦 Veterans Ministry is the far right's stronghold in Zelenskiy's gov. It gets grotesque: last May, during a meeting with then-minister Friz and deputy (current minister) Koliada, head of the Ministry's Public Council wore a patch with symbols associated with Nazism. https://t.co/gFy0F3HX9t

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Public displays of apparent Nazi symbols by Veterans ministry's figures aren't limited to Azov's Shatrovsky. A member of the VMU-controlled Public Council, member of Azov Evhen Datsenko can be seen in his since-deleted Facebook photos donning a patch of Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler

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@kooleksiy: Evidently 🇺🇦 Veterans Ministry is the far right's stronghold in Zelenskiy's gov. It gets grotesque: last May, during a meeting with then-minister Friz and deputy (current minister) Koliada, head of the Ministry's Public Council wore a patch with symbols associated with Nazism.

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Thread. It’s Official: The Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine announces that the suspected murderer of reporter Oles Buzina, far-right C14 group figure Denys Polishchuk leads the working group on monitoring observance of rights of convicted veterans https://www.facebook.com/mva.gov.ua/posts/2704798119599581

11:28 AM · Jan 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy apparently confirms authenticity of the leaked Honcharuk recordings, orders to find leakers Does that mean that, as Honcharuk apparently said in the leaked conversation, Zelenskiy has a “fear” that “the Rothschilds” profiteer in Ukraine? https://t.co/RrPTSedZej https://t.co/nQnoz1Bnur https://t.co/hrVJe3DFJb

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Statement by @APUkraine says that Honcharuk told President that the first of the two leaked recordings(~5 minutes or so and contains “the Rothschilds” part) is from a meeting that lasted 5 hours. That suggests that it was chopped up, doctored.

8:27 AM · Jan 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@ChristopherJM The statement appears to confirm that the recordings are authentic but probably chopped up. I wonder about that “fear” of “the Rothschilds” profiteering part. There is no shortage of scapegoating of Soros and the Rothschilds in Ukraine now. Did it get to Zelenskiy?

8:22 AM · Jan 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Zelenskiy apparently confirms authenticity of the leaked Honcharuk recordings, orders to find leakers Does that mean that, as Honcharuk apparently said in the leaked conversation, Zelenskiy has a “fear” that “the Rothschilds” profiteer in Ukraine?

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@kooleksiy: Allegedly linked to Avakov, Azov's leader Korotkih paints a scenario under which "Azov [deemed a foreign terrorist organization by House Democrats] values" could be “scaled to all of Ukraine”: Global financial crisis ➡️millions of migrants return to 🇺🇦 ➡️migrants embrace Azov. 🤔

3:15 PM · Jan 16, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Prilepin, now reportedly an advisor for Constitutional change in Russia, boasted in 2019 about the body count ("results") his unit left in the war against Ukraine: "The points where most people died, my battalion was there". Source: https://t.co/PoVHnIUU8q https://t.co/BfJ7cavGLB https://t.co/LT22RFDExA

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: "No other field commander had the results that I had", Prilepin said in 2019 about his earlier role in the war against Ukraine. "One day everyone will read the documents [...] find out that in the points where the most people died, my battalion was there". https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1217585363113381889/video/1

6:12 PM · Jan 15, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Prilepin, now reportedly an advisor for Constitutional change in Russia, boasted in 2019 about the body count ("results") his unit left in the war against Ukraine: "The points where most people died, my battalion was there". Source: https://youtu.be/e5HM4VKHc3U?t=1234 https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1217559380373180417 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1217582086049148928/video/1

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@kooleksiy: In reports about the alleged leak, Ukrainian media focused on Honaruk's seeming admission of being "clueless about the economy", and characterization of Zelenskiy's understanding of the economy as "primitive [...] very simplistic".

3:21 PM · Jan 15, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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WHAT? moment: In an alleged leaked recording, Ukraine's PM Honcharuk seemingly talks to Cabinet members about Zelenskiy's "fear" that "Markarova (Minister of finance) and the Rothschilds, and others are profiteering" [from currency fluctuations in Ukraine] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obXePIggvdU

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@kooleksiy: @DevinAckles I'm wondering about the part of the leaked recording where PM Honcharuk (allegedly) talks about (Zelenskiy's ?) "Fear" that "Markarova and the Rothschilds are just profiteering". What can be referenced here?

2:40 PM · Jan 15, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Moldova’s oligarch Plahotniuc sanctioned by the US has a storied relationship with former Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko whom Plahotniuc described as his "old friend" (while standing next to Poroshenko) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU02Ph0NcjA

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Reporters praise Ukraine’s handling of the jet downing but domestic critics go after Ze HARD: Poroshenko’s MP Herashchenko: “🇺🇦 was forced to admit ...the plane was downed” Far-right Biletsky: “Zelenskiy tries to wait it out” Ex-deputy foreign minister: “Communications collapse”

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Here’s a higher quality picture of an apparent Canadian instructor with @HarjitSajjan in “Desna” training center in Ukraine. The same individual also appeared next to the person who is seen in the group photo holding a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division. https://t.co/MTHsYSqwel

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Sure, a neo-Nazi banner openly displayed by apparent trainees in the West-backed “Desna” training center is concerning but CONSIDER that self-described “pan-European nationalists” proselytized in the West-backed National Army Academy in Lviv. Big Thread:

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Thread. In Ukraine's state "National Army Academy" @ArmyAcademyUA a self-described "Pan-European nationalism" group "Centuria" apparently promoted far-right the Azov movement, "Natiocracy" to military cadets, future officers in a series of lectures /1 https://t.co/uhw5DuHnn8

4:31 PM · Jan 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Apparent open display of a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division in “Desna”, one of Ukraine’s largest military training centers hosting Western instructors, deserves scrutiny, and contacts of Canadian instructors with apparent neo-Nazi present yet another issue. https://t.co/Hax8kBy0kP

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Here’s a higher quality picture of an apparent Canadian instructor with @HarjitSajjan in “Desna” training center in Ukraine. The same individual also appeared next to the person who is seen in the group photo holding a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division.

7:45 AM · Jan 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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The individual seen with the Misanthropic Division banner, and next to apparent Canadian instructors, can also be found in a collection of photos posted on the Facebook page of "Desna" training center press service. The photos document "the final exam" of battlefield medics. https://t.co/B53GilDmLP

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Apparent open display of a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division in “Desna”, one of Ukraine’s largest military training centers hosting Western instructors, deserves scrutiny, and contacts of Canadian instructors with apparent neo-Nazi present yet another issue.

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The photo of a group posing with a "Misanthropic Division" banner was likely taken in the 205th Tactical Medical Training Centre [part of the 169th Training Centre (“Desna”)] in Desna, Ukraine. The latter hosted military instructors, delegations from Canada, the USA, Sweden, etc https://t.co/JSczIlfh3R

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The individual seen with the Misanthropic Division banner, and next to apparent Canadian instructors, can also be found in a collection of photos posted on the Facebook page of "Desna" training center press service. The photos document "the final exam" of battlefield medics.

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Numerous social media posts by the individual seen posing with a neo-Nazi banner, and - on other occasions - with apparent Canadian instructors in Ukraine, suggest his affinity for the Misanthropic Division, neo-Nazi symbols, etc. https://t.co/VbGx8N28K0

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The photo of a group posing with a "Misanthropic Division" banner was likely taken in the 205th Tactical Medical Training Centre [part of the 169th Training Centre (“Desna”)] in Desna, Ukraine. The latter hosted military instructors, delegations from Canada, the USA, Sweden, etc

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The person seen in the group photo with a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division has also posted photos of himself with apparent Canadian instructors, one of whom appeared next to the Minister of National Defence of Canada @HarjitSajjan during his visit to Desna last year. https://t.co/hY3vdzn21s

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Numerous social media posts by the individual seen posing with a neo-Nazi banner, and - on other occasions - with apparent Canadian instructors in Ukraine, suggest his affinity for the Misanthropic Division, neo-Nazi symbols, etc.

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Apparently in this photo trainees(?) in the 205th Tactical Medical Training Centre in Desna, Ukraine pose with a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division group. This photo was posted to social media last year by the individual whose face is clearly visible in the image. https://t.co/2zCOO2YK1a

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The person seen in the group photo with a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division has also posted photos of himself with apparent Canadian instructors, one of whom appeared next to the Minister of National Defence of Canada @HarjitSajjan during his visit to Desna last year.

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Apparently in this photo trainees(?) in the 205th Tactical Medical Training Centre in Desna, Ukraine pose with a banner of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division group. This photo was posted to social media last year by the individual whose face is clearly visible in the image.

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Suspect in 2016 murder of reporter Sheremet, Antonenko apparently had a real thing for Nazi, racist-themed imagery. In December 2016 he posted yet another Christmasy Santa-Claus-as-a-Nazi image. In January 2017 Antonenko shared a wordplay on N-word. https://t.co/drnTGGpvM5

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Suspect in the 2016 murder of reporter Pavlo Sheremet, Andriy Antonenko told "The Babel" that he is a victim of "an operation by [Russia's] the FSB carried out by the senior officials of the country [Ukraine]". Source: https://thebabel.com.ua/texts/40382-ce-operaciya-fsb-rukami-vishchih-posadovciv-krajini-figurant-spravi-pro-vbivstvo-pavla-sheremeta-andriy-antonenko-dav-velike-interv-yu-thebabelyu

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@kooleksiy: Recently Ukraine's National Guard @ng_ukraine fighter "Borzyi" could be seen donning a patch of the neo-Nazi Misanthropic Division in this @5channel December 2019 report https://youtu.be/vSVD2wWkALc?t=128 on the training of the Azov Regiment's machine gunners MD members served in the Azov

8:48 AM · Jan 4, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Neo-nazi "Misanthropic Division" group comes up in the case of Andrew Dymock who's facing terrorism charges in the UK. It's worth mentioning that as early as January 2016 Russian and Ukrainian members of that group claimed that it had "multiple cells in Europe".

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“Don’t happy, be worry!” Russian artist Nikolai Kopeikin with his vision of 2020 New Year’s cheer!

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Ukrainian far-right “Tradition and Order” - that now claims to have a chapter in Germany - can tap into the training one of its members (who apparently self-identifies as a national socialist) received from the European Security Academy in Poland. Read: https://t.co/95UfzrHOQ9 https://t.co/A9TfYUhVUy

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: As Ukraine’s “Tradition and Order” claims to have a chapter in Germany it’s worth noting: that group’s leaders have appeared with a leader of the Azov movement Sergey Korotkih, a 🇷🇺 neo-Nazi who after moving to 🇺🇦 worked in @MVS_UA , and is allegedly linked to its head Avakov.

3:30 PM · Dec 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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If true, the alleged branching out of Ukrainian far-right “Tradition and Order” into Germany follows in the footsteps of other 🇺🇦 orgs. For instance, the Right Sector reportedly had a chapter led by Munich-based Jurij Duschko. Duschko gave comments to the German media in the past https://t.co/cGFmAXuJln

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: Ukrainian far-right “Tradition and Order” - that now claims to have a chapter in Germany - can tap into the training one of its members (who apparently self-identifies as a national socialist) received from the European Security Academy in Poland. Read: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/08/30/ukrainian-far-right-fighters-white-supremacists-trained-major-european-security-firm/

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@AnalystMick @DittrichMiro There’s more information regarding firearms training, combat expertise , etc. available to “Tradition and Order”, and neo-Nazism in the organization, in my 2018 report for Bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/08/30/ukrainian-far-right-fighters-white-supremacists-trained-major-european-security-firm/

12:20 PM · Dec 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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As Ukraine’s far-right, anti-LGBT group “Tradition and Order” claims it now has a chapter in Germany it may also be worthwhile to read 2016 @EuromaidanPress reports about that group’s origins: https://t.co/6DkCSUdGHi https://t.co/RDXaqD27Xs https://t.co/d5uVWqjbK5

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: If true, the alleged branching out of Ukrainian far-right “Tradition and Order” into Germany follows in the footsteps of other 🇺🇦 orgs. For instance, the Right Sector reportedly had a chapter led by Munich-based Jurij Duschko. Duschko gave comments to the German media in the past

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@kooleksiy: As Ukraine’s far-right, anti-LGBT group “Tradition and Order” claims it now has a chapter in Germany it may also be worthwhile to read 2016 @EuromaidanPress reports about that group’s origins: http://reftlight.euromaidanpress.com/2016/10/31/revanche-opposition-nationalists-pledge-their-cooperation-with-the-authorities-part-1/ http://reftlight.euromaidanpress.com/2016/11/17/revanche-who-was-behind-the-emergence-of-tradition-and-order-part-2/

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Ukrainian far-right group “Tradition and Order” claims that it LAUNCHED a CHAPTER in GERMANY. That group has a record of violence. Some members fought in the war against Russia, received advanced military training beyond that, and pass it to others. Members learn firearms, MMA https://t.co/1VAh1GoP2I

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: Far-right “Tradition and Order” - that claims it now has a branch in Germany - appeared at rallies alongside the Azov movement/National Corps. Azov has a lasting relationship with Germany’s neo-Nazi “Dritte Weg” organization whose members often visit Kyiv on Azov’s invitation.

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Ukrainian far-right group “Tradition and Order” claims that it LAUNCHED a CHAPTER in GERMANY. That group has a record of violence. Some members fought in the war against Russia, received advanced military training beyond that, and pass it to others. Members learn firearms, MMA

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@ChristopherJM @Mike_Eckel @NBCInvestigates @KitRamgopal @RFERL Stanislav Batryn, the lawyer cited in this story, was seemingly -as per Batryn’s Facebook post - recommended by Victor Rud (bio is via Kyiv Post). How does he fit into that whole situation?

6:56 PM · Dec 28, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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It’s never too early for the US Embassy to praise someone as a “reformer” 2019 Williams on Ryaboshapka: “the 🇺🇸 Embassy [...] have been very pleased to be able to partner with you”. 2016 Pyatt on Lutsenko: “The new Prosecutor General[...] has a very good relationship with us”.

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A relevant historical parallel in the light of the endorsement Ukraine’s PG Ryaboshapka secured from Taylor: May 2016 then-ambassador Pyatt on Lutsenko’s appointment: “Lutsenko is a patriot. He’s clearly interested in building a European Ukraine” https://t.co/Qe8moUnebn https://t.co/4AmRbqceHP

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: August 2016 then-ambassador Pyatt on Lutsenko then-newly-appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine: “Lutsenko has a very good relationship with us” http://archive.md/17Btg# So how did that work out?

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@kooleksiy: A relevant historical parallel in the light of the endorsement Ukraine’s PG Ryaboshapka secured from Taylor: May 2016 then-ambassador Pyatt on Lutsenko’s appointment: “Lutsenko is a patriot. He’s clearly interested in building a European Ukraine” http://archive.md/dy67N

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Outgoing top US diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor throws his weight behind Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ryaboshapka, joins that Ukrainian official at a press briefing, touting planned re-attestation of Ukrainian prosecutors as “The major reform”. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APCW6Y6ebBA&feature=share

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@kooleksiy: Last week Ukraine's Minister of Veterans Affairs Koliada - despite her ministry's evident role as an enabler of the far right, including C14, and white nationalist Azov - was welcome at @UN, and met with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs @UschiMuller

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@kooleksiy: Another suspect in the murder of reporter Buzina, Medvedko sits on the Public Council of Ukraine's Ministry of Veterans Affairs. A prolific far-right figure, vigilante and activist Medvedko is seen on the left in this picture with now-veterans affairs minister Oksana Koliada

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@kooleksiy: Denys Polishchuk - who was previously a member of the Public Council of the State Service for Veterans Affairs, a predecessor of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs - stated online that he "was appointed" head of a working group linked to Ukraine's Ministry of Veterans Affairs.

11:28 AM · Dec 21, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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One of the suspected murderers of reporter Oles Buzina, Denys Polishchuk claims that he will play a role with Ukraine's Ministry of Veterans Affairs as head of a working group linked to the Ministry and tasked with monitoring observance of rights of imprisoned/arrested veterans.

11:28 AM · Dec 21, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: "Your relationship with Arsen Borysovych [Avakov] is ten times better than mine", Head of the Servant of the People Rada faction Arakhamia tells leader of far-right "National Corps” as the latter calls him "a clown", accuses Arakhamia of sending the police after protesters. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1207413830147551233/video/1

4:34 PM · Dec 18, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Pro-Trump media, Twitter embrace Appellate court ruling in Ukraine against director of the National Anti-corruption Bureau Artem Sytnyk over his failure to report $1000 -worth vacation that he apparently got for free. Court fined Sytnyk ~$140. Background:

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One can't discuss Avakov's alleged nefarious role in Ukraine, his ties to violent, far-right National Corps/Azov movement without considering that he's totally OK for some of DC's "best and brightest"

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The Far Right don't win elections in Ukraine but by "hijacking" the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, imposing themselves as representatives of Ukrainian veterans as a whole through "Veterans Movement of Ukraine" they now punch above their weight politically: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/11/11/ukraines-ministry-of-veterans-affairs-embraced-the-far-right-with-consequences-to-the-u-s/

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Comic relief: Do I have a story coming in February ... 2021!

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Ukraine's Minister of Veterans Affairs Oksana Koliada has embraced, boosted leaders of "extremist", (per @freedomhouse) "nationalist hate groups" (per @StateDept) - National Corps/Azov, and C14 in her ministry: https://t.co/Xp4OUy6LLJ Today she spoke at @UN General Assembly. https://t.co/LwENTUtNkY

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: @freedomhouse @StateDept @UN Koliada, Ukraine's Minister of Veterans Affairs, spoke at @UN 's GA today. In this May 2019 photo, she's with Medvedko, the accused murderer of reporter Buzina, and Shatrovsky of white nationalist Azov movement. Both sit on her ministry's Public Council: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/11/11/ukraines-ministry-of-veterans-affairs-embraced-the-far-right-with-consequences-to-the-u-s/

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Ukraine's Minister of Veterans Affairs Oksana Koliada has embraced, boosted leaders of "extremist", (per @freedomhouse) "nationalist hate groups" (per @StateDept) - National Corps/Azov, and C14 in her ministry: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/11/11/ukraines-ministry-of-veterans-affairs-embraced-the-far-right-with-consequences-to-the-u-s/ Today she spoke at @UN General Assembly.

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@kooleksiy: Suspects in 2016 murder of reporter Sheremet are offered "full spectrum of legal assistance" by Zelenskiy's Minister of Veterans Affairs. Noting that this is "an official position" minister Koliada, declared readiness to provide "full spectrum of legal assistance" to 5 suspects.

4:59 PM · Dec 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Ukraine's minister of veterans affairs writes that trying suspected murderers of Sheremet is essentially trying 🇺🇦 veterans as a whole: "Because the accused are highly respected in the veterans and volunteers movement, this case can't be separated from the image of the movement"

1:48 PM · Dec 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy's Minister of Veterans Affairs Koliada suggests that putting UKRAINIAN VETERANS, volunteers ON TRIAL for SHEREMET murder is ... BAD PUBLICITY for 🇺🇦! "Regardless of the outcome of this case the country will lose", Koliada writes on Facebook, breaking ranks with Ze.

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@kooleksiy: Suspect in 2016 murder of reporter Sheremet, Antonenko apparently had a real thing for Nazi, racist-themed imagery. In December 2016 he posted yet another Christmasy Santa-Claus-as-a-Nazi image. In January 2017 Antonenko shared a wordplay on N-word.

1:10 PM · Dec 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Hopefully Ukraine’s law enforcement will expand on Antonenko's ties to far-right groups, figures. Meanwhile it should be noted that, for instance, in November 2018 Antoneko posted an image of Hitler as Santa Claus, liked an image of Christmas tree decorations with Nazi imagery. https://t.co/Ufj3H3TwYk

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: In 2015 Antonenko, a suspect in 2016 murder of Pavlo Sheremet, also (seemingly ironically) shared an online article that claimed Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was to be published in Ukrainian. Antoneko wrote "Finally )))" about the article, said it was a joke in comments.

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@kooleksiy: Hopefully Ukraine’s law enforcement will expand on Antonenko's ties to far-right groups, figures. Meanwhile it should be noted that, for instance, in November 2018 Antoneko posted an image of Hitler as Santa Claus, liked an image of Christmas tree decorations with Nazi imagery.

12:39 PM · Dec 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Social media presence of Andriy ANTONENKO, one of 5 suspects, and alleged organizer of 2016 murder of reporter Pavlo Sheremet, does suggest some AFFINITY FOR NAZI SYMBOLS. For instance, in November 2018 he posted a picture of a Nazi Totenkopf patch on his tactical vest. https://t.co/lyjnZR6liW

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: Ukraine's law enforcement claims that Antonenko "shared ultra-nationalist ideas, cultivated greatness of the white race, segregation by ethnicity". In his defense Antonenko - who apparently put a Nazi Totenkopf on his tactical vest - reportedly responded with "I"m half Jewish".

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Social media presence of Andriy ANTONENKO, one of 5 suspects, and alleged organizer of 2016 murder of reporter Pavlo Sheremet, does suggest some AFFINITY FOR NAZI SYMBOLS. For instance, in November 2018 he posted a picture of a Nazi Totenkopf patch on his tactical vest.

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@kooleksiy: Critics, opponents of NABU and Sytnyk (both enjoy support of the US) now tout Appellate court ruling as casting doubt on Sytnyk's reputation as an anti-corruption fighter. "NABU is headed by a court-certified corrupt official!" - spox of former PG of Ukraine Lutsenko wrote on Fb

11:29 AM · Dec 13, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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As influence of Arsen Avakov in Zelenskiy's government reportedly rises consider that when Avakov was in Paris for the Normandy Four meeting, his advisor Yevhen Terekhov was seen there with senior figures of far-right "National Corps" party/ Azov movement

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US-funded @RFERL’s Ukrainian Service publishes a collection of social media posts that ridicule evidence presented by Ukraine’s law enforcement in the arrest of suspects in the murder of Pavlo Sheremet. “Social networks conduct own investigation” http://archive.md/lDVLk

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Although Ukraine's law enforcement reportedly claims that Antonenko was a white supremacist, at a glance his social media pages [Instagram, Facebook, VK] don't seem to offer examples of overt use neo-Nazi symbols, tropes. That's while Antonenko posted a lot and often. https://t.co/CyXK2UdaNg

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: Law enforcement accuses Antonenko, a military officer and known rock musician, of playing a role in planting explosives that killed reporter Pavlo Sheremet in 2016. @kyivpost has more on other suspects in the case https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/breaking-police-arrest-suspects-in-2016-murder-of-journalist-pavel-sheremet.html

11:21 PM · Dec 12, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Ukraine's law enforcement, per @ukrpravda_news, claims that Antonenko, one of 5 suspects in 2016 murder of reporter Palvo Sheremet, "shared ultra-nationalist ideas, cultivated greatness of the white race, segregation by ethnicity" https://t.co/9GMIPmVkmh https://t.co/EQvQhmol0w

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Although Ukraine's law enforcement reportedly claims that Antonenko was a white supremacist, at a glance his social media pages [Instagram, Facebook, VK] don't seem to offer examples of overt use neo-Nazi symbols, tropes. That's while Antonenko posted a lot and often.

11:21 PM · Dec 12, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Antonenko, now a suspect in the murder of reporter Sheremet, is a public figure. In 2017 then-president Poroshenko wrote about him, described Antonenko's song "Came without a sound, left without a sound" as “unofficial anthem of 🇺🇦's Special Ops Forces" https://t.co/wLVD2Hwq2g https://t.co/BLLzKKC7Hf

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: Ukraine's law enforcement, per @ukrpravda_news, claims that Antonenko, one of 5 suspects in 2016 murder of reporter Palvo Sheremet, "shared ultra-nationalist ideas, cultivated greatness of the white race, segregation by ethnicity" https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/12/12/7234692/

11:21 PM · Dec 12, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Andriy Antonenko, a suspect in Sheremet murder, posted - on his VK page in 2014 - what looks like a letter from 🇺🇦's Ministry of Defense asking for his assistance "as far as creation and dissemination of musical works aimed to raise the fighting spirit of Ukrainian servicemen". https://t.co/X4PUzeFesN https://t.co/C8lYUOcDa2

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: Antonenko, now a suspect in the murder of reporter Sheremet, is a public figure. In 2017 then-president Poroshenko wrote about him, described Antonenko's song "Came without a sound, left without a sound" as “unofficial anthem of 🇺🇦's Special Ops Forces" https://www.facebook.com/petroporoshenko/videos/1068900746577650/

12:29 PM · Dec 12, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Andriy Antonenko, a suspect in Sheremet murder, posted - on his VK page in 2014 - what looks like a letter from 🇺🇦's Ministry of Defense asking for his assistance "as far as creation and dissemination of musical works aimed to raise the fighting spirit of Ukrainian servicemen".

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Andriy "Riffmaster" Antonenko is named one of 5 suspects in 2016 murder of reporter Pavlo Sheremet. Here’s where Antonenko's "Riffmaster" moniker comes from. I believe that's very vintage Antonenko as lead guitar in Kyiv's legendary ADEM rock band. Source: https://youtu.be/Dqy5OFebSys?t=604 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1205161208376107008/video/1

11:23 AM · Dec 12, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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National Corps/Azov's group in Paris is apparently accompanied by Yevhen Terekhov, an advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov. On Facebook Terekhov, a veteran of war against Russia, wrote that "very respected veterans" traveled to Paris to protest Putin. https://t.co/vuxzcOMhQq

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: Presence of Avakov's advisor Terekhov in Paris with leaders of far-right National Corps may be yet another example of how close the far-right Azov Movement/ National Corps remains to Ukraine's government, and in particular Azov's historic backer Arsen Avakov .

7:03 PM · Dec 8, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Photos from @UWCongress' "Stop Russian Aggression" rally in Paris show figures from far-right National Corps/Azov, veterans of war against Russia: Maksym Zhorin, Serhiy Bevz (both NC), Dmytro Shatrovsky and Bohdan Kushnir (NC's veterans' organization "Veterans Brotherhood"). https://t.co/1S5BMpaNIo

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: National Corps/Azov's group in Paris is apparently accompanied by Yevhen Terekhov, an advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov. On Facebook Terekhov, a veteran of war against Russia, wrote that "very respected veterans" traveled to Paris to protest Putin.

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In Paris ahead of Normandy Four talks, Ukrainian World Congress rally against Russian aggression was JOINED BY leaders of far-right Azov movement/ National Corps party described by @StateDept as "nationalist hate group", and as "a threat to Ukrainian democracy" by @freedomhouse https://t.co/PgsFrsO8NZ

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: Photos from @UWCongress' "Stop Russian Aggression" rally in Paris show figures from far-right National Corps/Azov, veterans of war against Russia: Maksym Zhorin, Serhiy Bevz (both NC), Dmytro Shatrovsky and Bohdan Kushnir (NC's veterans' organization "Veterans Brotherhood").

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In Paris ahead of Normandy Four talks, Ukrainian World Congress rally against Russian aggression was JOINED BY leaders of far-right Azov movement/ National Corps party described by @StateDept as "nationalist hate group", and as "a threat to Ukrainian democracy" by @freedomhouse

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Remember that debate about Ukrainian "activists" in Hong Kong, and just how far-right they are? Well, 3 of them appeared in 2018 address by Dynamo Kyiv hooligans that stated "We are concerned about the islamization of our continent and the migrant issue" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCHI3ISuuBg

12:12 PM · Dec 8, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Resolution introduced in the House urges the Secretary of State to “emphasize as a foreign policy priority, actions to counter transnational White supremacist extremism around the world”: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/732/text

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If you wonder how Ukraine compares to neighboring Poland and Russia in @ADL's 2019 Global Index of Anti-Semitism - there's a tool for that - https://t.co/TU0OOMYopU https://t.co/rhQs0Mw7KU

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: Researcher of Far Right, Hanna Hrytsenko criticizes @ADL 's Global Index of Anti-Semitism methodology. Per Hrytsenko [bc of perceived flaws of ADL's methodology], "It's UNCLEAR what this study actually tells us about Ukrainians' attitudes towards Jews": https://www.facebook.com/anya.hrytsenko/posts/10157812567134670

12:11 PM · Nov 25, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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46% of surveyed adults in Ukraine answered “probably true” to a majority of the anti-Semitic stereotypes tested by @ADL's Global Index of Anti-Semitism https://t.co/ZxegqcNrrG i https://t.co/6qkzYtr6IC

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: If you wonder how Ukraine compares to neighboring Poland and Russia in @ADL's 2019 Global Index of Anti-Semitism - there's a tool for that - https://global100.adl.org/compare

12:11 PM · Nov 25, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Since 2015, anti-Semitic attitudes have significantly increased in Ukraine (up 14 percent), per @ADL 's Global Index of Anti-Semitism. https://t.co/oIrSeGHWNv https://t.co/tfeigF4mJL

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: 46% of surveyed adults in Ukraine answered “probably true” to a majority of the anti-Semitic stereotypes tested by @ADL's Global Index of Anti-Semitism https://global100.adl.org/country/ukraine/2019 i

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Since 2015, anti-Semitic attitudes have significantly increased in Ukraine (up 14 percent), per @ADL 's Global Index of Anti-Semitism. https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-global-survey-of-18-countries-finds-hardcore-anti-semitic-attitudes-remain

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@Er_Woods Did someone say trial by Combat?

9:25 PM · Nov 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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German neo-Nazi Dritte Weg write that they joined October 14 anti-Zelenskiy rallies in Kyiv under the auspices of National Corps, & their materials were met with great interest by Ukrainian natinalists. Dritte Weg marched in Kyiv in previous years too : https://t.co/YCzVs9q96m https://t.co/6LlXmXasN3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Gab account of American white supremacist group Rise Above Movement posted an image apparently showing a banner in support of RAM members sentenced in the USA at October 14th nationalist rally in Kyiv. RAM members visited Kyiv in 2018 and met Azov movement figures there.

8:48 PM · Nov 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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FYI @wiczipedia: Leshchenko “hoped” that release of Manafort info would hurt Trump. Here’s Leshchenko on his 08/19/2016 briefing re “Yanukovych 💵 for Manafort”: “I think this is the last nail into Manafort’s coffin. Hopefully also that of Trump” https://t.co/F3Bi1sQwDy https://t.co/StGPMXXvmL https://t.co/DPzDyxQKSH

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Although pages of the Manafort ledger that Leshchenko himself obtained didn’t contain Manafort info, he played a role in publicizing @nab_ukr Manafort info after it was first released to NYT. 8/18/2016 Leshchenko draws attention to Manafort info from NABU https://www.facebook.com/100001820318050/posts/1136725199731480?d=n&sfns=mo

6:19 PM · Nov 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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FYI @wiczipedia: Leshchenko “hoped” that release of Manafort info would hurt Trump. Here’s Leshchenko on his 08/19/2016 briefing re “Yanukovych 💵 for Manafort”: “I think this is the last nail into Manafort’s coffin. Hopefully also that of Trump” https://www.facebook.com/100001820318050/posts/1138031326267534?d=n&sfns=mo

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6:19 PM · Nov 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Elsewhere Lutsenko claims that ambassador Yovanovitch sought to establish control over Ukraine's law enforcement, and that the US embassy had complete control over anti-corruption agency NABU which, per Lutsenko, "officially leaked" sensitive info incl. re Burisma to the embassy https://t.co/zUBGCyJIVD

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Former PG Lutsenko tells @ukrpravda_news that Giuliani’s aids told him he could meet Attorney General Barr only if he hired a company to “lobby for such a meeting”, claimed “it was the law in the USA”. Lutsenko says Giuliani’s aids suggested a specific company, but he refused.

3:42 PM · Nov 18, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Talk about a Machiavellian side? LUTSENKO apparently says he told GIULIANI that investigations into BURISMA, BIDENS and alleged 2016 election interference could be part of a JOINT US-UKRAINE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION -via a "joint investigation team"- into YANUKOVYCH $$ in the USA. https://t.co/lNdCZBj2Ad

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: Elsewhere Lutsenko claims that ambassador Yovanovitch sought to establish control over Ukraine's law enforcement, and that the US embassy had complete control over anti-corruption agency NABU which, per Lutsenko, "officially leaked" sensitive info incl. re Burisma to the embassy

7:57 AM · Nov 18, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Per Lutsenko he told Giuliani repeatedly that in cases of Biden(s), Burisma, alleged election interference - Ukraine had to jurisdiction, no local laws were borken, and it was up to the US to launch own investigations and then ask Ukrainian prosecutors to cooperate officially. https://t.co/1Pfd05KuvC

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: Talk about a Machiavellian side? LUTSENKO apparently says he told GIULIANI that investigations into BURISMA, BIDENS and alleged 2016 election interference could be part of a JOINT US-UKRAINE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION -via a "joint investigation team"- into YANUKOVYCH $$ in the USA.

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Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Lutsenko just did a wide-ranging interview https://t.co/HK4rCCfdl6. Lutsenko says he was asked by Giuliani if Ukraine could launch own investigations into Burisma, Joe(!) Biden (based on his famous quote re firing Shokin), election meddling. https://t.co/uHZjzC30P7 https://t.co/ZdseMQmmn9

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Per Lutsenko he told Giuliani repeatedly that in cases of Biden(s), Burisma, alleged election interference - Ukraine had to jurisdiction, no local laws were borken, and it was up to the US to launch own investigations and then ask Ukrainian prosecutors to cooperate officially.

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Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Lutsenko just did a wide-ranging interview https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/11/18/7232239/. Lutsenko says he was asked by Giuliani if Ukraine could launch own investigations into Burisma, Joe(!) Biden (based on his famous quote re firing Shokin), election meddling.

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Head of UkrEximBank arrested by 🇺🇦’s Security Service. Anti-corruption agency NABU investigated UkrEximBank officials for alleged abuse of office. Detractors of former president Poroshenko claimed that UkrEximBank, a state bank, was used in alleged Poroshenko corruption.

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12:23 PM · Nov 17, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s President @ZelenskyyUa had his own reasons to be unhappy with Yovanovitch. He told Trump in July, per transcript, that he “agreed 100%” that “she was a bad ambassador”. “She would not accept me as a new President well enough”. REMINDER: Ukraine has agency.

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

When Yovanovitch was criticized by Trump during the July call, Zelenskiy agreed, had his own reservations about her. "I agree with you 100%. Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President and she was on his side" https://t.co/92xlkzs6I7 https://t.co/zO32xljrVq

10:50 AM · Nov 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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When Yovanovitch was criticized by Trump during the July call, Zelenskiy agreed, had his own reservations about her. "I agree with you 100%. Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President and she was on his side" https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/official-readout-president-trump-s-july-25-phone-call-with-ukraine-s-volodymyr-zelensky/4b228f51-17e7-45bc-b16c-3b2643f3fbe0/

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@kooleksiy: "Companies of Rothschild, Soros line to buy Ukrainian land", leader of far-right Azov, Biletsky stated, "Before they buy, they wanna ensure that our fight for independence won't continue [...] this can be done by forcing Ukraine to capitulate to Russia". https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1194243065239756802/video/1

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@kooleksiy: "The thief [Poroshenko] brought the Clown [Zelenskiy] to Power, the Clown brought Soros, and Soros is the rider of the Apocalypse", this is from far-right National Corps rally in front of Ukraine's Rada today where Zelensky's peace efforts, land reform in Ukraine were protested https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1194242989863981056/video/1

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The same Ukrainian officials, figures that boost far-right extremists - Azov, C14- in 🇺🇦, met with U.S. officials, lawmakers @SecWilkie Pentagon’s Laura Cooper @RepMarcyKaptur in 🇺🇸. Azov figure spoke at @USAID-funded event with William Taylor listening: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/11/11/ukraines-ministry-of-veterans-affairs-embraced-the-far-right-with-consequences-to-the-u-s/

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In August, one of the far-right Azov movement's leaders, Dmytro Shatrovsky, spoke on the main stage of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs Forum. In the front row of this event was America's top diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor. This event was funded by USAID.

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A Ukrainian court decided that you cannot call a Ukrainian neo-Nazi organisation C14 “neo-Nazi” because - wait for it! - “this can be viewed as negative information about them”: https://t.co/y5X8EXXEdk Well, stop being neo-Nazis, you useless twats. https://t.co/OWu1KOFAF2

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@yashalevine The flags in foreground of @NewsHour report are “Veterans brotherhood”, branch of Azov movement. You can see Azov’s leader Biletsky is leading. Although far right lay a claim to being leaders of all 🇺🇦 veterans, they’re not accepted as such. Not all vets are anti-Zelenskiy either

12:37 PM · Nov 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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If you noticed how president @ZelenskyyUa clapped back at a homophobic heckler in October - Consider that his Spox was a speaker at an event organized by key anti-LGBT figure who leads a campaign to ban “propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas” in 🇺🇦 https://t.co/gfd3CAMPgG https://t.co/jJxvrJkhbp https://t.co/lRW8bWz7wh

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Ruslan Kukharchuk, organizer of Novomedia forum - attended by Zelenskiy's Spox Mendel & leading UA reporters - leads a massive anti-LGBT campaign nudging local councils to urge 🇺🇦 government to "ban propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas". More:

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Zelenskiy’s Spox @IuliiaMendel was a speaker at Novomedia forum in Kyiv organized by a key anti-LGBT figure Ruslan Kukharchuk who leads a campaign to ban “propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas” in 🇺🇦. @openDemocracy reported on last year’s forum https://t.co/la552f5HNs https://t.co/ltg2CVrGph

9:11 AM · Nov 4, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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If you noticed how president @ZelenskyyUa clapped back at a homophobic heckler in October - Consider that his Spox was a speaker at an event organized by key anti-LGBT figure who leads a campaign to ban “propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas” in 🇺🇦

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Anti-LGBT crusader Ruslan Kukharchuk, whose Novomedia forum was attended by Zelenskiy's Spox Mendel and leading Ukrainian reporters, is an apparent ally of violent far-right groups that attacked LGBT, like "Tradition and Order". Kukharchuk joined with them on numerous occasions. https://t.co/CEAD5lW9F4

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Kukharchuk, whose forum was attended by leading journos & @ZelenskyyUa 's Spox, campaigns against LGBT rights for over a decade. He was among backers of a failed 2012 attempt to outlaw "pro-homosexual propaganda" [https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19881905], a goal he still energetically pursues

9:09 PM · Nov 2, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Ruslan Kukharchuk, organizer of Novomedia forum - attended by Zelenskiy's spox @Iuliamendel & leading UA reporters - leads a massive anti-LGBT campaign pushing local councils to urge 🇺🇦 government to "ban propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas" https://t.co/PH0EBA3IBu https://t.co/gMW4oGAtJu

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Anti-LGBT crusader Ruslan Kukharchuk, whose Novomedia forum was attended by Zelenskiy's Spox Mendel and leading Ukrainian reporters, is an apparent ally of violent far-right groups that attacked LGBT, like "Tradition and Order". Kukharchuk joined with them on numerous occasions.

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Novomedia forum org-d by a key Ukrainian anti-LGBT figure Ruslan Kukharchuk mixes Ukrainian, American conservative figures with reporters. 2019 forum’s scheduled speakers included big name Ukrainian reporters including @ukrpravda_news’s Roman Kravets https://t.co/xALB0e0St0 https://t.co/gNPKTJfs1M

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Ruslan Kukharchuk, organizer of Novomedia forum - attended by Zelenskiy's spox @Iuliamendel & leading UA reporters - leads a massive anti-LGBT campaign pushing local councils to urge 🇺🇦 government to "ban propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas" https://vsirazom.ua/council

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Zelenskiy’s Spox @IuliiaMendel was a speaker at Novomedia forum in Kyiv organized by a key anti-LGBT figure Ruslan Kukharchuk who leads a campaign to ban “propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas” in 🇺🇦. @openDemocracy reported on last year’s forum https://t.co/la552f5HNs https://t.co/ltg2CVrGph

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Novomedia forum org-d by a key Ukrainian anti-LGBT figure Ruslan Kukharchuk mixes Ukrainian, American conservative figures with reporters. 2019 forum’s scheduled speakers included big name Ukrainian reporters including @ukrpravda_news’s Roman Kravets https://novomediaforum.org/speakers/

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Zelenskiy’s Spox @IuliiaMendel was a speaker at Novomedia forum in Kyiv organized by a key anti-LGBT figure Ruslan Kukharchuk who leads a campaign to ban “propaganda and normalization of LGBT ideas” in 🇺🇦. @openDemocracy reported on last year’s forum https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/christian-conservatives-media-influence-ukraine/

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Prominent Ukrainian anti-discrimination, LGBT activist, Olena Shevchenko writes that she was physically attacked in downtown Kyiv today. According to Shevchenko, two assailants yelled “lesbo” at her. LGBT events, activists in 🇺🇦are routinely attacked by far-right, faith groups.

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@AlexKokcharov @ZelenskyyUa Video is marked "LastBP" which stands for "Last Blockpost", an initiative run by far-right National Corps. "Resistance to Capitulation HQs" (Штаб спротиву капітуляції) -also NC-run -took credit. But let's go with "locals", make assumption re wider implications for Ze's popularity

1:19 PM · Nov 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Azov movement openly proclaim they’re white nationalists and co-opt Western, American neo-Nazi: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/. Leader of National Corps Korotkih openly admits he is a “national socialist” with a Paneuropean agenda. But let’s ignore facts, and listen to @taraskuzio https://twitter.com/TarasKuzio/status/1190210438006530048 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1190293628167565314/video/1

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On designating Azov movement in Ukraine as a foreign terrorist organization leaders of the US intelligence agencies defer to the Department of State. https://t.co/g2xv0Oj7CO

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: On the issue of designating Azov as a foreign terrorist organization, @RepMaxRose is taking the lead. It so happens that he gets some facts wrong. "The Azov battalion in Ukraine which over 17 000 foreign fighters have streamed to". That's patently FALSE. Build your case on Facts https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1189732069087293440/video/1

10:33 PM · Oct 30, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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There are signs that the US intelligence may be aware of the Azov movement going beyond Azov Regiment of Ukraine's National Guard. A nuanced answer from National Counterterrorism Center acting Director Russell Travers. https://t.co/OU4d2GP6jM

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: On designating Azov movement in Ukraine as a foreign terrorist organization leaders of the US intelligence agencies defer to the Department of State. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1189732031472766976/video/1

10:33 PM · Oct 30, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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The US tracks individuals that go to Ukraine to train with Azov movement, takes steps to prevent collaboration, according to Homeland Security acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan. https://t.co/eGlOJ5Kr1G

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: There are signs that the US intelligence may be aware of the Azov movement going beyond Azov Regiment of Ukraine's National Guard. A nuanced answer from National Counterterrorism Center acting Director Russell Travers. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1189731992365142018/video/1

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@kooleksiy: The US tracks individuals that go to Ukraine to train with Azov movement, takes steps to prevent collaboration, according to Homeland Security acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1189731952343040000/video/1

10:32 PM · Oct 30, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Current Spokesman of far-right Azov movement/National Corps Korotkih compared 🇺🇦’s Azov Regiment to ISIS in 2015, said he “drooled over” Islamic State videos, called ISIS “heroes of this time”: CLIP. Full video in Russian here: https://t.co/LiUVkuLWq0 https://t.co/xSmX3SvVJ8

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: Ukrainian politician who’s mounting defense of far-right Azov movement in Ukraine’s parliament - after House Dems asked @StateDept to designate it as terrorist organization - is caught up in a scandal : was apparently soliciting prostitution while in Rada

Oleksiy Sorokin @mrsorokaa

A wild story from today, a lawmaker from the Servant of the People party was caught on camera ordering prostitutes in parliament. The lawmaker’s name is Bohdan Yaremenko, he heads the parliament’s foreign affairs committee. He’s married and has two children.

6:54 PM · Oct 30, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Do American domestic terrorists train in Ukraine? @RepLouCorrea asked @FBI' s Chris Wray in Congress today: - I'm hearing stories we may have domestic terrorists going[...] to Ukraine - [...] we have seen folks travel overseas to train - Where? - Different parts of Eastern Europe https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1189649545317298181/video/1

5:05 PM · Oct 30, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Нинішній речник «Національного Корпусу» Коротких у 2015 порівнював «Азов» (тоді вже полк), ветераном якого він є, із терористами ІДІЛ, називав «Ісламську державу» «героями цього часу». Більше про міжнародні орієнтири НК, контакти із західн. екстремістами: https://ru.bellingcat.com/novosti/ukraine/2019/02/27/azov-defend-the-white-race/ https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1189212050280603650/video/1

12:07 PM · Oct 29, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In 🇺🇦 Azov Movement/National Corps protest House Dems letter that asks to designate Azov Regiment as foreign terrorist organization. BUT in 2015 Azov figure, CURRENT SPOX OF THE NATIONAL CORPS KOROTKIH Compared AZOV TO ISIS. For more search “ISIS” here: https://t.co/1LLG0hOmnK https://t.co/Ao0sLvISds

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Current Spokesman of far-right Azov movement/National Corps Korotkih compared 🇺🇦’s Azov Regiment to ISIS in 2015, said he “drooled over” Islamic State videos, called ISIS “heroes of this time”: CLIP. Full video in Russian here: https://youtu.be/eAZRKdr4cZU?t=1964 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1189198345933410304/video/1

11:12 AM · Oct 29, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Chairman of Rada's Foreign Affairs Comm-te Yaremenko defends Azov Regiment in the aftermath of Dems' letter, promises "objective and unbiased information" to Congress. Yet Yaremenko apparently writes off neo-Nazism as "personal beliefs" of fighters, dismisses concerns. https://t.co/dn1BpxC5CM

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In 🇺🇦 Azov Movement/National Corps protest House Dems letter that asks to designate Azov Regiment as foreign terrorist organization. BUT in 2015 Azov figure, CURRENT SPOX OF THE NATIONAL CORPS KOROTKIH Compared AZOV TO ISIS. For more search “ISIS” here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

9:29 AM · Oct 29, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In 🇺🇦 Azov Movement/National Corps protest House Dems letter that asks to designate Azov Regiment as foreign terrorist organization. BUT in 2015 Azov figure, CURRENT SPOX OF THE NATIONAL CORPS KOROTKIH Compared AZOV TO ISIS. For more search “ISIS” here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

9:25 AM · Oct 29, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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The Chicago Church in "Brother 2" (Брат 2) movie is Saints Volodymyr & Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church. Apparently the place of Viktor's standoff with the police is what is now Tuman's Tap and Grill! Is the latter a "cult venue" of its own I wonder.

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@kooleksiy: @ZelenskyyUa @fabrice_deprez “Armed[...]In violation of the law”: Ukraine’s military/Joint Forces Operation comment on the group confronted by @ZelenskyyUa in Zolote. Regrettably the statement fails to mention that “the last blockpost” is far-right Azov movement’s political stunt http://archive.fo/9d4Kh

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@kooleksiy: Chairman of Rada's Foreign Affairs Comm-te Yaremenko defends Azov Regiment in the aftermath of Dems' letter, promises "objective and unbiased information" to Congress. Yet Yaremenko apparently writes off neo-Nazism as "personal beliefs" of fighters, dismisses concerns.

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"What fighters believe in when they're not fighting is a lesser concern than an attempt to punish a great team for personal beliefs of a part of soliders", writes a member of 🇺🇦's Rada and @ZelenskyyUa 's party, Yaremenko who leads a campaign to respond to Dems' letter re Azov https://t.co/rKpVsKuvAU

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Yes, a member of Ukraine's parliament leading a campaign to respond to Dems' letter re Azov dismisses concerns by painting neo-Nazism in 🇺🇦's National Guard as "personal beliefs" of fighters - WHEN challenged by a commentator on reports that point to neo-Nazism in the Regiment.

12:30 PM · Oct 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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A member of 🇺🇦's Parliament, and of @ZelenskyyUa ‘s party now leads a campaign to respond to Dems' letter re Azov. His comments suggest he doesn't see neo-Nazism in the Azov Regiment as an issue, and he also appears to miss the link between Azov Regiment and Azov Movement https://t.co/7OMVVqRX8g

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "What fighters believe in when they're not fighting is a lesser concern than an attempt to punish a great team for personal beliefs of a part of soliders", writes a member of 🇺🇦's Rada and @ZelenskyyUa 's party, Yaremenko who leads a campaign to respond to Dems' letter re Azov

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@kooleksiy: A member of 🇺🇦's Parliament, and of @ZelenskyyUa ‘s party now leads a campaign to respond to Dems' letter re Azov. His comments suggest he doesn't see neo-Nazism in the Azov Regiment as an issue, and he also appears to miss the link between Azov Regiment and Azov Movement

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Neo-Nazi Legio Hungaria , an ally of Ukrainian group Karpatska Sich, marched against EU in Budapest. Months ago they were allowed to march in Ukraine’s Uzhhorod where Eastern European white nationalist groups gathered to discuss cross-border cooperation

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Internationally active neo-Nazi Wotan Jugend group based in Ukraine [read: https://t.co/dpn0Z0ry1b] held a 2-day Seminar in Odessa covering ideology, weapons handling, knife fighting. Parts of the event took place in Azov Movement/ National Corps’ “Legion Sports Club”. https://t.co/UYkXc5p7PH

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: As neo-Nazi Wotan Jugend group -backed by white nationalist Azov movement -continues to operate in Ukraine unchecked, holding a Seminar in Odessa, it is relevant to remind that Wotan Jugend played a role in dissemination of Christchurch manifesto https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/08/14/the-russians-and-ukrainians-translating-the-christchurch-shooters-manifesto/

4:23 PM · Oct 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Internationally active neo-Nazi Wotan Jugend group based in Ukraine [read: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/09/04/the-hardcore-russian-neo-nazi-group-that-calls-ukraine-home/] held a 2-day Seminar in Odessa covering ideology, weapons handling, knife fighting. Parts of the event took place in Azov Movement/ National Corps’ “Legion Sports Club”.

4:23 PM · Oct 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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As House Democrats argue for adding Ukraine’s Azov to Foreign Terrorist Organizations list - consider that “MILITARIST”, a company described by Azov’s leader Biletsky as a sponsor, may be making $$ through @amazon where tactical gear, patches under its M-TAC brand are sold. https://t.co/xmgnyNI2cu

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: House Dems’ letter arguing that 🇺🇦's Azov belongs on FTO list was timely but...sloppy. So AZOV now accuses Dems of “libel" @RepMaxRose can still cite @bellingcat ‘s factual findings that expose Azov's ties to white nationalists extremists in the US, EU ➡️https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

1:40 PM · Oct 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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REMARKABLY in response to House Dems’ letter Azov's International wing confidently points out: growth of white nationalist Azov movement in Ukraine has been predicated on support from successive governments there, and on being embedded into Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. https://t.co/pWw4mSeYgG

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: As House Democrats argue for adding Ukraine’s Azov to Foreign Terrorist Organizations list - consider that “MILITARIST”, a company described by Azov’s leader Biletsky as a sponsor, may be making $$ through @amazon where tactical gear, patches under its M-TAC brand are sold.

5:33 AM · Oct 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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German neo-Nazi party "Dritte Weg" posts a report on its participation in October 14th anti-Zelenskiy/nationalist rallies in Kyiv https://t.co/li9rgYVlYv See photos of Dritte Weg stickers on @ZelenskyyUa ‘s Office. https://t.co/GtKhQjRNXU

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: German neo-Nazi Dritte Weg write that they joined October 14 anti-Zelenskiy rallies in Kyiv under the auspices of National Corps, & their materials were met with great interest by Ukrainian natinalists. Dritte Weg marched in Kyiv in previous years too : http://archive.is/G0IV6

4:12 PM · Oct 19, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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German neo-Nazi party "Dritte Weg" posts a report on its participation in October 14th anti-Zelenskiy/nationalist rallies in Kyiv http://archive.is/KPbM0 See photos of Dritte Weg stickers on @ZelenskyyUa ‘s Office.

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Apparent presence of German neo-Nazi "Dritte Weg" party at October 14 anti-Zelensiy rallies in Kyiv. Photo via @politkrytyka 's FB. Dritte Weg is an ally of 🇺🇦's far-right National Corps, and participated in nationalist rallies in Kyiv in previous years http://archive.is/G0IV6

3:52 PM · Oct 19, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Azov will soon be a BRIGADE", International wing of Azov's political party National Corps reacts to Democrats' Letter asking @StateDept why Azov, other white nationalist groups are not on Foreign Terrorist Organizations list: https://t.co/grcNmflF7y https://t.co/mKZaZcQnTN

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: REMARKABLY in response to House Dems’ letter Azov's International wing confidently points out: growth of white nationalist Azov movement in Ukraine has been predicated on support from successive governments there, and on being embedded into Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.

3:01 PM · Oct 17, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: "Azov will soon be a BRIGADE", International wing of Azov's political party National Corps reacts to Democrats' Letter asking @StateDept why Azov, other white nationalist groups are not on Foreign Terrorist Organizations list: http://archive.fo/6PxHH

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@RepMaxRose @StateDept Remarkably House Democrats' letter focusing on Ukraine's AZOV as a foreign white nationalist organization fitting @StateDept criteria for "foreign terrorist organization" MISTAKENLY alleges that Christchurch Shooter's Manifesto stated that he trained with Azov in Ukraine. Not so. https://t.co/Y4PURO2bcb

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: @RepMaxRose @StateDept Democrats' letter asking to designate Azov, other foreign white nationalist groups, as terrorists GETS AZOV'S role in white nationalist networks worldwide RIGHT, BUT it is sloppy in parts, relies on allegations. Authors could consult my, @ColborneMichael, Others' work for FACTS

4:53 PM · Oct 16, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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@RepMaxRose @StateDept Also cited in House Dems' letter asking to designate Azov and several other foreign nationalist groups as terrorist organizations is FBI's allegation that Azov radicalized and trained American citizens https://t.co/1Sa2QejeAp https://t.co/oH2IyxXoTy

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: @RepMaxRose @StateDept Remarkably House Democrats' letter focusing on Ukraine's AZOV as a foreign white nationalist organization fitting @StateDept criteria for "foreign terrorist organization" MISTAKENLY alleges that Christchurch Shooter's Manifesto stated that he trained with Azov in Ukraine. Not so.

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@RepMaxRose @StateDept House Dems' letter asking to designate foreign white nationalist groups as terrorists cites previous Congress ban on U.S. arms, military assistance going to Ukraine's AZOV, as wells as OHCHR accusations that AZOV committed, allowed serious human rights abuses, including torture. https://t.co/006OItvEGp

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: @RepMaxRose @StateDept Also cited in House Dems' letter asking to designate Azov and several other foreign nationalist groups as terrorist organizations is FBI's allegation that Azov radicalized and trained American citizens https://maxrose.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2019.10.16_rose_fto_letter_to_state.pdf

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@RepMaxRose House Democrats letter asking @StateDept to explain why Ukraine's far-right Azov and other foreign white nationalist groups are not on the FTO requests a response "no later than November 4, 2019" https://t.co/ZZbBhPnJg4

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: @RepMaxRose @StateDept House Dems' letter asking to designate foreign white nationalist groups as terrorists cites previous Congress ban on U.S. arms, military assistance going to Ukraine's AZOV, as wells as OHCHR accusations that AZOV committed, allowed serious human rights abuses, including torture.

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@kooleksiy: @RepMaxRose House Democrats letter asking @StateDept to explain why Ukraine's far-right Azov and other foreign white nationalist groups are not on the FTO requests a response "no later than November 4, 2019"

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Read: House Democrat’s’ letter demanding to designate several foreign white nationalist groups as terrorists, brings up Ukraine’s far-right Azov as a specific example that fits @StateDept criteria of inclusion on the Foreign Terrorist Organizations list https://maxrose.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2019.10.16_rose_fto_letter_to_state.pdf

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George Soros is scapegoated by anti-Zelenskiy far right. Spox of National Corps, Korotkih labels Ze’s officials “litter of Soros”(соросята) online. Ze,🇺🇦 government chose to engage far-right orgs described as “nationalist hate groups” by @StateDept & “extremist” by @freedomhouse

2:53 PM · Oct 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Honcharuk @PMHoncharuk comments on his presence at an event ft. a neo-Nazi band, &org-d by a far-right figure/accused murderer of a reporter: “People[..]who want to split Ukraine can make anyone into a fascist, a nazi”. Context:

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Honcharuk @PMHoncharuk spoke at a “veterans party” org-d by far-right figure Andriy Medvedko, leader of “far-right extremist” [per @freedomhouse] C14 org, accused murderer of reporter Oles Buzina. The event featured unabashed neonazi band “Sokyra Peruna”. https://t.co/mATCbH2zYd https://t.co/tB2CBhE9Kl

1:11 PM · Oct 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right, nationalist org-rs taking credit for rallies& issuing ultimatums, warnings to Zelenskiy do so against backdrop of bizarre moves by Ze, PM Honcharuk that legitimize groups (incl Ze’s opponents) described as ”extremists” by @freedomhouse “hate groups” by @StateDept https://t.co/HkXSF1iOsb

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: October 14th rallies in Kyiv - that resulted in threats, warnings to Zelenskiy from org-rs taking credit for protests - were joined and boosted by Poroshenko’s party “European Solidarity” while days earlier Poroshenko’s “Channel 5” gave air time to far-right National Corps.

10:18 PM · Oct 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Regarding escalating rhetoric from anti-Ze organizers& co: Unlike Zelenskiy they’re not backed by landslide victories in elections. Voters rejected ALL of them- they claim legitimacy (and deny it to Ze) based on polls that suggest that Ze failed to explain his peace moves. https://t.co/GJw1gQArjA

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: Far-right, nationalist org-rs taking credit for rallies& issuing ultimatums, warnings to Zelenskiy do so against backdrop of bizarre moves by Ze, PM Honcharuk that legitimize groups (incl Ze’s opponents) described as ”extremists” by @freedomhouse “hate groups” by @StateDept

10:18 PM · Oct 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Post rallies leader of far-right National Corps Biletsky issues a 10-day ultimatum to Zelenskiy: “If all DEMANDS aren’t GRANTED via LEGISLATION [...]marching is over”. Biletsky threatens “civil resistance” to “force the gov. to do what the nation wants[...] the final victory”. https://t.co/ctcyIiPxGL

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Regarding escalating rhetoric from anti-Ze organizers& co: Unlike Zelenskiy they’re not backed by landslide victories in elections. Voters rejected ALL of them- they claim legitimacy (and deny it to Ze) based on polls that suggest that Ze failed to explain his peace moves.

10:18 PM · Oct 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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One group taking credit for protests- “Defend Ukraine - Resistance to Capitulation Movement”-warns of “large scale protests and political collapse of the government”& “social explosion that will sweep them [goverment] away” if Zelenskiy moves towards “peace at the expense of 🇺🇦”. https://t.co/VMNFbfBWmD

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: Post rallies leader of far-right National Corps Biletsky issues a 10-day ultimatum to Zelenskiy: “If all DEMANDS aren’t GRANTED via LEGISLATION [...]marching is over”. Biletsky threatens “civil resistance” to “force the gov. to do what the nation wants[...] the final victory”.

10:18 PM · Oct 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right, nationalist organizers taking credit for October 14 rallies in Kyiv: Issue a 10-day ultimatum to Zelenskiy; warn of “political collapse of the government”, “social explosion that will sweep them [goverment] away” -while ex-President Poroshenko’s party embraces protests https://t.co/gnGfeep7kf

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: One group taking credit for protests- “Defend Ukraine - Resistance to Capitulation Movement”-warns of “large scale protests and political collapse of the government”& “social explosion that will sweep them [goverment] away” if Zelenskiy moves towards “peace at the expense of 🇺🇦”.

10:17 PM · Oct 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right, nationalist organizers taking credit for October 14 rallies in Kyiv: Issue a 10-day ultimatum to Zelenskiy; warn of “political collapse of the government”, “social explosion that will sweep them [goverment] away” -while ex-President Poroshenko’s party embraces protests

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While confirming his presence at what was essentially a neo-Nazi concert Ukraine’s Prime Minister Honcharuk says he “doesn’t share any hateful ideologies - neither Nazism, Fascism, or Communism”, & makes a number of statements that arguably further normalize what transpired. https://t.co/kBeYuXWWvh

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Statement by Ukraine’s Prime Minister admitting presence at a “veterans party”/neo-Nazi concert contains lines: “Politicization [of what happened]is totally inappropriate” , “no knowledge re the act invited”; “NOT UP TO THE GOVERNMENT to dictate our defenders what songs to sing”

9:44 AM · Oct 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Honcharuk confirms his presence at a “veterans party”[neo-Nazi concert org-d by far-right figure and accused murderer of a reporter]. Honcharuk apparently BLAMES MEDIA for “AMBIGUOUS theses”, talks “unnecessary politicization”: https://t.co/Yokex09W7R https://t.co/rnBH1lTuaA

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: While confirming his presence at what was essentially a neo-Nazi concert Ukraine’s Prime Minister Honcharuk says he “doesn’t share any hateful ideologies - neither Nazism, Fascism, or Communism”, & makes a number of statements that arguably further normalize what transpired.

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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Honcharuk confirms his presence at a “veterans party”[neo-Nazi concert org-d by far-right figure and accused murderer of a reporter]. Honcharuk apparently BLAMES MEDIA for “AMBIGUOUS theses”, talks “unnecessary politicization”: http://archive.fo/T2TeF

9:43 AM · Oct 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Honcharuk @PMHoncharuk spoke at a “veterans party” org-d by far-right figure Andriy Medvedko, leader of “far-right extremist” [per @freedomhouse] C14 org, accused murderer of reporter Oles Buzina. The event featured unabashed neonazi band “Sokyra Peruna”. https://t.co/mATCbH2zYd https://t.co/tB2CBhE9Kl

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Presence of Ukraine’s PM Honcharuk at an event org-d by far-right figure Medvedko continues a bizarre pattern of NORMALIZATION of FAR-RIGHT extremists [opposed to Zelenskiy’s presidency]by ZELENSKIY&his team. Earlier Zelenskiy conferred with far-right Azov

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Zelenskiy confirms meeting representatives of “National Corps, Azov and everyone else”, per @ukrpravda_news. As I wrote yesterday leader of far-right C14 org also met Zelenskiy. NC and C14 are “far-right extremists” per @freedomhouse and “nationalist hate groups” per @StateDept https://t.co/5roeqyNIAC https://t.co/qCGLnEDJcx

6:06 PM · Oct 13, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Honcharuk @PMHoncharuk spoke at a “veterans party” org-d by far-right figure Andriy Medvedko, leader of “far-right extremist” [per @freedomhouse] C14 org, accused murderer of reporter Oles Buzina. The event featured unabashed neonazi band “Sokyra Peruna”.

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For the duration of the weekend and holidays General Staffof the Armed Forces of Ukraine @GeneralStaffUA increases combat readiness of military units, warns against “illegal entry into protected areas[...]provocative activity close to military objects”: https://www.facebook.com/453559011480028/posts/1376589579176962?sfns=mo

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Azov Regiment -part of both(!) Ukraine’s National Guard and far-right National Corps party- app-ly wades into ANTI-Zelenskiy push. “War can be finished by a triumph of Ukr.weaponry, not by capitulatory deals with enemy, surrender of 🇺🇦 territories, citizens to Russian terrorists”

АЗОВ @Polk_Azov

«Азов»: «Ні» капітуляції Успішні дії «Азову» на передовій підтверджують, що ми можемо перемогти ворога, а війну можна закінчити тріумфом української зброї, а не капітулянськими домовленостями і здачею українських територій на поталу російським терористам https://t.co/rgNMY78kT3 https://t.co/9i6c65pf74

9:08 AM · Oct 13, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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To place anti-Semitism towards Zelenskiy from far-right “Tradition and Order” consider that this org is welcome at anti-Zelenskiy events, embraced by larger anti-Ze players. Here’s Bohdan Khodakovsky [posted the image on his Telegram] during October 1st, October 6th protests. https://t.co/ABbtHMu2mZ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Anti-Semitism towards President Zelenskiy from far-right “Tradition and Order” comes as that organization [like other organizers of anti-Ze rallies] prepares for/promotes October 14th “No to Capitulation” rally. TO wrote that their members got detained for promoting the rally

9:55 AM · Oct 12, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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As anti-Zelenskiy October 14 rallies get closer, leader of far-right “Tradition and Order” group attacks Zelenskiy online using unmistakable anti-Semitic imagery. “Tradition and Order” is acknowledged as a partner at upcoming “No to Capitulation” Kyiv rally by National Corps,etc https://t.co/yjrtqdYABk

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: To place anti-Semitism towards Zelenskiy from far-right “Tradition and Order” consider that this org is welcome at anti-Zelenskiy events, embraced by larger anti-Ze players. Here’s Bohdan Khodakovsky [posted the image on his Telegram] during October 1st, October 6th protests.

9:51 AM · Oct 12, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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As anti-Zelenskiy October 14 rallies get closer, leader of far-right “Tradition and Order” group attacks Zelenskiy online using unmistakable anti-Semitic imagery. “Tradition and Order” is acknowledged as a partner at upcoming “No to Capitulation” Kyiv rally by National Corps,etc

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@kooleksiy: With that being said here’s a National Corps promo for “No to Capitulation” October 14th anti-Zelenskiy rally. The latter now apparently gets a boost from both Poroshenko’s party and his TV channel. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1182885782807306243/video/1

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More questions appear re Poroshenko’s relationship with notorious Ukrainian far right upon a closer look at Yana Zinkevych. Zinkevych is a member of Rada with Poroshenko‘s party but she also leads a mil medic group subordinate to notorious far-right figure Dmytro Yarosh. https://t.co/IbOF8yv7dd

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: For years Zinkevych led medical group “Hospitallers Battalion” part of Ukrainian Volunteer Army, a mil form-n led by Yarosh. Zinkevych in a July interview stated her battalion “answered” to Yarosh. She also said that nationalists share a common agenda beyond party lines.

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Poroshenko of course attended anti-Zelenskiy rally in a Kyiv last weekend. That rally included speeches by leaders far-right National Corps [https://t.co/l4fvPoO1DQ], among many others, and produced an ultimatum to Zelenskiy: https://t.co/6V2ryyFMIT https://t.co/ElIoQdpTDL

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: More questions appear re Poroshenko’s relationship with notorious Ukrainian far right upon a closer look at Yana Zinkevych. Zinkevych is a member of Rada with Poroshenko‘s party but she also leads a mil medic group subordinate to notorious far-right figure Dmytro Yarosh.

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It’s not just Poro’s “Channel 5” that’s boosting anti-Ze events (co-)staged by far right. Euro Solidarity’s site higlights statements by leaders of that party. “Active public won’t tolerate betrayal of nat-l interests”, warns ex-Rada speaker Parubiy. https://t.co/kYIAmuIUHS

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Poroshenko of course attended anti-Zelenskiy rally in a Kyiv last weekend. That rally included speeches by leaders far-right National Corps [

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Warm and fuzzy about Kyiv Protests disappears if you look at organizers' statements. Co-org-s of today's Kyiv rally "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" issues an ULTIMATUM to Zelenskiy, warns of Ze's "Resignation", says "protests will Seize to be Peaceful" if demands aren't met https://t.co/wXV7nReosc

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Yana Zinkevych, 24 yo war veteran and member of Rada with Poroshenko’s “European Solidarity” was part of the anti-Ze press conference, sharing the stage with far-right National Corps, Democratic Axe (far right’s ally) and far right-linked veterans orgs. https://t.co/OhQ6fY4a9z

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: It’s not just Poro’s “Channel 5” that’s boosting anti-Ze events (co-)staged by far right. Euro Solidarity’s site higlights statements by leaders of that party. “Active public won’t tolerate betrayal of nat-l interests”, warns ex-Rada speaker Parubiy.

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As anti-Zelenskiy rallies planned for October 14th approach Poroshenko’s “Channel 5” on Friday aired anti-Ze organizers’ press conf dominated by... far-right National Corps. Giving them air time seems not trivial since NC harassed Poroshenko during and after the presidential elex https://t.co/8Keyq3AMpl

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Yana Zinkevych, 24 yo war veteran and member of Rada with Poroshenko’s “European Solidarity” was part of the anti-Ze press conference, sharing the stage with far-right National Corps, Democratic Axe (far right’s ally) and far right-linked veterans orgs.

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As anti-Zelenskiy rallies planned for October 14th approach Poroshenko’s “Channel 5” on Friday aired anti-Ze organizers’ press conf dominated by... far-right National Corps. Giving them air time seems not trivial since NC harassed Poroshenko during and after the presidential elex

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Zelenskiy confirms meeting representatives of “National Corps, Azov and everyone else”, per @ukrpravda_news. As I wrote yesterday leader of far-right C14 org also met Zelenskiy. NC and C14 are “far-right extremists” per @freedomhouse and “nationalist hate groups” per @StateDept

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Per reports, Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy on Wednesday met leaders of far right-linked Veterans orgs & their allies involved in current anti-Zelenskiy rallies, others. Ze shared table with the likes of Yevhen Karas, leader of C14, a “nationalist hate group” [per @StateDept] https://t.co/rUMJRaJPuo

6:57 AM · Oct 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Per one attendee, ZELENSKIY at the meeting with far right-linked veterans orgs, far-right figures like C14’s Karas, SAID that he gets intel that some organizers of current anti-Zelenskiy rallies are motivated by $$, a charge protesters deny. Source: https://t.co/LH6nb9mRZ6 https://t.co/DbgzXPcHwI

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Zelenskiy’s reported meeting with leader of far-right National Corps-linked “Veterans Brotherhood” Shatrovskyi, far-right figure Yevhen Karas, others further boosts legitimacy of far right in 🇺🇦. It’s a curious decision for President enjoying wide popular support in the country

6:12 PM · Oct 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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At the meeting with Zelenskiy today were also: leader of far-right National Corps’ veterans org “Veterans Brotherhood” Shatrovskyi, representative(s)of far right’s ally “Democratic Axe” party. NC, DA and Veterans Brotherhood are involved in staging anti-Zelenskiy October 14 rally https://t.co/n3oGDM4yQD

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: Per one attendee, ZELENSKIY at the meeting with far right-linked veterans orgs, far-right figures like C14’s Karas, SAID that he gets intel that some organizers of current anti-Zelenskiy rallies are motivated by $$, a charge protesters deny. Source: http://archive.fo/yG6Zw

6:12 PM · Oct 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Per reports, Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy on Wednesday met leaders of far right-linked Veterans orgs & their allies involved in current anti-Zelenskiy rallies, others. Ze shared table with the likes of Yevhen Karas, leader of C14, a “nationalist hate group” [per @StateDept] https://t.co/rUMJRaJPuo

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: At the meeting with Zelenskiy today were also: leader of far-right National Corps’ veterans org “Veterans Brotherhood” Shatrovskyi, representative(s)of far right’s ally “Democratic Axe” party. NC, DA and Veterans Brotherhood are involved in staging anti-Zelenskiy October 14 rally

6:12 PM · Oct 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Per reports, Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy on Wednesday met leaders of far right-linked Veterans orgs & their allies involved in current anti-Zelenskiy rallies, others. Ze shared table with the likes of Yevhen Karas, leader of C14, a “nationalist hate group” [per @StateDept]

6:12 PM · Oct 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In August Ukraine's gov promised to "prosecute" anyone spreading Christchurch shooter's manifesto after Bellingcat revealed it was disseminated in paperback in that country. ~ 2 months later Telegram channel disseminating the document is still up. It is Praising Halle Shooting...

2:12 PM · Oct 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Important: New deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Trepak wrote earlier this year that release of info re Manafort payments in Ukraine in August 2016 was a “leak”, and it was “understood” that by leaking “🇺🇦 government decided to assist one of the US presidential candidates”.

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

BIG! Newly-appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Trepak recently SAID UKRAINE INTERFERED in the USA 2016 election. Trepak who’s a former general of Ukraine’s Security Service was the source of Manafort “black ledgers” in 2016. Read my thread re Trepak’s earlier claims: https://t.co/qrL4sIVfO9 https://t.co/1EMeSfj3QH

10:18 AM · Oct 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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BIG! Newly-appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Trepak recently SAID UKRAINE INTERFERED in the USA 2016 election. Trepak who’s a former general of Ukraine’s Security Service was the source of Manafort “black ledgers” in 2016. Read my thread re Trepak’s earlier claims:

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

New claims in Ukraine re now resurfaced Ukraine interference in the USA theme: Former @servicessu general Trepak (source of so-called "black ledgers" re Manafort) claims leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau used ledgers alleging $$ for Manafort to play geopolitics. https://t.co/30ZRnOsEtf

8:06 AM · Oct 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Unregistered firearms are a concern for head of Ukraine's National Police. Ihor Klymenko tells @lb_ua:" There's plenty[...]firearms, munitions. We have to confiscate it eventually", says war against Ru aggression is "constant source of illegal firearms". https://lb.ua/news/2019/10/07/439088_igor_klimenko_politsiya_politike.html

10:56 AM · Oct 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Read on nationalist groups with strong diaspora ties and roots behind anti-Zelenskiy “Defend Ukraine - Resistance to Capitulation Movement" and Sunday October 6th rally in Kyiv: Free People, Youth Nationalist Congress, others. https://t.co/QfXqSkfZ6p https://t.co/4Go9zLBH6J

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: ? Involvement of diaspora-linked orgs, figures in anti-Zelenskiy “Defend Ukraine-Resistance to Capitulation Movement" -that has issued an ultimatum to Ze - should be considered against the backdrop of diaspora orgs' warning Ze against crossing red lines https://ucc.ca/2019/10/03/ukrainians-abroad-warn-president-zelenskyy-about-crossing-red-lines/

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Read on nationalist groups with strong diaspora ties and roots behind anti-Zelenskiy “Defend Ukraine - Resistance to Capitulation Movement" and Sunday October 6th rally in Kyiv: Free People, Youth Nationalist Congress, others.

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@kooleksiy: "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" behind ultimatum to Zelenskiy claims support from ex-officials like Suprun, Kvit, Ohryzko etc, nationalistic orgs like UNSO, Free People, Youth Nationalistic Congress. "Mov-t cooperates with all political forces that support our position".

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"Mr President you have until October 14[...] if our demands aren't met we will take to streets in much larger numbers[...] If you ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT ANY of the capitulatory formulas through RADA[...] our PROTESTS WILL SEIZE TO BE PEACEFUL", that's from Kyiv's rally co-org-s. https://t.co/4283FNuKyo

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" that issued ultimatum to Ze is helmed by the likes of ex-Rada member Levus, and Mykhailo Basarab (speculated in July that ZELENSKIY'S Presidency was a RUSSIAN SPECIAL OP). Statement acknowledges far-right National Corps, "Democratic Axe" etc.

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Warm and fuzzy about Kyiv Protests disappears if you look at organizers' statements. Co-org-s of today's Kyiv rally "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" issues an ULTIMATUM to Zelenskiy, warns of Ze's "Resignation", says "protests will Seize to be Peaceful" if demands aren't met https://t.co/wXV7nReosc

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: "Mr President you have until October 14[...] if our demands aren't met we will take to streets in much larger numbers[...] If you ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT ANY of the capitulatory formulas through RADA[...] our PROTESTS WILL SEIZE TO BE PEACEFUL", that's from Kyiv's rally co-org-s.

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Warm and fuzzy about Kyiv Protests disappears if you look at organizers' statements. Co-org-s of today's Kyiv rally "Resistance to Capitulation Movement" issues an ULTIMATUM to Zelenskiy, warns of Ze's "Resignation", says "protests will Seize to be Peaceful" if demands aren't met

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@kooleksiy: It's just one element to what's happening, but (!) apparent organizer of today’s rally in Kyiv is “Democratic Axe” a consistent far right’s ally. Address by Biletsky, leader of far-right National Corps was televised, NC leaders spoke to the crowds etc. Their agenda is opaque.

1:40 PM · Oct 6, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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At today’s large anti-Ze rally in Kyiv far-right National Corps, its allies continued to play own opaque game: blending with protesters, inserting own messaging (Biletsky’s address was televised, several NC leaders addressed the crowd), trying to spin the event IRL and online.

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11:38 AM · Oct 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy's spox Mendel tells @bihusinfo she's "being bullied, harassed", invokes "need to figure out where all these wronged ones came from", speaks of "lies and manipulations". That's WHEN she's asked about offering apologies to Ukrainian reporters for getting physical. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1180546461886554112/video/1

2:13 PM · Oct 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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US Assistant Secretary-Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Ops met Ukraine’s Minister of Veterans Affairs Kolyada. FYI Kolyada’s Deputy Kolumbet, and Head of VA Ministry’s Civic Council Shatrovskyi represent organizations staging current anti-Zelenskiy/Steinmeier formula rallies https://t.co/1romYchbMZ https://t.co/bbTr2LBX2f

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Deputy Minister of VA Kolumbet is co-founder of “Democratic Axe” party that alongside “Veterans Brotherhood” (linked to far-right National Corps and led by VA Civic Council head Shatrovskyi) is part of current anti-Zelenskiy/Steinmeier push & this event planned for October 14th. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1180533466540187648/video/1

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US Assistant Secretary-Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Ops met Ukraine’s Minister of Veterans Affairs Kolyada. FYI Kolyada’s Deputy Kolumbet, and Head of VA Ministry’s Civic Council Shatrovskyi represent organizations staging current anti-Zelenskiy/Steinmeier formula rallies

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Far-right C14 organization in 🇺🇦 branches out into “Society of the Future” political movement apparently led by Yevhen Karas. C14 is described as “nationalist hate group” in the State Department human rights report, and “extremist” by @freedomhouse rights watchdog. https://t.co/7fSvvWI4Yc

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Far-right C14 group and “other projects” (linked to C14?) had a monthly (!) budget of $10-20 000, according to Karas’ commentary to @lb_ua. Karas says it’s realistic to secure $50-60 000 a month for “Society of the future” political party.

1:04 PM · Oct 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right C14 organization in 🇺🇦 branches out into “Society of the Future” political movement apparently led by Yevhen Karas. C14 is described as “nationalist hate group” in the State Department human rights report, and “extremist” by @freedomhouse rights watchdog.

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Far-right National Corps rolls out a video announcing October 14 "No to Capitulation!" anti-Zelenskiy rally in Kyiv. It’s supported/joined by veterans orgs linked to far right, "Democratic Axe" party whose co-founder is Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs in @ZelenskyyUa gov. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1180136368657317893/video/1

11:03 AM · Oct 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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There’s a (bad) argument out there that far right’s role in anti-Zelenskiy protests isn’t significant BECAUSE middle aged people, “civilians” are visible at anti-Ze events. NO. Look at ANTI-ZELENSKIY alliance(incl.National Corps, Democratic Axe, Azov’s veterans group) in Kharkiv https://t.co/13XyNIcRFV

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: National Corps hosted signing of (anti-Zelenskiy) “Resistance to Capitulation” memorandum for Kharkiv region in its “First Nationalist Hub” center in that city. NC writes that Resistance HQs/Group is now active. Check out the list of signatories

10:09 AM · Oct 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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There’s a (bad) argument out there that far right’s role in anti-Zelenskiy protests isn’t significant BECAUSE middle aged people, “civilians” are visible at anti-Ze events. NO. Look at ANTI-ZELENSKIY alliance(incl.National Corps, Democratic Axe, Azov’s veterans group) in Kharkiv

10:00 AM · Oct 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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.@broderick You, like right-wing conspiracy theorists you write about, conflate 2 different CrowdStrike reports (DNC hack and Russian hack of 🇺🇦 soldiers' cell phones). My article is on the latter https://www.voanews.com/usa/think-tank-cyber-firm-center-russian-hacking-charges-misread-data it prompted CrowdStrike to revise&retract statements

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@joelw_762 Another case in point. “Democratic Axe”, a far-right ally, addressing the crowd yesterday. In the front row is Shatrovskyi of Azov-linked “Veterans brotherhood”. Both groups are behind anti-Ze rally set for October 14, & app-ly involved in ongoing events

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Another party joining anti-Zelenskiy/Steinmeier protest on October 14th is “Democratic Axe” so-called “troll party”& ally of far right. Co-founder Anton Kolumbet is deputy minister of Veterans Affairs. If continuing to appease far right is a gov choice it’s not working? https://t.co/BIC13UioeE

2:45 PM · Oct 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@joelw_762 National Corps, their ally “Democratic Axe” present. The latter addressed the crowd as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmK5DvJ9phc and yeah no uniforms. A group of NC/Azov leaders right in the center of this @RFERL shot as well.

12:29 PM · Oct 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Re numbers at current anti-Zelenskiy rallies: in March far-right National Corps brought comparable crowds to protest Poroshenko, held events at several cities at once. NC bench alone may allow to take it up a notch& claim the public is joining. March vid: https://youtu.be/9Y4-mefMxFI

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@kooleksiy: Added by (not so) popular demand: Already in 2016 It was GOOGLE-able (in English!) that Lang was problematic, & in Ukraine numerous (!) reports linked him to GNL https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/nzw4pb/why-american-right-wingers-are-going-to-war-in-ukraine-id-en& Here’s an Early 2018 report re former 🇦🇺 neo-nazi in GNL https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-01/foreign-fighters-return-to-australia-with-military-training/9696784?pfmredir=sm

11:09 PM · Oct 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In 2018 commander of “Georgian National Legion” unit that has hosted Western, US volunteers in 🇺🇦 - incl Craig Lang, and a Norwegian neo-Nazi- wrote that meetings with US lawmakers were meant to "counter attempts to discredit GNL by corrupt officials and pro-Russian oligarchs". https://t.co/EcptseLGrn

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: My point is: Is it safe to say that vetting those you meet/host is as important for the US lawmakers as it is for units fighting 🇷🇺in Ukraine?

7:04 PM · Oct 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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His unit has served as temporary home in Ukraine for problematic US, Western fighters - like Craig Lang, and self-described neo-Nazi Furholm. Mamulashvili himself had access to the US lawmakers in DC incl Reps: Engel, Lamborn, Sander Levin, Carolyn B Maloney, Dana Rohrabacher. https://t.co/PzFMscPbpZ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In 2018 commander of “Georgian National Legion” unit that has hosted Western, US volunteers in 🇺🇦 - incl Craig Lang, and a Norwegian neo-Nazi- wrote that meetings with US lawmakers were meant to "counter attempts to discredit GNL by corrupt officials and pro-Russian oligarchs".

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Commander of the Georgian National Legion Mamuka Mamulashvili has stated that nationalism wasn't tolerated in his unit, yet the fact remains: questionable characters spent time with the GNL. So did numerous Americans,& in fairness 🇺🇦 overall isn't good at vetting foreign fighters https://t.co/5mj7TtliiD

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: His unit has served as temporary home in Ukraine for problematic US, Western fighters - like Craig Lang, and self-described neo-Nazi Furholm. Mamulashvili himself had access to the US lawmakers in DC incl Reps: Engel, Lamborn, Sander Levin, Carolyn B Maloney, Dana Rohrabacher.

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American Craig Lang who’s now implicated in a murder, Norwegian neo-Nazi Joachim Furholm, former Australian neo-Nazi Tilling, others - spent time with Georgian National Legion volunteer unit in 🇺🇦. Some, like Furholm, were allegedly kicked out, some left, incl. for other 🇺🇦units https://t.co/lahfcKp224

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Commander of the Georgian National Legion Mamuka Mamulashvili has stated that nationalism wasn't tolerated in his unit, yet the fact remains: questionable characters spent time with the GNL. So did numerous Americans,& in fairness 🇺🇦 overall isn't good at vetting foreign fighters

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On importance of vetting. Problematic American, Western volunteers in Ukraine -including Craig Lang who’s now implicated in a murder in Florida, and far-right fighters - spent time with Georgian National Legion volunteer unit in 🇺🇦. Leader of GNL met US lawmakers in Washington. https://t.co/Kres8tK8pd

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: American Craig Lang who’s now implicated in a murder, Norwegian neo-Nazi Joachim Furholm, former Australian neo-Nazi Tilling, others - spent time with Georgian National Legion volunteer unit in 🇺🇦. Some, like Furholm, were allegedly kicked out, some left, incl. for other 🇺🇦units

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On importance of vetting. Problematic American, Western volunteers in Ukraine -including Craig Lang who’s now implicated in a murder in Florida, and far-right fighters - spent time with Georgian National Legion volunteer unit in 🇺🇦. Leader of GNL met US lawmakers in Washington.

7:03 PM · Oct 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Keep in mind re “Steinmeier protests”: Some of those set to protest got state $ under Poroshenko&have a say in Ze’s gov. Azov’s “Veterans Brotherhood” co-organizes “No to Capitulation” rally on 10/14. Leader Shatrovskyi is head of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs’ Civic Council. https://t.co/oRFHtM9HtT

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Another party joining anti-Zelenskiy/Steinmeier protest on October 14th is “Democratic Axe” so-called “troll party”& ally of far right. Co-founder Anton Kolumbet is deputy minister of Veterans Affairs. If continuing to appease far right is a gov choice it’s not working?

10:34 PM · Oct 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Keep in mind re “Steinmeier protests”: Some of those set to protest got state $ under Poroshenko&have a say in Ze’s gov. Azov’s “Veterans Brotherhood” co-organizes “No to Capitulation” rally on 10/14. Leader Shatrovskyi is head of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs’ Civic Council.

10:33 PM · Oct 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Some state bodies in 🇺🇦 continue to rely on online vote to elect advisory Civic Councils. This allowed the far right (roundly rejected in Rada elex) to get onto Civic Councils of @nab_ukr @mva_gov_ua... State Bureau of Investigation(SBI) @dbr_gov_ua holds e vote on October 3rd.

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“Ukraine government is historically corrupt, which is one way Russia exerts influence there”. That’s a quote from @SenJohnKennedy ‘s proposed bill banning senior officials’ family from profiting in Ukraine. Just as pertinent re 🇺🇦 as “It is hard to know who to believe or trust”

2:20 PM · Oct 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Inspired by Craig Lang’s story in Ukraine one former Australian serviceman(&former neonazi) joined fighting in Ukraine, and another Australian, a former RAAF airman served alongside Craig Lang in the ultranationalist Right Sector https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-01/foreign-fighters-return-to-australia-with-military-training/9696784?pfmredir=sm

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Craig Lang is currently detained in Ukraine on charges related to a double murder in the USA last year: @RFERL reports. Here's the same Lang (with other Americans) receiving his Ukrainian military ID in 2016, talking future, getting praised. Full video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh26tEvuDPU https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1177257645545275398/video/1

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When he was deputy minister of internal affairs Vadym Troyan boosted important projects of far-right National Corps. Now he's deputy head of Ukraine's National Police. Years before that he led neo-Nazi "Patriot of Ukraine". Want more? Search "Troyan" here: https://t.co/1LLG0hOmnK https://t.co/A29zhUf4M4

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Some background on Vadym Troyan new deputy head of the National Police under @ZelenskyyUa. "While with Patriot of Ukraine, Troyan was reportedly involved in a high profile public incident of neo-Nazism[...] was arrested[...] appeared before court. More: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

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When he was deputy minister of internal affairs Vadym Troyan boosted important projects of far-right National Corps. Now he's deputy head of Ukraine's National Police. Years before that he led neo-Nazi "Patriot of Ukraine". Want more? Search "Troyan" here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

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Ukraine's "troll party"&far-right ally "Democratic Axe" helped numerous members of extremist [per @freedomhouse] С14, National Corps get on the Civic Council of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs & more via online vote. That group's co-founder KOLUMBET is now Deputy Minister of VA https://t.co/pGLG3NQOfe

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In this thread I detail how UA's Ministry of Veterans affairs is apparently shaping up to be a major stronghold of Ukrainian far right in @ZelenskyyUa 's gov. Veterans Affairs ministry is apparently in charge of millions in state $ for patriotic projects

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Ukraine's "troll party"&far-right ally "Democratic Axe" helped numerous members of extremist [per @freedomhouse] С14, National Corps get on the Civic Council of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs & more via online vote. That group's co-founder KOLUMBET is now Deputy Minister of VA

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Ukraine watchers! Quick show of hands. Who else wasn't aware Serhiy Leshchenko is currently "an adviser to Zelenskiy"? Not according to @ZelenskyyUa 's official site or any recent Ukrainian media reports that I'm aware of. Who's your source for that @Reevellp @lcbruggeman?

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"So who ordered the show? How's Akhmetov doing? Tell me how much is [Anders] Aslund making in the Atlantic Council? Who's his main sponsor?" Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoisky hits back at US-based critic(s) on Savik Shuster's TV show on Friday, Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxqwjZLIEvs https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1175605080764157952/video/1

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Zelenskiy's government has proposed (If I'm reading it right) ~$17 million in 2020 state funding for Veterans Affairs Ministry, ~$720 000 in project funding available to veterans organizations https://t.co/XSyNLEIzKR /6 https://t.co/D74GvTRMbi

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Time will show if veterans orgs linked to extremist [per @freedomhouse] groups C14, National Corps will get any project $$ from Zelenskiy's government as they did under Poroshenko. As of now dedicated 2020 Call for Grant Proposals section on VA ministry site is empty /END

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@kooleksiy: Zelenskiy's government has proposed (If I'm reading it right) ~$17 million in 2020 state funding for Veterans Affairs Ministry, ~$720 000 in project funding available to veterans organizations http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=66853 /6

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@kooleksiy: For 2019 alone State Service for Veteran Affairs allocated ~$69000 in project funding for Veterans Brotherhood (National Corps-linked) and shy of $37 000 for Union of Veterans of the War With Russia (C14-linked, led by Medvedko, accused murderer of reporter Buzina) /2

4:55 PM · Sep 20, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: BUT "National Patriotic Education" that gave State $$ for far-right extremists' youth-oriented projects CARRIES ON under Zelenskiy in the Ministry of Education. In August Minister Hrynevych created a dedicated department focused on National Patriotic Education and Civic Education

4:50 PM · Sep 18, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: "We couldn't just watch our citizens die slowly” Ukraine's foreign minister on Tsemakh “We realize that our decision was also difficult for many of our international partners, in particular for the Netherlands. We count that it will be understood that this was a forced step".

10:27 AM · Sep 18, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Zelenskiy[...]appreciates time-tested competence demonstrated by Avakov during successful implementation of extremely complicated police reform [...]" Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine tells @welt's @clemenswergin, per Ukrainian translation posted on @ukrindeu 's site. https://t.co/BpH4j5gAWL https://t.co/siHnZPGFCB

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Die Welt's question to Prystaiko re Avakov apparently cited "serious suspicion" that "Avakov is linked to oligarchs and radical right". Prystaiko didn't address it. That's per Ukrainian translation of @clemenswergin's interview posted by @ukrindeu http://archive.is/6LuBg

12:19 AM · Sep 18, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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"Zelenskiy[...]appreciates time-tested competence demonstrated by Avakov during successful implementation of extremely complicated police reform [...]" Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine tells @welt's @clemenswergin, per Ukrainian translation posted on @ukrindeu 's site.

Vadym Prystaiko @VPrystaiko

Переклад мого інтерв'ю німецькій газеті @welt. Звільнення полонених, наші очікування від зустрічі у Нормандському форматі та тріщини в європейському санкційному фронті. https://t.co/y4tK8ahIdq

12:19 AM · Sep 18, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Zelenskiy's government envisions ~ 130 million Hryvnias($5 mil +) in 2020 state budget for the controversial Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance led by Volodymyr Viatrovych: figures are from addendum to the 2020 state budget bill proposed to Rada https://t.co/XSyNLEIzKR https://t.co/9uzcgikP23

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: 2020 proposed funding (~130 mil Hryvnias) for the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance is an INCREASE of ~ 20 million Hryvnias compared to the year 2019 funding . 2019 figures can be found in an addendum here http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=64598

12:12 PM · Sep 17, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy's government envisions ~ 130 million Hryvnias($5 mil +) in 2020 state budget for the controversial Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance led by Volodymyr Viatrovych: figures are from addendum to the 2020 state budget bill proposed to Rada http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=66853

11:38 AM · Sep 17, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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At anti-LGBT protests in Kharkiv yesterday - local members, leaders of far-right Azov movement could be hiding behind masks. On social media Serhiy "Chili" Velichko, an Azov figure& leader of soccer hooligans posted videos of a group of masked men protesting Kharkiv Pride. https://t.co/bUxE3d6dDO

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Azov's figures in Kharkiv, including local leader of Azov's National Corps party Nemichev & several others were tagged in a photo of a group of masked men at anti-Kharkiv Pride rally by an individual linked to Nemichev.

2:23 AM · Sep 16, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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At anti-LGBT protests in Kharkiv yesterday - local members, leaders of far-right Azov movement could be hiding behind masks. On social media Serhiy "Chili" Velichko, an Azov figure& leader of soccer hooligans posted videos of a group of masked men protesting Kharkiv Pride.

2:23 AM · Sep 16, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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“The fight was [...]implacable, bloody”. Far-right Tradition and Order writes re anti-Kharkiv Pride protests, likens LGBT march to “plague”, says more “battles” to follow. 🇺🇦 Far right got used to impunity under @Poroshenko. Will @ZelenskyyUa change it? http://archive.is/j7vx1

6:43 PM · Sep 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Kharkiv members of far-right Freikorps, Tradition and Order groups were detained by the police against the backdrop of protests against Kharkiv gay pride, attacks on participants. On August 24th Freikorps marched in Kharkiv as part of Ukraine's Independence Day celebrations ⬇️ https://t.co/AGWZ5Aaa3w

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Prior to events in Kharkiv today, attacks on Kharkiv pride participants - Eduard Yurchenko, ideologue & spox of far-right National Corps party lectured Freikorps on "traditional family". Yurchenko was at the center of protests against Kyiv Pride in June https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/06/21/calls-to-fight-lgbt-people-by-ukrainian-cleric-emblematic-of-churchs-proximity-to-far-right/

3:20 PM · Sep 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Kharkiv members of far-right Freikorps, Tradition and Order groups were detained by the police against the backdrop of protests against Kharkiv gay pride, attacks on participants. On August 24th Freikorps marched in Kharkiv as part of Ukraine's Independence Day celebrations ⬇️

3:20 PM · Sep 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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File under “Ukraine encounters”. Apparently back in June former CIA director Petraeus posed for a selfie with a Ukrainian far-right figure, former leader of Azov’s National Corps Nazarii Kravchenko. Petraeus’ trip to Kyiv included meetings with NSDC head Danylyuk, Tymoshenko https://t.co/UVj112S3rm

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In 2018 National Corps’ site wrote that Kravchenko was to continue as NC’s first deputy head and “focus on diplomatic work”. Kravchenko casts himself as a civic activist (& is presented as such in UA media) while relying on a cadre of known (also “former”/ former?) NC members

12:59 PM · Sep 14, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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File under “Ukraine encounters”. Apparently back in June former CIA director Petraeus posed for a selfie with a Ukrainian far-right figure, former leader of Azov’s National Corps Nazarii Kravchenko. Petraeus’ trip to Kyiv included meetings with NSDC head Danylyuk, Tymoshenko

12:17 PM · Sep 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In August I was publicly attacked by then-Deputy Minister of Info Policy of Ukraine Dmytro Zolotukhin who attempted to discredit my reporting on far-right extremism in Ukraine, and far-right extremists receiving state funding there. Here's how his Facebook post looks now

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8:26 AM · Sep 9, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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In May Savik Shuster's former employer (at 1+1) oligarch Kolomoisky told @ukrpravda_news that he severed contract with Shuster in 2015 over Shuster billing guests for appearing on his talk show despite being paid $ millions not to. Kolomoisky interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erN7yrYvjOs https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1169993765056110592 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1170399499765858305/video/1

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2:12 PM · Sep 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Team Zelenskiy signals that all “anti-corruption architecture” is now in place to “win the battle against corruption”. Who’ll be FIRST (former?) top official TO FALL? Earlier Ze-linked oligarch Kolomoisky said that 90% of Ukrainians are used to corruption.

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8:05 AM · Sep 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Denis Nikitin/Kapustin neonazi MMA organizer reportedly banned from EU https://t.co/63TeB986eS makes an appearance in "Young Flame" fest post event video: https://t.co/sNu0ErINOw As I wrote earlier Nikitin could be involved in organizing it https://t.co/BUYjXTlQNU

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: American white nationalists "Rise Above Movement" traveled to Ukraine in 2018 to learn from the Azov movement. Now in 2019 Azov's "Young Flame" fest inspires RAM, others in the West. Things happening in Ukraine have an impact beyond its borders. Read more: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

3:25 PM · Sep 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"White Power", "Hass", "Sieg", "Ehre" on a giant screen. That's "Young Flame" fest thrown by far-right Azov movement on August 31st close to Kyiv, Ukraine. Such signals are also meant for - heard & understood by - white nationalists outside of Ukraine https://t.co/1LLG0hOmnK https://t.co/zhIZlAvsMP

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Denis Nikitin/Kapustin neonazi MMA organizer reportedly banned from EU https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/nikitin-einreiseverbot-101.html makes an appearance in "Young Flame" fest post event video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj0rlj_Gc0c As I wrote earlier Nikitin could be involved in organizing it

1:29 PM · Sep 2, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: Far right's influence on the Ministry of Veterans Affairs is BY DESIGN http://archive.is/cDJ8n Far right (incl. National Corps) pushed Poroshenko's gov to create that ministry & were heavily involved in shaping it. Minister Koliada was deputy under previous VA minister Friz

9:49 AM · Sep 2, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Prime minister of Ukraine Honcharuk @PMHoncharuk met leaders of "Veterans' movement of Ukraine" (Рух ветеранів України) https://t.co/P32NloFh4D. Those include members, affiliates of extremist, per @freedomhouse, far-right organizations: C14 (Voitko)& National Corps (Shatrovskyi) https://t.co/0HvhLOBUmc

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Voitko co-leads [with accused murderer of "pro-Russian" reporter Oles Buzina, Andriy Medvedko] C14's veterans org "Union of Veterans of the War with Russia”. Dmytro Shatrovskyi [in the photo] is head of National Corps' "Veterans Brotherhood" & leads @mva_gov_ua's Civic Council

9:49 AM · Sep 2, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Prime minister of Ukraine Honcharuk @PMHoncharuk met leaders of "Veterans' movement of Ukraine" (Рух ветеранів України) http://archive.is/kRfv0. Those include members, affiliates of extremist, per @freedomhouse, far-right organizations: C14 (Voitko)& National Corps (Shatrovskyi)

9:49 AM · Sep 2, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Far-right Azov movement's "Young Flame" festival celebrating that movement and its take on "Ukrainian traditions" on August 31st in Kyiv, Ukraine [Park Kyyivska Rus close to Ukraine's capital] https://t.co/W6asyby6vc

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "White Power", "Hass", "Sieg", "Ehre" on a giant screen. That's "Young Flame" fest thrown by far-right Azov movement on August 31st close to Kyiv, Ukraine. Such signals are also meant for - heard & understood by - white nationalists outside of Ukraine https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/ https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1168376395917090816/video/1

12:13 AM · Sep 2, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Would you like your Thor Hammer with some cheesy EDM? From far-right Azov Movement's "Young Flame" festival in Kyiv https://t.co/HCIt97dYhG

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Far-right Azov movement's "Young Flame" festival celebrating that movement and its take on "Ukrainian traditions" on August 31st in Kyiv, Ukraine [Park Kyyivska Rus close to Ukraine's capital] https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1168370442052222976/video/1

11:49 PM · Sep 1, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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More pics from "Young Flame" festival of far-right Azov movement/ National Corps in Kyiv on August 31st https://t.co/SYsiGOCP98

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: Would you like your Thor Hammer with some cheesy EDM? From far-right Azov Movement's "Young Flame" festival in Kyiv https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1168369201108725760/video/1

11:44 PM · Sep 1, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Here's former Security Service of Ukraine official, far-right figure, ex-Svoboda member of Rada Yuriy Mykhalchyshyn at the event with adoring fans https://t.co/kae3Cu72Cd

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: More pics from "Young Flame" festival of far-right Azov movement/ National Corps in Kyiv on August 31st

11:39 PM · Sep 1, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Ukraine's far-right Azov movement held "Young Flame" festival on August 31st. The event celebrated what Azov considers representative of itself and "Ukrainian traditions", including MMA, soccer hooliganism, unmistakable white nationalist tropes and such. https://t.co/xmnKAuefCQ

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Here's former Security Service of Ukraine official, far-right figure, ex-Svoboda member of Rada Yuriy Mykhalchyshyn at the event with adoring fans

11:29 PM · Sep 1, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Chances are neonazi MMA organizer Denis Nikitin/Kapustin (“White Rex”) was involved in “Young Flame” fest. Nikitin was reportedly recently banned from EU https://t.co/63TeB986eS Do Read about Nikitin’s footprint in Europe https://t.co/5pvBKe18yN & Ukraine https://t.co/QQtoe1OWBB https://t.co/NfyVjo5Oft

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Ukraine's far-right Azov movement held "Young Flame" festival on August 31st. The event celebrated what Azov considers representative of itself and "Ukrainian traditions", including MMA, soccer hooliganism, unmistakable white nationalist tropes and such. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1168362613333536771/video/1

11:18 PM · Sep 1, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Images from August 31st “Young Flame” festival held by far-right Azov movement in the Kievan Rus Park https://t.co/BGFQqwmFHz

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Chances are neonazi MMA organizer Denis Nikitin/Kapustin (“White Rex”) was involved in “Young Flame” fest. Nikitin was reportedly recently banned from EU https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/nikitin-einreiseverbot-101.html Do Read about Nikitin’s footprint in Europe https://www.propublica.org/article/robert-rundo-denis-nikitin-hooligans-europe-hate-group & Ukraine https://newrepublic.com/article/154434/friday-night-fights-ukraines-far-right

10:35 AM · Sep 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Kyiv far-right the National Corps throws free “Young Flame” Festival cast as celebrating “Ukrainian traditions”, and “our [Azov] movement”. Apparently both, per organizers, include “hass”(hate), “Übermensch“, „ultraviolence” other neonazi/white nationalist parlance. Watch: https://t.co/Ddj2xA8NBX

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: Images from August 31st “Young Flame” festival held by far-right Azov movement in the Kievan Rus Park

8:56 PM · Aug 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Kyiv far-right the National Corps throws free “Young Flame” Festival cast as celebrating “Ukrainian traditions”, and “our [Azov] movement”. Apparently both, per organizers, include “hass”(hate), “Übermensch“, „ultraviolence” other neonazi/white nationalist parlance. Watch: https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1167964499455819778/video/1

8:56 PM · Aug 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right National Corps' leader Andriy Biletsky now calls on followers to join "March of Ukraine's defenders" casting it as apolitical. Thousands are reportedly joining that far right-organized event on Ukraine’s Independence Day. https://t.co/Q9B6HlN7lO

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Presidential Administration @TheBankova acknowledges far right-organized “March of Ukraine’s defenders” as as part of the Independence day festivities http://archive.is/n3UBy Far right continue to successfully infiltrate Ukrainian politics, public sphere under president Zelenskiy

9:37 PM · Aug 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Co-organizer of “March of Ukraine's defenders" Shatrovskyi was with far-right National Corps, National Militia leaders in Lithuania in 2018 as seen here https://t.co/NjX1wVS8yN. National Corps is described as nationwide extremist group by @freedomhouse https://t.co/p3qDJ1QuKf https://t.co/SbGA2EywfW

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: Far-right National Corps' leader Andriy Biletsky now calls on followers to join "March of Ukraine's defenders" casting it as apolitical. Thousands are reportedly joining that far right-organized event on Ukraine’s Independence Day.

9:37 PM · Aug 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far right are heavily involved in the march. That’s accused murderer of reporter Buzina, C14's Medvedko at the orgs' press conf - https://t.co/wdZWTEP19I - next to Dmytro Shatrovskyi (Azov-linked “Veterans Brotherhood") who visited Lithuania in 2018 with far-right National Corps https://t.co/c8C9GyuWf3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Co-organizer of “March of Ukraine's defenders" Shatrovskyi was with far-right National Corps, National Militia leaders in Lithuania in 2018 as seen here http://archive.is/ciW28. National Corps is described as nationwide extremist group by @freedomhouse https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/far-right-extremism-threat-ukrainian-democracy

9:37 PM · Aug 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Far right are heavily involved in the march. That’s accused murderer of reporter Buzina, C14's Medvedko at the orgs' press conf - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbIIu5KzPI8 - next to Dmytro Shatrovskyi (Azov-linked “Veterans Brotherhood") who visited Lithuania in 2018 with far-right National Corps

9:37 PM · Aug 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right figures, -linked groups among organizers of "March of Ukraine's defenders" set to take place on August 24th & acknowledged by Zelenskiy's Office as part of Independence day festivities in Kyiv. Medvedko, accused murderer of reporter Buzina, is one of the organizers.

9:37 PM · Aug 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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PG Lutsenko tells @censor_net that during his meetings with Giuliani in Jan 2019, the latter expressed interest in "how Manafort ledgers were leaked" ,& why director of NABU Sytnyk and then-MP Leshchenko "publicized" Manafort info during the US 2016 elex https://t.co/VjXlo11DOq https://t.co/qyE8Q1dRuG

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Ukraine's Prosecutor General Lutsenko also told @censor_net that Giuliani expressed interest in Burisma/ Zlochevsky case. During the interview the reporter apparently equated Giuliani's interest in NABU, Manafort ledger, Burisma etc with that of Trump. Lutsenko didn’t disagree

2:33 PM · Aug 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine's (outgoing?) Prosecutor General Lutsenko tells @censor_net he has evidence that NABU "passes draft charges to the Embassy of one of friendly countries", & Zelenskiy knows it. Previously Lutsenko attacked 🇺🇸 Ambassador Yovanovitch over alleged interference, ties to NABU. https://t.co/9C9wPcjPf7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: PG Lutsenko tells @censor_net that during his meetings with Giuliani in Jan 2019, the latter expressed interest in "how Manafort ledgers were leaked" ,& why director of NABU Sytnyk and then-MP Leshchenko "publicized" Manafort info during the US 2016 elex https://censor.net.ua/resonance/3143867/yuryi_lutsenko_lyudi_vvajayut_scho_genprokuror_legko_moje_posaditi_budyakogo_chorta_chastina_2

2:33 PM · Aug 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine's (outgoing?) Prosecutor General Lutsenko tells @censor_net he has evidence that NABU "passes draft charges to the Embassy of one of friendly countries", & Zelenskiy knows it. Previously Lutsenko attacked 🇺🇸 Ambassador Yovanovitch over alleged interference, ties to NABU.

2:33 PM · Aug 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Attacks with explosives were planned by a 19 yo member of a “Radical youth grouping“, his accomplices, during public events in Sumy: Ukraine’s security service @ServiceSsu writes https://ssu.gov.ua/ua/news/1/category/2/view/6408 No additional info to identify the “grouping”.

6:41 AM · Aug 20, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Russian author, turn Donbass militia commander Prilepin, says he travels to EU without issues: "I can go anywhere I want. They don't give a shit about Ukraine, Georgia": Minutes earlier he boasted about his unit's body count in the war against Ukraine https://youtu.be/e5HM4VKHc3U?t=1329 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1162446939109154817/video/1

3:32 PM · Aug 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Wotan Jugend neo-Nazi group that pushes Russian translation of Christchurch shooter manifesto operates in the open in Ukraine. It recently held a seminar that covered RACIOlogy, use of FIREARMS, and knife fighting. The video is from their post event recap https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1155140120753967104?s=21 https://twitter.com/BcatMonitoring/status/1161567746271977472 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1161645828894801921/video/1

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10:28 AM · Aug 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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A court admission that a very public, violent far-right group (C14) - that rubs shoulders with politicians, gets project $$ from the government, frequents TV studios, leads protests against Russian aggression- is neo-Nazi, is NOT necessarily something Ukraine wants. Just saying..

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10:11 AM · Aug 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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The festival where, per @edolinsky, antisemitic books are sold is financed by Ukrainian government via Ministry of Youth and Sports as a national-patriotic education project. The screenshot is from that ministry's own report on 2019 NPE projects http://www.dsmsu.gov.ua/media/2019/05/23/16/SPIVPRACYa_2019.pdf

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@russian_market Evocative

12:50 PM · Aug 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Yanukovych era returnee Portnov [allegedly coordinates lawfare against @poroshenko with Zelenskiy’s chief of staff Bohdan] says Poro is tasting his own medicine: ”When Poro’s subordinates said someone was interrogated [..] activists, nationalists and criminal groups showed up”

11:10 AM · Jul 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In “Ukraine collusion” news: Claims that head of National Anti-corruption Bureau Sytnyk “destroys the court” that ruled that he and politician Leshchenko interfered in the US ‘16 election by releasing Manafort payments info. NABU detectives raided Kyiv district court on July 26. https://t.co/NulePmngRf https://t.co/z1fqbeJQnK

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Claims of seeming “revenge to the court” come from ex member of Rada Rozenblat who brought initially successful administrative lawsuit against Leshchenko and NABU Director, & later promised to take the case to 🇺🇦 Supreme Court after Appellate court canceled “interference” ruling.

8:21 AM · Jul 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In “Ukraine collusion” news: Claims that head of National Anti-corruption Bureau Sytnyk “destroys the court” that ruled that he and politician Leshchenko interfered in the US ‘16 election by releasing Manafort payments info. NABU detectives raided Kyiv district court on July 26.

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8:21 AM · Jul 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Levkin like other emigre 🇷🇺 white nationalists may end up with 🇺🇦citizenship. One example is Korotkih. An associate of 🇷🇺neonazi “Tesak” he made a stellar career in Ukraine: fought in Azov >was a @NPU_GOV_UA official>led protests against @poroshenko (who gave K 🇺🇦passport in ‘14)

1:01 PM · Jul 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. Key Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine says his brand of “ideology of liberation” for Europe &Russia is shaping up in UA: Aleksei Levkin is an Ideologue of Ukraine's National Militia/Azov Movement, leader of cult neo-Nazi Black Metal band M8l8th https://t.co/S1ASwS0W3s /1 https://t.co/BKExU4cYKR

11:37 AM · Jul 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@ColborneMichael Poroshenko’s attacker Makeev apparently used to work in @NPU_GOV_UA ‘s Department for the Protection of Strategic Objects, under another 🇺🇦 passport recipient, self-admitted “national socialist” Korotkih, with other Azov vets. This makes him Avakov’s former employee?

12:32 PM · Jul 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: “Proud of my brother” leader of far-right National Corps, Ru neonazi Korotkih writes on Telegram about Makeev’s [that Azov vet was granted 🇺🇦citizenship by @ZelenskyyUa ] attack on Ukraine’s former President Poroshenko. Poro gave citizenship to Korotkih 🤦‍♂️ https://t.me/gozirka2/1993

7:51 AM · Jul 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: To understand some implications of National Corps’ statement regarding @bellingcat’s reporting and me, consider that NC leader Biletsky unequivocally said that JOURNALISTS that “fight Ukrainian national idea [...] embodied by Azov, NC” are “ENEMIES”

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11:46 AM · Jul 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: To understand some implications of National Corps’ statement regarding @bellingcat’s reporting and me, consider that NC leader Biletsky unequivocally said that JOURNALISTS that “fight Ukrainian national idea [...] embodied by Azov, NC” are “ENEMIES”

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11:45 AM · Jul 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Leader of “National Militia” (Azov movement) blames the fact ALL Ukrainians are ALLOWED to vote for FAR-RIGHT election fail & pledges “Ukrainian Order in the streets”. “Problems [..]will last as long as a high school graduate’s vote equals that of a mil officer”. “Cherkas” writes https://t.co/dBiaV6QIqa

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: Nationalists will seize power in Ukraine UNdemocratically: The Order group [casts itself as a conservative wing of National Corps] writes re far-right’s Rada fiasco, claims Ukrainians long for “strong hand”. “A wave will arise from the bottom that we were led to democratically”.

3:41 PM · Jul 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Leader of “National Militia” (Azov movement) blames the fact ALL Ukrainians are ALLOWED to vote for FAR-RIGHT election fail & pledges “Ukrainian Order in the streets”. “Problems [..]will last as long as a high school graduate’s vote equals that of a mil officer”. “Cherkas” writes

1:13 PM · Jul 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right lose Rada election but they DO get things done with Zelenskiy. On July 18th Ze granted 🇺🇦citizenship to 7 Azov vets including Russia’s Makeev mentioned in my report on far-right fighters, white supremacists trained by “European Security Academy” https://t.co/95UfzrHOQ9 https://t.co/dWhAVDCSig

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: “Several hundred foreign volunteers await Ukrainian passports. I believe they’ll be able to get them shortly”, National Corps leader Biletsky wrote re Zelenskiy granting 🇺🇦 citizenship to 7 Azov’s vets. Awaiting 🇺🇦passport is also Wotan Jugend head Levkin

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Thread. Key Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine says his brand of “ideology of liberation” for Europe &Russia is shaping up in UA: Aleksei Levkin is an Ideologue of Ukraine's National Militia/Azov Movement, leader of cult neo-Nazi Black Metal band M8l8th https://t.co/S1ASwS0W3s /1 https://t.co/BKExU4cYKR

6:41 AM · Jul 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right lose Rada election but they DO get things done with Zelenskiy. On July 18th Ze granted 🇺🇦citizenship to 7 Azov vets including Russia’s Makeev mentioned in my report on far-right fighters, white supremacists trained by “European Security Academy” https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/08/30/ukrainian-far-right-fighters-white-supremacists-trained-major-european-security-firm/

6:41 AM · Jul 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Deputy leader of National Corps, Kravchenko expects that Rada election fail will radicalize far-right: “There’s hope that rose-tinted glasses will be taken off by many comrades, allies, supporters[...] The choice is to make history or become its victims” https://t.me/NKruk/259

6:09 PM · Jul 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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As united 🇺🇦 far-right apparently fail to get into Rada (per exit polls) here’s a throwback to November when National Corps’ leader Biletsky lamented that Poroshenko’s government had effectively appropriated “nationalist slogans”. Poroshenko apparently gets into Rada with ~9%

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According to the exit polls, the Ukrainian far-right list gets 2.1% and fails to enter the next Ukrainian parliament. The failure of the Ukrainian far right is a result of the tactical voting of the nationalist electorate who supported the party of ex-president Petro Poroshenko.

1:45 PM · Jul 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Saakashvili praises far-right leader, Kukharchuk (runs for Rada), and National Corps’ violence against police that Kukharchuk reportedly led in Cherkasy in March [22 cops wounded, per gov]. “Great guy...did everything right” & violence was “Cossack spirit” https://t.co/9hmQJlcbKi https://t.co/MqnGMjIfj0

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: As Saakashvili praises March far-right violence against police, endorses a far-right candidate in Cherkasy here’s your reminder that Ukraine’s much touted “Euro optimist” Leshchenko thinks “people like Sakashvi are needed in Ukraine’s highest offices”, welcomes his endorsement.

11:33 AM · Jul 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Saakashvili praises far-right leader, Kukharchuk (runs for Rada), and National Corps’ violence against police that Kukharchuk reportedly led in Cherkasy in March [22 cops wounded, per gov]. “Great guy...did everything right” & violence was “Cossack spirit” https://youtu.be/xj4zzQl5Z7k https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1150735081058779137/video/1

7:53 AM · Jul 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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As G7 ambassadors slam Zelenskiy's plan to purge Poroshenko era officials, one Yanukovych regime returnee Portnov says he sees it as "Trolling [...]partially legal action", adds he's a supporter bc "It puts inventors of 2014 lustration in their place" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Cm8siz9-8 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1149742931324145669/video/1

2:10 PM · Jul 12, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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United Ukrainian far right cannibalized Warcraft movie trailer for a campaign video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7URMPyMpX4 Far-right leaders are cast as humans battling "pro-🇷🇺”orcs. One "National Corps" figure explains on Telegram "To chop[...] separatist orcs. Figuratively and literally”

12:11 PM · Jul 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s radical white nationalist Azov Movement co-opts - and is admired, emulated by - elements of American Alt-Right, neo-Nazis. Read my report and make your own conclusions re @KyivPost’s panegyric to Azov’s military branch https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

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10:35 AM · Jul 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Leader, members of anti-LGBT org. "Tradition and Order" get medals from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the former claims on Telegram. “Tradition and Order” played a notable role in attempts to disrupt #KyivPride , touts own links to OCU. It was linked to violence by rights orgs. https://t.co/iU1DVROjnn

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Far-right “Tradition and Order” says Its leader Khodakovsky received a medal for “contribution to development of 🇺🇦 state & the Orthodox Church of Ukraine” from influential Metropol. Oleksandr Drabynko, & “global issues were raised” incl “defending believers from LGBT propaganda”

4:01 PM · Jul 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Leader, members of anti-LGBT org. "Tradition and Order" get medals from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the former claims on Telegram. “Tradition and Order” played a notable role in attempts to disrupt #KyivPride , touts own links to OCU. It was linked to violence by rights orgs.

4:01 PM · Jul 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Returnee ex-Yanukovych official Portnov currently waging lawfare against Poroshenko writes on media [deemed “anti-🇺🇦”?] under Poro: “For 5 years you threw journalists in jail for words, kicked them out of the country... physically persecuted, labeled them Kremlin accomplices”.

9:59 AM · Jul 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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.@kenvogel writes that Giuliani's client Fuks sees Rudy as his "lobbyist", and Giuliani rejects the term. ALSO FUKS in an interview in 🇺🇦: LOBBYING is “very complicated”; invokes MANAFORT="It looked like they were acting within the framework[law], but they didn't pay taxes” https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1145807269235499008/video/1

5:31 PM · Jul 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Medvedko's "Ukrainian Military Honor" org, among other things, publishes historical photos detailing collaboration of Ukrainian nationalists with Nazis during WW2 https://www.facebook.com/ukrainianmilitaryhonour/. UMH has a Facebook page in English https://www.facebook.com/ukrainianmilitaryhonoureng/

2:51 PM · Jun 30, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Remember the accused murderer of Oles Buzina, C14 figure Medvedko[denies charges]? Buzina trial has effectively been stalled, and Medvedko is now a prolific veterans affairs organizer. One of his projects is apparently supported by UA government and a diaspora org in Philadelphia https://t.co/6D72jgj3hp

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: A member of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs @mva_gov_ua Civic Council Medvedko (apparently with VA minister Friz in the photo) leads "Veterans Academy" an org - http://archive.is/2kM2g - that aims "to provide free and quality education to Veterans of the war against Russia"

2:51 PM · Jun 30, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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A member of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs @mva_gov_ua Civic Council Medvedko (apparently with VA minister Friz in the photo) leads "Veterans Academy" an org - https://t.co/KFODWn8l8O - that aims "to provide free and quality education to Veterans of the war against Russia" https://t.co/v46YFCNV3Z

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Site of "Veterans Academy", an organization led by Andriy Medvedko the accused murderer of Ukrainian reporter Oles Buzina, claims that it is supported by Ukraine's Ministry of Veteran Affairs as well as by Philadelphia-based United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC)

2:51 PM · Jun 30, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Remember the accused murderer of Oles Buzina, C14 figure Medvedko[denies charges]? Buzina trial has effectively been stalled, and Medvedko is now a prolific veterans affairs organizer. One of his projects is apparently supported by UA government and a diaspora org in Philadelphia

2:51 PM · Jun 30, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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On debate stage Slava Vakarchuk shows why Zelenskiy was wise to avoid talking issues during the campaign. The musician-turn-politician paired on air with experienced Tymoshenko struggled to talk substance, painted 🇺🇦 with the Broadest of brushes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJArz8eVh2I https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1144993185078358017/video/1

11:37 AM · Jun 29, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy today on Ukrainian sailors held by Russia: "I'm willing to grasp at anything to bring the boys back". Chasm between Zelenskiy and Poroshenko's holdover Klimkin came to the fore BIG TIME as Ze seemingly accused Klimkin of undermining Ze’s effort to bring the sailors back https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1144255314776207361/video/1

10:45 AM · Jun 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"ANGELS tried to warn" alleged anti-#KyivPride poop attack plotters (including an anti-LGBT priest) that "there was a provocation afoot" against them "ordered from the VERY TOP", Member of 🇺🇦Parliament, far-right Oksana Korchynska says in court. That’s so-called “Traditionalism” https://twitter.com/BcatMonitoring/status/1143598171802746880 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1143895702432550912/video/1

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10:56 AM · Jun 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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As united far-right Svoboda, National Corps, Right Sector gear up for 🇺🇦election, here's a throwback to when @reuters ran an opinion by Svoboda's sponsor, alleged crime boss Kryvetskyi, presented him as "a center-right policy reformer and economic analyst” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kryvetskyi-ukraine-commentary/commentary-a-ukrainian-economist-on-the-perils-of-trumps-putin-policy-idUSKBN1JT2R0

5:52 PM · Jun 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Anti #KyivPride shit throwing plot got a lot of attention BUT guess who was in court today supporting alleged plotters? Ukraine’s member of Rada Oksana Korchynska, a far-right figure, wife of seminal ultranationalist ideologue Dmytro Korchynsky. Video: https://t.co/8LTOHGDH9j https://t.co/jvGKTsIKGr

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: 🇺🇦 Member of Parliament Korchynska goes conspiratorial in her defense of alleged anti #KyivPride poop attack plotters, says suspects are ”hostages in an INTERNATIONAL political PLAY”. Korchynska is part of anti LGBT milieu I covered here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/06/21/calls-to-fight-lgbt-people-by-ukrainian-cleric-emblematic-of-churchs-proximity-to-far-right/

7:46 AM · Jun 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Anti #KyivPride shit throwing plot got a lot of attention BUT guess who was in court today supporting alleged plotters? Ukraine’s member of Rada Oksana Korchynska, a far-right figure, wife of seminal ultranationalist ideologue Dmytro Korchynsky. Video: https://www.facebook.com/100001536550844/videos/2490248424369685?sfns=mo

7:46 AM · Jun 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Court hearing on appeal set for May was moved. If I read @bsrozenblat right and that hearing will now take place in mid July it will coincide with questions re veracity of so-called black ledgers raised/stoked/reupped in a new publication @thehill

4:11 PM · Jun 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Patriarch Filaret, 90, just spoke out against #KyivPride, same-sex marriage, mentioned “punishment” in this life and in afterlife. His words are immediately picked up, spun by anti-LGBT, that are mounting a counter to #KyivPride https://t.co/0MvHaif4cu https://t.co/pWmSNyfh3s

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Filaret’s statement on #KyivPride is predictably critical but DOESN’T contain an invitation for viewers to join far right-led anti Kyiv Pride event (as suggested by video’s title). The video is posted by a far right-linked YouTube channel suggesting (?)they have access to Filaret

12:58 PM · Jun 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Patriarch Filaret, 90, just spoke out against #KyivPride, same-sex marriage, mentioned “punishment” in this life and in afterlife. His words are immediately picked up, spun by anti-LGBT, that are mounting a counter to #KyivPride https://youtu.be/6kJO3iVn_28

12:58 PM · Jun 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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E.European white nationalists believe they MUST adopt from Antifa, BRING supporters (incl. proponents of "direct action") from across the globe to own important events IN EUROPE. That's per, Kyiv-based "Russian Center" that participated in Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe events https://t.co/r0PLKdJTzU

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: In April Eastern European white nationalists, participants of Radical Alliance March/Sword of Europe events in Ukraine's Uzhhorod also allegedly discussed: Joint FUND to $$ "TRAINING CAMPS", "INTERNATIONAL sports tournaments"; as well as strategies to infiltrate academia, etc.

1:34 AM · Jun 16, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Radical Alliance March/Sword of Europe April 2019 events in Uzhhorod, Ukraine were hosted by militant Karpatska Sich group linked by international human rights organizations to violent attacks, threats, instances of intimidation https://t.co/vBSZtRUxcv). https://t.co/LwN54mwea3

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: E.European white nationalists believe they MUST adopt from Antifa, BRING supporters (incl. proponents of "direct action") from across the globe to own important events IN EUROPE. That's per, Kyiv-based "Russian Center" that participated in Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe events

1:34 AM · Jun 16, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Radical Alliance March/Sword of Europe conference brought together white nationalists from Ukraine (Karpatska Sich), Hungary (Legio Hungaria), Poland (Szturm), Czech Republic(NSF), Serbia (autonomous nationalists)& "Russian Center"(Kyiv) -the latter writes https://t.co/APdxPdMSKR https://t.co/E0HUCE6R1C

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: Radical Alliance March/Sword of Europe April 2019 events in Uzhhorod, Ukraine were hosted by militant Karpatska Sich group linked by international human rights organizations to violent attacks, threats, instances of intimidation https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/14/joint-letter-ukraines-minister-interior-affairs-and-prosecutor-general-concerning).

1:34 AM · Jun 16, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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"Combat groups" from E.Europe could boost "Euro allies... at rallies, protests&riots": Kyiv-based "Russian Center"[emigre anti-Putin Radicals linked to Azov movement] writes re topics raised at April 2019 Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe events in Uzhhorod https://t.co/APdxPdMSKR https://t.co/seR33Qa0sk

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: Radical Alliance March/Sword of Europe conference brought together white nationalists from Ukraine (Karpatska Sich), Hungary (Legio Hungaria), Poland (Szturm), Czech Republic(NSF), Serbia (autonomous nationalists)& "Russian Center"(Kyiv) -the latter writes http://archive.is/0U1mL

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Radical white nationalists in Eastern Europe discussed sending "combat groups" to EU states to boost allies during RALLIES, PROTESTS, RIOTS: Alleged details of Radical Alliance March/Sword of Europe Conference held in Ukraine's Uzhhorod in April come out via a participant org. https://t.co/xo1Wbzd8xk

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: "Combat groups" from E.Europe could boost "Euro allies... at rallies, protests&riots": Kyiv-based "Russian Center"[emigre anti-Putin Radicals linked to Azov movement] writes re topics raised at April 2019 Radical Alliance/Sword of Europe events in Uzhhorod http://archive.is/0U1mL

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@kooleksiy: Radical white nationalists in Eastern Europe discussed sending "combat groups" to EU states to boost allies during RALLIES, PROTESTS, RIOTS: Alleged details of Radical Alliance March/Sword of Europe Conference held in Ukraine's Uzhhorod in April come out via a participant org.

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Zelenskiy gives 3 months to "prove effectiveness" to Ukraine's National Anti-corruption bureau, and Special Anti-corruption Prosecution. Per Ryaboshapka, deputy head of @thebankova, anti-corruption bodies are expected "to press charges" re recent high-profile corruption scandals https://t.co/0m1tb9tBmb

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: Ukraine's feuding anti-corruption bodies NABU, SAP can be "reloaded" if they fail to "prove effectiveness", per @thebankova deputy head. Ryaboshapka brought up Ukroboronprom, Centroenergo as cases where action is expected. POROSHENKO is implicated in both instances.

4:39 PM · Jun 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy gives 3 months to "prove effectiveness" to Ukraine's National Anti-corruption bureau, and Special Anti-corruption Prosecution. Per Ryaboshapka, deputy head of @thebankova, anti-corruption bodies are expected "to press charges" re recent high-profile corruption scandals

4:39 PM · Jun 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy is scheduled to visit Mariupol on Saturday, and the Azov Regiment (linked to far-right the National Corps party) will march in that city tomorrow with other 🇺🇦 troops. Regiment played a role in liberation of Mariupol 5 years ago. City is considered Azov’s stronghold.

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Statement from National Corps re meeting with Epifaniy emphasizes the role nationalists played in creation of Independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, intention to protect it in Rada. Meanwhile Epifaniy, via Instagram, kept his summary short "I received an embroidered shirt". https://t.co/baPq6EYiOD

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Per statement by Orthodox Church 🇺🇦re Epifaniy's meeting with far-right leaders, the latter pledged "full support" for Epifaniy's Church. Epifaniy is in open conflict with Filaret who's reportedly questioning Autocephaly, wants Kyiv Patriarchate restored https://www.pomisna.info/uk/vsi-novyny/predstoyatel-zustrivsya-z-providnykamy-natsionalno-patriotychnyh-syl/

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@kooleksiy: Statement from National Corps re meeting with Epifaniy emphasizes the role nationalists played in creation of Independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, intention to protect it in Rada. Meanwhile Epifaniy, via Instagram, kept his summary short "I received an embroidered shirt".

1:48 PM · Jun 13, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Metropolitan Epifaniy leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine met leaders of united far-right (Svoboda, National Corps, Right Sector) campaigning for Rada. These orgs were linked by human rights orgs, media reports to attacks on minorities, LGBT, political opponents, police

1:48 PM · Jun 13, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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From being far-right Tradition and Order’s favorite cleric to walking next to that group in a family values/arguably anti-LGBT March on Saturday. Metropolitan Epifaniy, Orthodox Church of 🇺🇦&other religious orgs don’t reject violent far-right’s overtures

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Violent "Tradition and Order" group’s banners are also seen in photos posted on Instagram by Metropolitan Epifaniy [Ukraine’s far-right often push his statements aimed at LGBT as a form of vindication]. Poland's Ambassador to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki also joined the event. https://t.co/2DWA040A81

1:30 PM · Jun 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Poland's Amb to 🇺🇦 joined "March in Defense of Rights of Children and Families” last Saturday. The event, held as a counter-balance to upcoming #KyivPride, was also joined by far-right org Tradition and Order linked by rights watchdogs to violence, harassment against Roma, LGBT. https://t.co/XoO4Jk36E7

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Violent "Tradition and Order" group’s banners are also seen in photos posted on Instagram by Metropolitan Epifaniy [Ukraine’s far-right often push his statements aimed at LGBT as a form of vindication]. Poland's Ambassador to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki also joined the event.

11:59 AM · Jun 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Poland's Amb to 🇺🇦 joined "March in Defense of Rights of Children and Families” last Saturday. The event, held as a counter-balance to upcoming #KyivPride, was also joined by far-right org Tradition and Order linked by rights watchdogs to violence, harassment against Roma, LGBT.

11:59 AM · Jun 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right influence apparently oozes into Vakarchuk’s “Voice” party. 20th on @s_vakarchuk ballot is Sharaskin, ex-deputy of Right Sector’s leader Yarosh. In 2015 Sharaskin pushed attacks on “LGBT ideology” by Yarosh. Today Yarosh congratulated former deputy on joining Vakarchuk. https://t.co/zaZGYTZyy3

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: Number 20 on Vakarchuk’s “Voice” ballot Sharaskin (ex- deputy of Right Sector’s Yarosh) reportedly also spoke against violence aimed at “gay parades”, #KyivPride in 2016. “Although our Christian values are different, it doesn’t mean that we(...) must physically destroy them”.

3:23 PM · Jun 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right influence apparently oozes into Vakarchuk’s “Voice” party. 20th on @s_vakarchuk ballot is Sharaskin, ex-deputy of Right Sector’s leader Yarosh. In 2015 Sharaskin pushed attacks on “LGBT ideology” by Yarosh. Today Yarosh congratulated former deputy on joining Vakarchuk.

3:23 PM · Jun 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Ukraine’s media-savvy far-right C14 is absent from the unified nationalists ballot. C14 now say they won’t participate in election, citing a disagreement with one of the parties. C14 and National Corps were described as “nationalist hate groups” in a recent @StateDept report

9:45 AM · Jun 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s far-right the National Corps, joins single ballot with the Right Sector & VO Svoboda in a bid to make it to Rada. Formally All parties, per NC’s Kotenko, run on SVOBODA’s party list/ ballot. NC got 4 leaders in top 20.

8:55 AM · Jun 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Growing pressure on upcoming #KyivPride : a push to ban in Ukraine’s Parliament, and calls to “all forms of resistance against these creatures” online.

Matthew Schaaf @schfm

.@verkhovna_rada MP asks Kyiv court to ban #KyivPride and rule the fact that the city did not ban the event as unlawful. A similar lawsuit was filed last year just days before the event. https://t.co/3xfuA6Pfoq

7:53 PM · Jun 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Ze’s Spox : “Very often Ukrainian military respond to provocations: when they’re shot at from [an enemy position in] a school, a daycare , a hospital (...), any civilian location - afterwards such a location is shelled, our people die, Ukrainians”. Ze’s critics are up in arms.

4:52 PM · Jun 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Lutsenko in a video titled "A warning to Revanchists and Defeatists” suggests Zelenskiy doesn't care for 🇺🇦 military, didn't bother to contact mil intel to confirm Russian military is in control in Donbas. Lutsenko also targets (unilateral ceasefire allegedly suggested by) Kuchma

5:16 PM · Jun 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Rada passed and Zelenskiy is apparently bent on signing bill 3433 drafted, pushed by far-right the Azov movement arguably specifically to reward emigre radicals in Ukraine with citizenship, AND OPEN DOORS for more to join the Azov Regiment, a magnet for American, Western neo-Nazi https://t.co/AC3Ui5wlDR https://t.co/yvdrIRHs6h

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Bill 3433 ,once signed by Zelenskiy, will likely get far-right the Azov Movement closer to welcoming more WESTERN right-wingers in own ranks (incl the Azov Regiment ) & creating Ukrainian FOREIGN LEGION: goals repeatedly voiced by Azov’s International Secretary Olena Semenyaka

9:21 AM · Jun 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Rada passed and Zelenskiy is apparently bent on signing bill 3433 drafted, pushed by far-right the Azov movement arguably specifically to reward emigre radicals in Ukraine with citizenship, AND OPEN DOORS for more to join the Azov Regiment, a magnet for American, Western neo-Nazi

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6:43 AM · Jun 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Do check cases of some Western right-wingers that want(ed) to, and do come to Ukraine in hopes of joining Azov Regiment- I gave a few examples in a report earlier this year https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

8:04 PM · Jun 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: It's with simplified citizenship, legal protections for foreign volunteers in Ukraine that Azov Regiment would be able to take them: Azov Movement's International secretary Semenyaka apparently told Nordic Reistance Movement circa early 2018, and later wrote on Facebook

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@AricToler @MarkGaleotti Wannabes

5:02 PM · Jun 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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🇺🇦 citizenship for the Azov’s cadre of 🇷🇺emigre radicals, neo-Nazis seems a possibility now. Once no longer stranded in 🇺🇦, they WILL travel around. @TheBankova ‘s Kostyuk allegedly promised @ZelenskyyUa support for bill 3433 pushed by Azov. Tomorrow Azov rallies @verkhovna_rada

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8:15 AM · Jun 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Federal judge dismissed charges against 3 members of violent white supremacist gang the Rise Above Movement. Members of RAM CAME TO UKRAINE in 2018 to learn from the AZOV Movement “how to create youth forces”: https://www.rferl.org/a/azov-ukraine-s-most-prominent-ultranationalist-group-sets-its-sights-on-u-s-europe/29600564.html

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10:44 PM · Jun 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy will sign Bill 3433 providing path to 🇺🇦citizenship to foreign volunteers, once Rada passes it: National Corps claims after rally @TheBankova, says deputy head of AP Kostyuk “made a promise”. Azov Regiment’s cadre of emigre radicals from 🇷🇺, Belarus wanted this bad.

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Is Ukraine's the National Corps neo-Nazi? 🤔 1st photo is of NC leader Kotenko, 2nd is of 🇷🇺 emigre Levkin, NC ideologist, leader of neo-Nazi band M8l8th. Both protested @thebankova today. THE VIDEO is of Levkin and Kotenko together at M8l8th 2016(?) show https://t.co/4KARLqUtcu https://t.co/pdWNckgqZV

2:48 PM · Jun 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Is Ukraine's the National Corps neo-Nazi? 🤔 1st photo is of NC leader Kotenko, 2nd is of 🇷🇺 emigre Levkin, NC ideologist, leader of neo-Nazi band M8l8th. Both protested @thebankova today. THE VIDEO is of Levkin and Kotenko together at M8l8th 2016(?) show https://t.co/4KARLqUtcu https://t.co/pdWNckgqZV

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: National Corps held a rally today demanding a path to Ukrainian citizenship for foreign volunteers, including Russian and Belarus emigre radicals who, not unlike self-described national socialist Levkin, fought in the Azov Regiment against 🇷🇺. Re Levkin:

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Thread. Key Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine says his brand of “ideology of liberation” for Europe &Russia is shaping up in UA: Aleksei Levkin is an Ideologue of Ukraine's National Militia/Azov Movement, leader of cult neo-Nazi Black Metal band M8l8th https://t.co/S1ASwS0W3s /1 https://t.co/BKExU4cYKR

11:23 AM · Jun 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Is Ukraine's the National Corps neo-Nazi? 🤔 1st photo is of NC leader Kotenko, 2nd is of 🇷🇺 emigre Levkin, NC ideologist, leader of neo-Nazi band M8l8th. Both protested @thebankova today. THE VIDEO is of Levkin and Kotenko together at M8l8th 2016(?) show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVh_1Eb5-8

11:23 AM · Jun 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s law enforcement dysfunctionality is seized on by far-right (again). After police fails to hold accountable policemen suspected of shooting a 5-year-old (died Monday) in Kyiv region, and suspected coverup - far-right C14 leads protesters, the National Corps joins in /1

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6:32 PM · Jun 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@edolinsky A nasty event. It should be noted that this rally explicitly targeted a company owned by a Jewish Kharkiv businessman & organizer Oleksandr Feldman whom far-right accused of extortion from small biz, etc. Feldman claims NC are extorting him. Feldman is also founder of the UJC

12:52 PM · Jun 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@SamuelSokol To be exact: Images are from far-right the National Corps rally 2 weeks ago AIMED AT businessman FELDMAN whom NC accuses of extortion from smal biz & orchestrating an attack on a NC activist. Feldman himself claims the NC are extorting $1 million from him https://t.co/PW7BqFxEKZ https://t.co/c9URrGQLPe

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: @SamuelSokol Prior to arriving to Feldman's company AVEK HQs (video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1A1Uw50T38) far-right rallied in front of police HQs. Seemingly slogans were against Avek and Feldman exclusively. AVEK's HQs are at Sumskaya 70, Jewish committee, cultural center are neighbors.

11:59 AM · Jun 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@SamuelSokol To be exact: Images are from far-right the National Corps rally 2 weeks ago AIMED AT businessman FELDMAN whom NC accuses of extortion from smal biz & orchestrating an attack on a NC activist. Feldman himself claims the NC are extorting $1 million from him https://kh.depo.ua/rus/kh/nardep-feldman-zvinuvativ-natskorpus-u-vimaganni-1-mln-dolariv-i-gotoviy-dati-svidchennya-20190603972909

11:55 AM · Jun 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Leshchenko admits that his future in Zelenskiy’s team [He was described as Ze’s aide in earlier reports, accompanied Ze to Yovanovitch meeting] is UP IN THE AIR as a result of Giuliani scandal, says he had a chat with Zelenskiy about it, will accept any decision by president https://t.co/cB7aY9J1X0

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Leshchenko was asked about his arguable recent pattern of selectively going after Poroshenko and Akhmetov while ignoring Kolomoisky& Pinchuk (In doing so Leshchenko claims he’s a reporter although he’s a politician). His answer “You’re Free to tune out[if you don’t like it”.

6:42 PM · Jun 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In comments re Manafort ledgers in Ukraine Leshchenko says release of that info [by NABU to NYT, etc] precipitated Manafort woes, investigation, insists alleged payments have essentially been verified since published in August 2016. https://t.co/yGAPeMqJE3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Leshchenko admits that his future in Zelenskiy’s team [He was described as Ze’s aide in earlier reports, accompanied Ze to Yovanovitch meeting] is UP IN THE AIR as a result of Giuliani scandal, says he had a chat with Zelenskiy about it, will accept any decision by president

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Re Manafort ledgers info making it to NYT’s @AndrewKramerNYT 8/14/2016 report Leshchenko remarkably(?) doesn’t say NABU was NYT’s source for the report citing alleged $$ for Manafort in Ukraine. He only mentions NABU’s 8/18/2016 statement re Manafort made after NYT article🤔 https://t.co/oh1tlCwGf0

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: In comments re Manafort ledgers in Ukraine Leshchenko says release of that info [by NABU to NYT, etc] precipitated Manafort woes, investigation, insists alleged payments have essentially been verified since published in August 2016.

6:42 PM · Jun 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Leshchenko is mistakenly considered (by some) source of ledgers alleging $$ for Manafort in Ukraine which NABU cited to @AndrewKramerNYT in 8/2016. In the interview he points at Security Service General Trepak as NABU source, admits own role in pushing NABU info after NYT report https://t.co/tJIRokl1wg

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Re Manafort ledgers info making it to NYT’s @AndrewKramerNYT 8/14/2016 report Leshchenko remarkably(?) doesn’t say NABU was NYT’s source for the report citing alleged $$ for Manafort in Ukraine. He only mentions NABU’s 8/18/2016 statement re Manafort made after NYT article🤔

6:42 PM · Jun 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukrainian politician Leshchenko whom Giuliani labeled “enemy of Trump” says he wants to talk to @RudyGiuliani @jsolomonReports @FBI , says his own 2016 anti-Trump statements were “a mistake” & many a 🇺🇦 gov official trashed Trump pre 16 win: new interview https://t.co/dIysiQ9jVS https://t.co/8A2a7B0tz9

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: Leshchenko is mistakenly considered (by some) source of ledgers alleging $$ for Manafort in Ukraine which NABU cited to @AndrewKramerNYT in 8/2016. In the interview he points at Security Service General Trepak as NABU source, admits own role in pushing NABU info after NYT report

6:42 PM · Jun 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukrainian politician Leshchenko whom Giuliani labeled “enemy of Trump” says he wants to talk to @RudyGiuliani @jsolomonReports @FBI , says his own 2016 anti-Trump statements were “a mistake” & many a 🇺🇦 gov official trashed Trump pre 16 win: new interview https://censor.net.ua/ua/resonance/3129496/sergiyi_leschenko_peretvorennya_ukrayiny_na_bananovu_respubliku_dosyaglo_novyh_vysot_nikym_ne_upovnovajenyyi

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@kooleksiy: Suprun's other far-right ally in Ukraine is Oksana Korchynska, member of Rada and wife of seminal ultra-nationalist Dmytro Korchynsky. As of recent Oksana, a far-right figure in own right, is a presence at anti-LGBT Christian Right gatherings "Ecclesia"

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

Among figures that join/power "Ecclesia" services(?) that advance "Chrisitan nationalism" are: Oksana Korchynka, a member of Parliament of Ukraine, her husband, ultra-nationalist ideologue Dmytro Korchynsky, groups: Tradition and Order, Katehon, Unknown Patriot, Brotherhood /6 https://t.co/HgrUKh8qaq

3:33 PM · Jun 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine's health minister Ulana Suprun is seen here with leader of far-right C14 org Mazur during Saturday rally in Kyiv in support of Ukrainians held in Russia. "Respect to Ulana" writes Mazur who was arrested in July 2018 over violent attack on Roma camp https://t.co/plpUbhhFPg https://t.co/lwWsnOns6n

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Suprun's contacts with C14 go back years. She was seen with Mazur in 2017 when "nationalist hate group" (per recent @statedept report) C14 rallied behind Suprun as she was challenged by critics. In May 2017 FB post Mazur warned Suprun's "paid opponents" against feuding with “us”

3:33 PM · Jun 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine's health minister Ulana Suprun is seen here with leader of far-right C14 org Mazur during Saturday rally in Kyiv in support of Ukrainians held in Russia. "Respect to Ulana" writes Mazur who was arrested in July 2018 over violent attack on Roma camp http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1532047637

3:33 PM · Jun 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Telling photo from today’s far-right-organized&led rally in Kyiv in support of Ukrainians held by Russia. A fellow with a neo-Nazi Black Sun tattoo is part of C14 cadre that led (and scored PR points on) the protest supported by🇺🇦 acting health minister Suprun, members of public

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12:31 PM · Jun 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Accused murderer of Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina, Andriy Medvedko at @TheBankova today during far-right C14-organized rally. Buzina murder trial has been limping along for years amidst non-stop pressure from far-right. Medvedko’s free & moving up in 🇺🇦

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9:04 AM · Jun 1, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Zelenskiy said in May he wanted citizens to be able to control via 📱"how draft laws are submitted, change them", control "who's elected" and remove elected officials. Recent NABU Civic Council e-vote suggests this IT-powered democracy will likely be tested by far-right.

3:26 PM · May 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Apparent takeover of National Anti-Corruption Bureau Civic Council via online vote was predated by far-right&allies putting forth a ~unified list of candidates, encouraging supporters to vote. The National Corps & C14 encouraged supporters to vote for (partly?)same candidates /3

12:00 PM · May 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. Far-right in Ukraine master E-democracy: Civic Council of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is now apparently taken over VIA ONLINE VOTE by far-right allies, so-called "troll party", “Democratic Axe” and "Movement of Veterans of Ukraine" /1

12:00 PM · May 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"They were destroying my country thinking they'd benefit. But Zelenskiy and Kolomoisky reaped benefits", a voice allegedly(!) of Pashynskyi - influential Parliamentarian and Poroshenko ally- says re Ukraine's West-backed activists, politicians in audio released today by Portnov

11:01 AM · May 31, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Far-right the National Corps announces a rally in front of the Presidential Administration @TheBankova June 4th. Demands: path to citizenship for foreign combat vets of the Azov Regiment [incl. Russian and Belarus emigre right-wingers, radicals]

10:08 AM · May 29, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Didn’t take long for far-right National Corps to start attacking Zelenskiy. Leaders of org -that disrupted rallies of Ze’s opponent Poroshenko - now warn Ze against becoming ZEROSHENKO in response to Ze restoring Saakashvili’s UA citizenship &giving it to non-Slavic foreigners

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Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office agreed with U.S. authorities, including U.S. Attorney General William BARR to create a joint group to INVESTIGATE Joe BIDEN’S links to Zlochevsky’s BURISMA group: Ukrainian Prosecutor Kostyantyn Kulik told @KyivPost https://t.co/cp3IWinP5G https://t.co/a0frSgMtuT

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Word of caution re Kulik’s reported claims that Ukraine’s PGO and the US DOJ agreed to create a “joint group” on “Biden’s links to Burisma”: we don’t have the original/recording of his interview, not out of question that Kulik could be selective in what he says, how he says it

9:36 AM · May 28, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office agreed with U.S. authorities, including U.S. Attorney General William BARR to create a joint group to INVESTIGATE Joe BIDEN’S links to Zlochevsky’s BURISMA group: Ukrainian Prosecutor Kostyantyn Kulik told @KyivPost https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/prosecutor-reveals-constant-political-interference-in-law-enforcement.html?cn-reloaded=1

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@kooleksiy: Anti-LGBT orgs in Ukraine united around "Ecclesia" attach themselves to criticism of LGBT by Epifaniy, leader of Orthodox Church of Ukraine. His denouncements of LGBT as "sin", "obtruded by the West" are pushed by "Christian right" as vindication

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5:37 PM · May 27, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Groups and individuals that come together for "Ecclesia" gatherings/services have a history of anti-LGBT actions, including very recent disruptions of International Day Against Homophobia events in Chernivtsi, and of International Lesbian Conference in Kyiv in April /5 https://t.co/wANfAMi622

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Among figures that join/power "Ecclesia" services(?) that advance "Chrisitan nationalism" are: Oksana Korchynka, a member of Parliament of Ukraine, her husband, ultra-nationalist ideologue Dmytro Korchynsky, groups: Tradition and Order, Katehon, Unknown Patriot, Brotherhood /6

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Among figures that join/power "Ecclesia" services(?) that advance "Chrisitan nationalism" are: Oksana Korchynka, a member of Parliament of Ukraine, her husband, ultra-nationalist ideologue Dmytro Korchynsky, groups: Tradition and Order, Katehon, Unknown Patriot, Brotherhood /6 https://t.co/HgrUKh8qaq

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: Far-right, anti-LGBT groups are joined at "Ecclesia" services(?) advancing "Chrisitan nationalism" by distinctively more religious groups like Sisterhood of Saint Olga (Сестринство святої Ольги), and Chaplain Interconfessional Church (Капеланська Міжконфесійна Церква) /7

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"ECCLESIA" gatherings of far-right and anti-LGBT groups in Ukraine are fashioned after religious services: far-right&religious figures give speeches filled with Bible references, Christian imagery abounds. "Father Yaroslav"- allegedly of Orthodox Church of Ukraine-is a fixture /4 https://t.co/X7gtfRGD92

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: Groups and individuals that come together for "Ecclesia" gatherings/services have a history of anti-LGBT actions, including very recent disruptions of International Day Against Homophobia events in Chernivtsi, and of International Lesbian Conference in Kyiv in April /5

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Yurchenko - who he leads "The Order"= "conservative wing" of far-right the National Corps - is one of several far-right figures in Ukraine united around "ECCLESIA", a monthly gathering "to develop an effective Christian platform to push back against modern challenges, threats" /3 https://t.co/3B3xUzrhk9

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "ECCLESIA" gatherings of far-right and anti-LGBT groups in Ukraine are fashioned after religious services: far-right&religious figures give speeches filled with Bible references, Christian imagery abounds. "Father Yaroslav"- allegedly of Orthodox Church of Ukraine-is a fixture /4

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Thread. Anti-LGBT groups in Ukraine attach themselves to Christianity, stage own (quasi-?)religious sermons/services monthly under "Ecclesia" brand, tout LGBT criticism by Metropolitan Epifaniy, leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as vindication /1 https://t.co/kjo5Tw9bpQ

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: "Postponement of the end of the world can be won in battle (...)Jesus Christ is our commander-in-chief, and we answer to Archangel Michael", Eduard Yurchenko, ideologue of Ukraine's far-right the National Corps addressed groups opposing LGBT and "gender ideology" past Saturday /2

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"Postponement of the end of the world can be won in battle (...)Jesus Christ is our commander-in-chief, and we answer to Archangel Michael", Eduard Yurchenko, ideologue of Ukraine's far-right the National Corps addressed groups opposing LGBT and "gender ideology" past Saturday /2 https://t.co/HiQ08ePddY

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: Yurchenko - who he leads "The Order"= "conservative wing" of far-right the National Corps - is one of several far-right figures in Ukraine united around "ECCLESIA", a monthly gathering "to develop an effective Christian platform to push back against modern challenges, threats" /3

5:37 PM · May 27, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Thread. Anti-LGBT groups in Ukraine attach themselves to Christianity, stage own (quasi-?)religious sermons/services monthly under "Ecclesia" brand, tout LGBT criticism by Metropolitan Epifaniy, leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as vindication /1

5:37 PM · May 27, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Zelenskiy’s party goes full ET in new logo

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1:43 PM · May 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Now he’s got Rudy Giuliani’s ear, but in 2018 it was Russia’s Sputnik International that talked to former Ukrainian diplomat Telizhenko on “Ukraine collusion” themes https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS738US745&hl=en-US&ei=12jpXKnYLeS2ggeIgqGIBQ&q=telizhenko+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com&oq=telizhenko+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3...8377.8377..8802...0.0..0.81.81.1......0....1.xE48QuYflrg . Bad optics?

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12:22 PM · May 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"The Iron Fist of Europe" banner in Ukraine's far-right the National Corps (Parliamentary campaign?) promotional video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcb2S0D4M8. I wrote about the NC's international expansionist ideology and outreach here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

1:17 PM · May 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Soros is a Zelenskiy's "franchisee", per far-right member of Rada, National Corps' /the Azov Movement Oleg Petrenko. "Pinchuk-Soros(-linked?) oligarchs have a serious franchise in Zelenskiy. He's not purely a Kolomoisky creation" Petrenko told constituents in Cherkasy this week https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1131965189660794881/video/1

12:48 PM · May 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Because GTFO with your lustration", former Yanukovych' advisor Portnov explains why Zelenskiy is within his rights in appointing Andriy Bohdan his chief of staff. Bohdan as @kyivpost notes "was banned from occupying government jobs(..)under a law adopted after 2014 Revolution.

3:52 PM · May 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy's now rejected draft Parliamentary election law that suggested to hold snap Rada election on closed-lists contradicts his statements (https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/inavguracijna-promova-prezidenta-ukrayini-volodimira-zelensk-55489) during the Inauguration, when he called on Rada to approve open-lists election.

12:01 PM · May 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Giuliani - in interview - says he plans to come to Ukraine, criticizes National Anti-corruption Bureau, repeats allegations that NABU head Sytnyk worked for Clinton. Giuliani says he agreed to “fight corruption” with head of Special Anticorruption Prosecutor Office Kholodnytskyi https://t.co/30KsNCDCpg

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: Giuliani reiterates in the interview that Kolomoisky is “dangerous”, says that holding Kolomoisky accountable (or not) - will show if Zelenskiy is controlled by the oligarch: @stranaua https://strana.ua/articles/interview/202422-dzhuliani-intervju-strane-ob-ukrainahejte-kolomojskom-i-zelenskom.html

9:48 AM · May 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Rudy Giuliani says it’s in Ukraine’s interest to help the USA sort out how “Russia collusion” investigation began - in new interview @stranaua https://t.co/6mWCx7XzLL https://t.co/vHUPDN0qB5

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: Giuliani - in interview - says he plans to come to Ukraine, criticizes National Anti-corruption Bureau, repeats allegations that NABU head Sytnyk worked for Clinton. Giuliani says he agreed to “fight corruption” with head of Special Anticorruption Prosecutor Office Kholodnytskyi

9:12 AM · May 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Rudy Giuliani says it’s in Ukraine’s interest to help the USA sort out how “Russia collusion” investigation began - in new interview @stranaua https://strana.ua/articles/interview/202422-dzhuliani-intervju-strane-ob-ukrainahejte-kolomojskom-i-zelenskom.html

9:03 AM · May 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy WANTS Rada ELECTION WITH CLOSED PARTY LISTS, @ukrpravda_news reports re draft bill President gave Rada. “System with ‘closed’ party lists enables party leaders to trade spots on the lists and hence seats in the parliament” @voxukraine writes https://voxukraine.org/en/on-behalf-of-the-people-ukraine-requires-electoral-system-reform/

7:48 AM · May 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: New survey gives no chance of entering Rada to far-right the Azov movement/the National corps. Azov rallied in front of the Rada today demanding it lower election threshold. Despite abysmal polling the Azov can likely get its folks into Rada - here’s how

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7:29 AM · May 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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“Servant of the People” (Zelenskiy) party is ahead of the pack in a new survey in Ukraine with 43.8 support among decided voters. SECOND is PUTIN’S BUD MEDVEDCHUK with his “The Opposition Platform-For Life” and 10.5%. Third is Poroshenko’s Block with 8.8% http://ratinggroup.ua/files/ratinggroup/reg_files/rg_ua_052019_press.pdf

7:13 AM · May 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: In Ukraine far-right the Azov Movement demands LOWERING of ELECTORAL THRESHOLD from 5% to 3% in Rada election. The National Corps party - that went after Zelenskiy’s opponent Poroshenko during the Pres election - will rally in front of Parliament this Wednesday: NC leader writes.

7:21 PM · May 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Portnov is AFTER POROSHENKO, files a statement with the State Bureau of Investigation @dbr_gov_ua implicating former President of Ukraine in treason, attempted coup, abuse of power

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2:33 PM · May 20, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Russia's bellicose Kadyrov says he's "disappointed" with Zelenskiy bc of his stated goal [in the innauguration speech] to reclaim Donbas and Crimea, calls ambition to return Crimea to Ukraine "a threat to capture territory of a neighboring state[Russia]"

11:32 AM · May 20, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Ukraine’s Rock Star and overdue political hopeful VAKARCHUK doesn’t want ANY CURRENT RADA members on his party’s ballot in the fall, per @ukrpravda_news . The West’s darlings, “Euro optimists” members of Rada NAYYEM, ZALISHCHUK WANTED to be on Vakarchuk’s ballot per @tweetsNV

6:57 PM · May 19, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: “Yanukovych’s lawyer Portnov is back, prompting mass hysteria... BUT Medvedchuk, Trukhanov, Kernes, Boyko never left. And Akhmetov became a biz partner to the government”, writes leader of the National Corps Biletsky, “Thanks, Poroshenko and Lutsenko”. Many in Ukraine agree.

1:59 PM · May 19, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Soon we’ll see how much plausible deniability, or total exoneration, re purported links to the likes of Kolomoisky and Portnov there will be for Zelenskiy. Mere weeks ago team Zelenskiy distanced from Portnov, today Nayyem normalizes Portnov’s cooperation with Ze. Pattern?

12:44 PM · May 19, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@Mortis_Banned @ChristopherJM @mefimus @poroshenko Give it a bit of time and see how much plausible deniability, or total exoneration, re figures like Komoisky and Portnov there will be for Zelenskiy. Meanwhile mere weeks ago Zelensky distanced from Portov, today Nayyem normalizes his cooperation with Ze. A pattern?;)

12:38 PM · May 19, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Kolomoisky apparently threatened a @radiosvoboda reporter in the same incident in 2015 "Take off your camera, I'll have a treat for your around the corner" https://youtu.be/LqL4rvxB3xQ?t=177 Giuliani going after him could be welcome under different circumstances?

4:13 PM · May 18, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@eric_hontz @leonidragozin Fukuyama “The Neverending Story”

9:34 AM · May 18, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Former head of Ukraine’s National Guard, Yuriy Allerov - who’s accused of corruption - THWARTED the Azov Regiment’s planned expansion to a BRIGADE, a National Corps-linked group claims. “Trust me, we have 2500 fighters (to fill a brigade)” Azov’s leader Biletsky claimed in 2015

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2:48 PM · May 17, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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The Azov Regiment's own site reported in 2017 that the regiment was about to receive PSRL-1, tested weapons. These entries were deleted from the Azov's site after @DFRLab @AricToler 2018 report. Ukraine's National Guard denied @DFRLab report https://t.co/EeHU6fg1xI https://t.co/6QsoY1nsgO

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: It can be that critique, allegations of corruption regarding PSRL-1 purchase by Ukraine coming from the leader of far-right the National Corps party/ informal leader of the Azov Regiment are based on testing of these American weapons by the Azov Regiments in 2017.

8:45 AM · May 17, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Biletsky leader of far-right the National Corps party is praised as the Leader in the Azov Regiment which is part of Ukraine's government the National Guard. He posted a scathing critique of PSRL-1 after the National Guard praised (https://t.co/1Rtc7AXuAQ) these American weapons. https://t.co/kWqXa3G7VF

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: Far-right leader in Ukraine, Biletsky, suggests the purchase of hundreds of PSRL-1 grenade launchers from Texas-based AirTronic was a case of corruption. Per head of the National Corps party/ informal leader of the Azov Regiment, PSRL-1 's are "worse than Soviet-made originals"

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@kooleksiy: The Azov Regiment's own site reported in 2017 that the regiment was about to receive PSRL-1, tested weapons. These entries were deleted from the Azov's site after @DFRLab @AricToler 2018 report. Ukraine's National Guard denied @DFRLab report http://ngu.gov.ua/ua/news/u-specpidrozdili-azov-nemaye-na-ozbroyenni-amerykanskyh-ptrk-0

8:45 AM · May 17, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Leader of far-right the National Corps party in Ukraine trashes American-made PSRL-1(a modification of RPG-7) grenade-launchers, in what can be new confirmation of @DFRLab @AricToler 2018 report the Azov Regiment in Ukraine had&tested these US-made weapons https://medium.com/dfrlab/american-lethal-weapons-could-already-be-on-the-ukrainian-front-line-9dc6fd98630d

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Leader of far-right the National Corps party in Ukraine trashes American-made PSRL-1(a modification of RPG-7) grenade-launchers, in what can be new confirmation of @DFRLab @AricToler 2018 report the Azov Regiment in Ukraine had&tested these US-made weapons https://t.co/E7K0jw2naD https://t.co/hNaRqITdsV

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: Biletsky leader of far-right the National Corps party is praised as the Leader in the Azov Regiment which is part of Ukraine's government the National Guard. He posted a scathing critique of PSRL-1 after the National Guard praised (https://www.facebook.com/ngucentre/videos/287220665561921/) these American weapons.

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Leshchenko called accusations against him in a SAPO statement a “tragic farce”. Earlier Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Lutsenko pointed at Leshchenko’s alleged role in purported 2016 US election interference from “Ukraine’s territory” by American citizens, officials, Ukrainians. https://t.co/NHX2NQYFza

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: Legislator in Ukraine known for role in Manafort events, says he received 2 notices of indictment in 2 days. Leshchenko, a former reporter, played a role in publicizing "Manafort ledgers" in 2016 after Ukraine's NABU agency informed NYT on alleged Manafort $$, published them.

10:35 AM · May 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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MP Leshchenko is investigated in suspected bribery(?), lobbying(?)by Special Anticorruption Prosecution Office. The case, per SAPO stems from “media reports” that Leshchenko “received millions” from “a businessman” “to influence officials, law enforcement, shape public narrative” https://t.co/vv1nFlLGnf

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: Leshchenko called accusations against him in a SAPO statement a “tragic farce”. Earlier Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Lutsenko pointed at Leshchenko’s alleged role in purported 2016 US election interference from “Ukraine’s territory” by American citizens, officials, Ukrainians.

9:37 AM · May 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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MP Leshchenko is investigated in suspected bribery(?), lobbying(?)by Special Anticorruption Prosecution Office. The case, per SAPO stems from “media reports” that Leshchenko “received millions” from “a businessman” “to influence officials, law enforcement, shape public narrative”

9:31 AM · May 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@RussiawithoutBS Head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Epifaniy gets a lot of love from violent “traditionalists”, far-right “Tradition and Order“, others who seek added legitimacy from linking themselves to Epifaniy, and Orthodoxy, staging religious processions of their own https://t.co/Rsp4I3gXA5 https://t.co/FOaaMCwu6q

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: @RussiawithoutBS Leader of Tradition and Order, Khodakovsky (in the photo with Epifaniy) is an “alumnus” of ultra nationalist ideologue Korchynsky who said in 2011 he wanted to create conditions for “Orthodox Taliban” in 🇺🇦, “prepare Ukrainians for a holy war for Faith” https://m.glavcom.ua/interviews/115803-dmitro-korchinskij-divchinka-mozhe-vdariti-tabachnika-kvitami-po-oblichchju-ja-mozhu-udariti-jogo-nozhem.html

7:51 AM · May 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@SpaghettiKozak: @RussiawithoutBS Head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Epifaniy gets a lot of love from violent “traditionalists”, far-right “Tradition and Order“, others who seek added legitimacy from linking themselves to Epifaniy, and Orthodoxy, staging religious processions of their own

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Far-right groups in Ukraine attach themselves to [Poroshenko-led] religious renaissance? Far-right staged, led a religious procession in Kyiv on Orthodox Holy Thursday. "Tradition and Order" org (linked to attacks by @hrw https://t.co/cBFf3d06Sw), others marched in Kyiv /1 https://t.co/RslMD30UH6

7:43 AM · May 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right C14 org in 🇺🇦 rejoices at Giuliani apparently describing Serhiy Leshchenko as “enemy of the US”, brings up Leshchenko’s criticism of far-right. Yet whatever Giuliani personally thinks of Leshchenko, it is C14 that was described by @StateDept as “nationalist hate group”

6:38 PM · May 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Prosecutor General of Ukraine Lutsenko says Serhiy Leshchenko can be subpoenaed, has to reveal source of so-called black ledgers re Manafort. THE PROBLEM IS : Leshchenko wasn’t the source of Manafort ledgers https://www.facebook.com/LarysaSargan/videos/2697290213677819/

9:39 AM · May 14, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: >>> VERBATIM: "Zelenskiy is ready to hold SUCH meetings not only with official representatives of governmentS but also representatives of political forces or private individuals that would be interested in deepening ties between(with?) states that(...)help us defend independence" https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1128104916441075713/video/1

9:09 PM · May 13, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: Commenting on canceled Giuliani trip, Zelenskiy's representative Razumkov apparently says matters re contacts between Ukrainian and American sides (on such issues?) should be "confidential". Razumkov denied reports that Zelenskiy's team objected to Giuliani's visit. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1128076543421554688/video/1

7:16 PM · May 13, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Commenting on canceled Giuliani trip, Zelenskiy's representative Razumkov apparently says matters re contacts between Ukrainian and American sides (on such issues?) should be "confidential". Razumkov denied reports that Zelenskiy's team objected to Giuliani's visit. https://t.co/XVUuzNbgLg

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: Commenting on canceled Giuliani trip, Zelenskiy's representative Razumkov says Zelenskiy is ready to meet both the US officials and private individuals "interested in deepening relationships between states" https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1128076545904578560/video/1

7:16 PM · May 13, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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ZELENSKIY's representative Razumkov DENIES media reports that Ukraine's President-elect canceled meeting with Giuliani, says Zelenskiy learned about Giuliani's plans, later cancellation from media reports. "We hope this MISUNDERSTANDING WILL BE SOLVED during (further) contacts" https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1128074789741125632/video/1

7:09 PM · May 13, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: Epifaniy, head of independent 🇺🇦 Orthodox Church REFUSED to appear in a video message -published by Zelenskiy- from religious leaders to Crimea and Donbas residents, bc HE DIDN’T LIKE “we shouldn’t talk in a language of guns” phrase: @BBC_ua reports https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-48255740

2:17 PM · May 13, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy publishes a video message from religious leaders to Donbas and Crimea: calling for peace, forgiveness, dialogue. Missing from the vid is Epifaniy, head of independent Orthodox Church. Zelenskiy on FB thanked those "who agreed" to be in the video https://www.facebook.com/zelenskiy95/videos/2246423268941370/

11:38 AM · May 13, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Milo -AFD’s guest in Berlin yesterday, he wasn’t allowed in Bundestag, spoke in a cafe(?) - gets a shoutout from Ukraine’s the National Corps’ spox Korotkih: “No worries (..)per German tradition, one can start with beer garden speeches(...)end up with the whole world listening”

6:04 PM · May 12, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Ukraine leader of far-right the National Corps party announced today the NC/Azov movement will hold rallies next week to force Zelenskiy to prosecute Poroshenko-era corruption https://t.me/nationalcorps/4006 The NC apparently wants to keep their momentum, expecting early Rada election

7:10 PM · May 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@mpishnyak Leshchenko’s part of ledgers was published in May, had no info re Manafort https://www.pravda.com.ua/cdn/graphics/2016/05/black-pr/ The part re Manafort was handed to NABU by Viktor Trepak also in May, but wasn’t out till August https://nabu.gov.ua/en/novyny/statement-regarding-information-role-national-bureau-investigation-paul-manafort-disseminated Leshchenko was vocally anti-Trump in 2016. Trepak was 🤫

6:31 PM · May 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@melisandrePro @nab_ukr It’s a recurring theme for NABU to emphasize that they published info re Manafort $$ in response to requests from the media. It would seem that NYT was the first to receive NABU info, days before the agency issued a statement re Manafort $ on its site https://nabu.gov.ua/en/novyny/statement-regarding-pmanaforts-appearance-party-regions-black-ledger

2:25 PM · May 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@EurasiaView https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/435906-us-embassy-pressed-ukraine-to-drop-probe-of-george-soros-group-during-2016

3:39 PM · May 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine's Prosecutor General is already busy defusing "Ukraine collusion" he fed? "No criminal issue [there], possibly a moral one" Lutsenko says on alleged "help" to Clinton by head of National Anti-corruption Bureau Sytnyk. NABU was NYT source re Manafort ledgers in Aug 2016

2:39 PM · May 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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To HELP TRUMP Giuliani will press Ukraine to investigate allegations that under Obama it was pressed re Manafort to help Clinton. BUT Giuliani says “nothing illegal” in asking “to do an investigation they’re doing already” DOESN’T THAT APPLY to alleged pressure under Obama too?

1:32 AM · May 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@leonidragozin Avakov just had a meeting with @StateDept George Kent per @MVS_UA Wonder if Washington is OK with Avakov doing his thing a while longer, including having a radical far-right the Azov movement embedded in the Ministry of Internal Affairs via Azov Regiment? https://bit.ly/2vRQ55P

3:45 PM · May 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Mentioning Ukraine in the context of Nazism is Russian propaganda" says Zorian Shkiriak, Advisor to Minister of Internal Affairs Avakov, as he sits next to leaders of "nationalist hate groups"(per @StateDept) C14, National Corps. Both orgs are historically linked to neo-Nazism.

11:00 AM · May 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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“Propaganda of Communism" in Ukraine on May 9th worries far-right the National Corps, says NC leader in Dnipro, Denys Kotenko @ziktv. Kotenko sports a tattoo on his elbow, echoing insignia of Nazi SS Panzer Division Wiking. "May 9th splits Ukraine" he says https://youtu.be/cRey0rpqJiY

10:33 AM · May 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@yarotrof Zelenskiy is consistent with Poroshenko here: The first time Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation was marked in Ukraine in 2015, with Ban Ki-moon in attendance Poroshenko welcomed Soviet, UPA vets, and veterans of Ukraine’s war against Russian aggression: http://www.memory.gov.ua/news/veterani-chervonoi-armii-upa-ta-geroi-ato-razom-na-dni-pam-yati-ta-primirennya

9:14 AM · May 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@BalazsJarabik @OliverBullough He rushed with his praise for the reformed police as well

5:01 PM · May 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@OliverBullough Serious question: Shokin now points to February 2016 PGO court filing asking to re-arrest Zlochevsky’s property as a proof that his PGO was working Burisma https://www.gp.gov.ua/ua/news.html?_m=publications&_c=view&_t=rec&id=168807 Does that give him any sort of plausible deniability?

4:30 PM · May 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Suspected Murderer of Oles Buzina, Medvedko, is also head of "Ukrainian Military Honor" org (promoted Nazi "Tottenkopf" patches among Ukraine's military in ‘18 https://t.co/sGZvxAexw0)that plans to launch an English lang community to cater to "diaspora" & "promote Ukraine abroad" https://t.co/LIugAtGHFD

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: Meanwhile in Buzina trial - that has been limping along for years under incessant pressure from far-right groups - the judge recently recused himself citing efforts to discredit him by "parties in the process". This means new trial will need to be formed.

3:45 PM · May 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Ukraine suspected murderer of journalist Oles Buzina - Andriy Medvedko - is now a member of Ministry of Veteran Affairs' @mva_gov_ua Civic Council https://t.co/Gt0qv7hELo In March VA Minister Iryna Friz signed respective order as background checks into members were pending https://t.co/4hhHxIV6oR

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: Suspected Murderer of Oles Buzina, Medvedko, is also head of "Ukrainian Military Honor" org (promoted Nazi "Tottenkopf" patches among Ukraine's military in ‘18

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In Ukraine suspected murderer of journalist Oles Buzina - Andriy Medvedko - is now a member of Ministry of Veteran Affairs' @mva_gov_ua Civic Council http://archive.is/wyjYc In March VA Minister Iryna Friz signed respective order as background checks into members were pending

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@kooleksiy: Kremlin’s spox Peskov already distanced from Glazyev’s remarks. He did so on many occasions before as @meduzaproject reported way back https://meduza.io/feature/2015/09/08/sergey-glaziev-ochen-korotko. My point: Plenty of crazies around Kremlin but framing Glazyev’s nonsense as Russia’s official narrative is lazy.

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Former UA Prosecutor General Shokin says reformers of General Prosecution Office praised in the West (Sakvarelidze, Kasko) were personally loyal to, "served" Biden, & Sakvarelidze was introduced to Shokin as "respected by the American people" by (former) US Ambassador Pyatt /5 https://t.co/r9X3A7gwj2

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: Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Shokin whom Joe Biden wanted fired alleges that Biden promised and failed to present evidence of Shokin's corruption. Per Shokin, Ukraine’s President Poroshenko told him that Biden "didn't bring Sh*t" on Shokin's alleged corruption /6

11:36 AM · May 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Former UA Prosecutor General Shokin who was dismissed in 2016, allegedly bc an investigation into Burisma inconvenienced Bidens, suggests that accusations of corruption against him were pushed by activists "influenced by Biden": Shabunin, Leshchenko, Nayyem, Zalishchuk /4 https://t.co/9VUfUwnQKY

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: Former UA Prosecutor General Shokin says reformers of General Prosecution Office praised in the West (Sakvarelidze, Kasko) were personally loyal to, "served" Biden, & Sakvarelidze was introduced to Shokin as "respected by the American people" by (former) US Ambassador Pyatt /5

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Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine whom Joe Biden wanted fired apparently says that (former) US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt "hinted" that investigations into Burisma should be halted. "Everything that happened afterwards was because of my rejection" /3 https://t.co/xSf1DoCQFl

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: Former UA Prosecutor General Shokin who was dismissed in 2016, allegedly bc an investigation into Burisma inconvenienced Bidens, suggests that accusations of corruption against him were pushed by activists "influenced by Biden": Shabunin, Leshchenko, Nayyem, Zalishchuk /4

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Prosecutors in Ukraine "planned to interrogate Hunter Biden (in Burisma case)" in 2016, but plans were thwarted when Ukraine's Prosecutor General Shokin was fired under Joe Biden's pressure: alleges Shokin in a new interview https://t.co/2GV7gXsvUg /2 https://t.co/lYrJTRP5kJ

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: Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine whom Joe Biden wanted fired apparently says that (former) US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt "hinted" that investigations into Burisma should be halted. "Everything that happened afterwards was because of my rejection" /3

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Thread. On the topic Biden's alleged improper relationship with Burisma, Ukraine's gov - FULLY Expect new developments. That's BECAUSE Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine whom Joe Biden got/wanted fired Viktor Shokin did a rare (&well-timed) interview: https://t.co/2GV7gXsvUg /1 https://t.co/07FUwaSbR4

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: Prosecutors in Ukraine "planned to interrogate Hunter Biden (in Burisma case)" in 2016, but plans were thwarted when Ukraine's Prosecutor General Shokin was fired under Joe Biden's pressure: alleges Shokin in a new interview https://strana.ua/articles/interview/199721-viktor-shokin-lutsenko-na-kolenjakh-prosil-poroshenko-naznachit-eho-henprokurorom-a-teper-spasaet-sebja.html /2

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Thread. On the topic Biden's alleged improper relationship with Burisma, Ukraine's gov - FULLY Expect new developments. That's BECAUSE Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine whom Joe Biden got/wanted fired Viktor Shokin did a rare (&well-timed) interview: https://strana.ua/articles/interview/199721-viktor-shokin-lutsenko-na-kolenjakh-prosil-poroshenko-naznachit-eho-henprokurorom-a-teper-spasaet-sebja.html /1

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For reference: The Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces/ Army Academy where “Centuria” apparently promoted “Pan-European Nationalism” is Ukraine’s leading military education body, plugged into Ukraine’s mil cooperation with the USA, NATO https://t.co/eOscBhCWHh https://t.co/HTBUuzkMvn

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: In Ukraine's state "National Army Academy" @ArmyAcademyUA members of self-described Order of Pan-European traditionalists/nationalists "Centuria" pose with the group's flag. Centuria's aim is to "defend Europe,the holy ancestral land from all threats" incl. "Brussels bureaucrats"

10:40 PM · May 6, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: In what is VERY illustrative of Ukraine's (&Yovanovitch) fight against corruption, Yovanovitch in a recent speech called for removal of Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Kholodnytsky. THE IRONY: 2 years ago the USA Embassy praised him for "progress in prosecuting high-level corruption"

2:30 PM · May 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Leader of cult neo-Nazi band M8l8th &Azov veteran/ideologue Levkih, says he practices what he preaches: "to sing about war, one has to fight; and finally, to sing about murder, one has to kill( ...) This sincerity, consistency(...) defines our existence /10 https://t.co/1PWZOY9o8e

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: Residing in Ukraine, Russian neo-Nazi emigre& Azov figure Levkin is also influential in the Wotan Jugend, an unabashedly neo-Nazi organization that spread out in the West & promotes Nazism&Nazis old and new /11

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Residing in Ukraine, Russian neo-Nazi emigre& Azov figure Levkin is also influential in the Wotan Jugend, an unabashedly neo-Nazi organization that spread out in the West & promotes Nazism&Nazis old and new /11 https://t.co/o1S2URkXxi

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: Levkin is unmistakenly a Russian neo-Nazi influencing the West from Ukraine. M8l8th headlines Azov-linked Asgardsrei festival in Ukraine that attracts numerous radicals from the West. One partisan blog linked Asgardsrei to white nationalism in the US https://toiletovhell.com/too-scared-to-attend-unite-the-right-try-asgardsrei-2018/ /END

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Influence of Ukraine-based neo-Nazi Levkin extends into the West. On YouTube admirers of Levkin's M8l8th band's recent album “Reconquista” (namesake of Azov's global ideology) endorse neo-Nazism, hail from USA, Germany, France, Portugal, Italy, etc. https://t.co/E7DcR4vNqw /8 https://t.co/19bB922DAa

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: Russian neo-Nazi Levkin's radicalizing influence is predicated on having a safe haven in Ukraine. "I'm wanted for political reasons" in Russia, Levkin says in the interview http://archive.is/JTzhL with COUNTER ATTACK Magazine, of Greece's Golden Dawn Youth Front /9

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Russian neo-Nazi Levkin's radicalizing influence is predicated on having a safe haven in Ukraine. "I'm wanted for political reasons" in Russia, Levkin says in the interview https://t.co/S1ASwS0W3s with COUNTER ATTACK Magazine, of Greece's Golden Dawn Youth Front /9 https://t.co/WAnT8qI7zx

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: Leader of cult neo-Nazi band M8l8th &Azov veteran/ideologue Levkih, says he practices what he preaches: "to sing about war, one has to fight; and finally, to sing about murder, one has to kill( ...) This sincerity, consistency(...) defines our existence /10

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"I’m a political ideologist in National Guards[Militia] – the combat wing of National Corps, the main right-wing force in Ukraine (and, probably, the world). This is a kind of activity which I wished to engage in all my life", Russian neo-Nazi emigre Levkin says /6 https://t.co/Z0YDevHTit

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: The larger goal is to influence events in Europe, says Ukraine-based Russian neo-Nazi Levkin. "All this activity [in Ukraine, with the Azov] is exactly the part of the European Reconquista aimed to change the current situation of total and inevitable degradation in Europe" /7

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The larger goal is to influence events in Europe, says Ukraine-based Russian neo-Nazi Levkin. "All this activity [in Ukraine, with the Azov] is exactly the part of the European Reconquista aimed to change the current situation of total and inevitable degradation in Europe" /7 https://t.co/FxeDCk7qTx

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: Influence of Ukraine-based neo-Nazi Levkin extends into the West. On YouTube admirers of Levkin's M8l8th band's recent album “Reconquista” (namesake of Azov's global ideology) endorse neo-Nazism, hail from USA, Germany, France, Portugal, Italy, etc. https://youtu.be/B84-WCwhMzk /8

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Russia is hostile to his "ideals", neo-Nazi emigre Levkin told COUNTER ATTACK Magazine of Greece's Golden Dawn Youth Front. Levkin says he feels "fulfilled" in Ukraine "Doing what I do – organizing these festivals, playing in M8l8th, working with Azov" /4 https://t.co/5wvj21cowE

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: In Ukraine, Russian neo-Nazi emigre Levkin says he's put in charge of indoctrination of members of the Azov movement. "I joined National Militia where I began to give lectures and organize the work of local committees countrywide" /5

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In Ukraine, Russian neo-Nazi emigre Levkin says he's put in charge of indoctrination of members of the Azov movement. "I joined National Militia where I began to give lectures and organize the work of local committees countrywide" /5 https://t.co/Xw9bUMMnLC

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: "I’m a political ideologist in National Guards[Militia] – the combat wing of National Corps, the main right-wing force in Ukraine (and, probably, the world). This is a kind of activity which I wished to engage in all my life", Russian neo-Nazi emigre Levkin says /6

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Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine Levkin -who's rep-ly accused of, sentenced in connection with hate crimes in Russia- made it to Ukraine in 2014 and joined the Azov. He's an influential figure in the Azov, leader of “Russian Center” org of anti-Putin Russian neo-Nazis in UA /2 https://t.co/p04Q9W9Rsr

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: Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine, Levkin is influential internationally as the lead singer of cult neo-Nazi black metal band M8l8th that earned considerable following in the West despite singing in Russian. Band's songs glorify Nazism &Holocaust, promote white nationalism /3

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Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine, Levkin is influential internationally as the lead singer of cult neo-Nazi black metal band M8l8th that earned considerable following in the West despite singing in Russian. Band's songs glorify Nazism &Holocaust, promote white nationalism /3 https://t.co/IFlAzeFgV7

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: Russia is hostile to his "ideals", neo-Nazi emigre Levkin told COUNTER ATTACK Magazine of Greece's Golden Dawn Youth Front. Levkin says he feels "fulfilled" in Ukraine "Doing what I do – organizing these festivals, playing in M8l8th, working with Azov" /4

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Thread. Key Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine says his brand of “ideology of liberation” for Europe &Russia is shaping up in UA: Aleksei Levkin is an Ideologue of Ukraine's National Militia/Azov Movement, leader of cult neo-Nazi Black Metal band M8l8th http://archive.is/JTzhL /1

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Thread. Key Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine says his brand of “ideology of liberation” for Europe &Russia is shaping up in UA: Aleksei Levkin is an Ideologue of Ukraine's National Militia/Azov Movement, leader of cult neo-Nazi Black Metal band M8l8th https://t.co/S1ASwS0W3s /1 https://t.co/BKExU4cYKR

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: Russian neo-Nazi emigre in Ukraine Levkin -who's rep-ly accused of, sentenced in connection with hate crimes in Russia- made it to Ukraine in 2014 and joined the Azov. He's an influential figure in the Azov, leader of “Russian Center” org of anti-Putin Russian neo-Nazis in UA /2

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@genealogist_CA @RussiawithoutBS Recent NYT report on Bidens’ Ukraine situation referenced - and imo answered - Solomon’s reporting on Hunter Biden- Burisma situation. So he’s definitely a high impact writer

10:01 AM · May 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In his new Ukraine collusion piece @jsolomonReports suggests August 14 2016 came “less than a month” after May 3rd, 2016. Come on. Really? Manafort payments weren’t identified in Ukraine by NABU until August https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/441892-ukrainian-embassy-confirms-dnc-contractor-solicited-trump-dirt-in-2016

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On Odessa Deaths anniversary UN Mission notes: "There has not been any accountability for the killings of 6 and violent deaths of 42...This suggests lack of interest from the authorities to ensure justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators" http://www.un.org.ua/images/documents/4671/Accountability%20for%20Killings%20and%20Violent%20Deaths%20in%20Odesa%20on%202%20May%202014.%20UN%20briefing%20note.pdf

8:18 PM · May 2, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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"Congratulations on your failure, devils", far-right C14 org ("nationalist hate group" per @StateDept ) writes re Odessa tragedy anniversary, "[We're] only sorry for those who were promised a few dimes by Russia’s FSB. Failed to mention they'd get paid in hell though. Burn there" https://t.co/Y6UytkwjN6

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: Far-right the National Corps march in Odessa is on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjdtWrbWmN4 The march is needed bc separatist views are on the rise, NC’s commentator says. "Just look at Boyko’s result". Boyko a pro-Russian candidate in pres election was 2nd (21,92%.) behind Zelenskiy in Odessa.

11:42 AM · May 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Rudy Giuliani signals/expects that there's more to come on "alleged Ukraine conspiracy"?

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"Separatists lost Odessa. They lost in a bloody, heated fashion. Although the first casualty was on the Ukrainian side, it was us Ukrainians who won": Tragic May 2nd 2014 events in Odessa according to ideologue of far-right the Azov Movement, Mykola Kravchenko, aide of Biletsky https://t.co/LRihnbUnyY

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: "Congratulations on your failure, devils", far-right C14 org ("nationalist hate group" per @StateDept ) writes re Odessa tragedy anniversary, "[We're] only sorry for those who were promised a few dimes by Russia’s FSB. Failed to mention they'd get paid in hell though. Burn there"

10:16 AM · May 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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“5 years ago pro-Ukrainian forces defended Odessa. The separatists failed to establish OPR (Odessa People’s Republic) because ultras [soccer hooligan groups] and other patriots came together” The National Corps post on Telegram says re today’s “The Ukrainian Order March”. https://t.co/HsGvyWAwia

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: "Separatists lost Odessa. They lost in a bloody, heated fashion. Although the first casualty was on the Ukrainian side, it was us Ukrainians who won": Tragic May 2nd 2014 events in Odessa according to ideologue of far-right the Azov Movement, Mykola Kravchenko, aide of Biletsky

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Far-right march in Odessa, Ukraine today marking their role in tragic events of May 2nd 2014. “The day the Ukrainian Order was established in Odessa”, far-right outlet writes. The National Corps/Azov movement will stream its “The Ukrainian Order March” https://t.co/FV0p7Sr6WL https://t.co/pRfyEZDO2d

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: “5 years ago pro-Ukrainian forces defended Odessa. The separatists failed to establish OPR (Odessa People’s Republic) because ultras [soccer hooligan groups] and other patriots came together” The National Corps post on Telegram says re today’s “The Ukrainian Order March”.

9:43 AM · May 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right march in Odessa, Ukraine today marking their role in tragic events of May 2nd 2014. “The day the Ukrainian Order was established in Odessa”, far-right outlet writes. The National Corps/Azov movement will stream its “The Ukrainian Order March” https://youtu.be/tjdtWrbWmN4

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On Holy Thursday far-right marchers in Kyiv "chanted Christian and nationalistic slogans", "Tradition and Order" writes. "Bratstvo", "Katechon", "Christian Front", "Unknown Patriot", "The Order", were joined by "The Legions of Order" street mov-t under "Tradition and Order" /2 https://t.co/LttiMYo0ix

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: Last week Bohdan Khodakovsky Leader of violent far-right group "Tradition and Order" group in Ukraine (linked to attack in Ukraine by @hrw in 2018 https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/14/ukraine-investigate-punish-hate-crimes) also posted a photo with Metropolitan Epifaniy, leader of now independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine /3

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Far-right groups in Ukraine attach themselves to [Poroshenko-led] religious renaissance? Far-right staged, led a religious procession in Kyiv on Orthodox Holy Thursday. "Tradition and Order" org (linked to attacks by @hrw https://t.co/cBFf3d06Sw), others marched in Kyiv /1 https://t.co/RslMD30UH6

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: On Holy Thursday far-right marchers in Kyiv "chanted Christian and nationalistic slogans", "Tradition and Order" writes. "Bratstvo", "Katechon", "Christian Front", "Unknown Patriot", "The Order", were joined by "The Legions of Order" street mov-t under "Tradition and Order" /2

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Far-right groups in Ukraine attach themselves to [Poroshenko-led] religious renaissance? Far-right staged, led a religious procession in Kyiv on Orthodox Holy Thursday. "Tradition and Order" org (linked to attacks by @hrw https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/14/ukraine-investigate-punish-hate-crimes), others marched in Kyiv /1

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@SpaghettiKozak: @RussiawithoutBS @SamuelSokol @ColborneMichael @_lschultz @edolinsky That huge banner honoring the Galician Division was put up in downtown Kyiv by “Ukrainian military honor” group linked to C14, a “nationalist hate group” (per @StateDept) in Ukraine. C14 is allegedly linked to Ukraine’s Security Service, was supportive of Poroshenko.

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@SamuelSokol @ColborneMichael @_lschultz @edolinsky A banner honoring The Galician Division on Kyiv’s Independence square on April 28th. Photos posted by “Ukrainian military honor” group linked to far-right C14. Group is led by Andriy Medvedko accused murderer of Ukrainian reporter Oles Buzina.

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@radiosvoboda There's also this 2016(!) report in English on participation of the Russian far-right in this military conflict in Ukraine from both sides. "Only individual activists are participating on the opposite(Ukrainian) side of the conflict", Anya Hrytsenko wrote https://t.co/ya69851KfJ https://t.co/jotYFPYJaa

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: @radiosvoboda Hopefully Zelenskiy's policies will weed out radicals that can damage Ukraine as opposed to taking in "anyone ready to fight". After all, self-described "national-socialist" Korotkih turned on Poroshenko as leader of the National Corps altho Poroshenko gave him UA citizenship

5:36 PM · Apr 28, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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@radiosvoboda Russian speakers out there can check out this historically Azov Regiment/Movement-linked podcast "A-Radio" (previously "Radio Azov FM") that features multiple Russian anti-Putin right-wingers that relocated to Ukraine, and their agenda for Russia https://t.co/O82S1r7Vlr https://t.co/dotUT0AV8W

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: @radiosvoboda There's also this 2016(!) report in English on participation of the Russian far-right in this military conflict in Ukraine from both sides. "Only individual activists are participating on the opposite(Ukrainian) side of the conflict", Anya Hrytsenko wrote http://reftlight.euromaidanpress.com/2016/12/16/adventures-russian-right-radicals-ukrainian-war/

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@kooleksiy: @radiosvoboda Russian speakers out there can check out this historically Azov Regiment/Movement-linked podcast "A-Radio" (previously "Radio Azov FM") that features multiple Russian anti-Putin right-wingers that relocated to Ukraine, and their agenda for Russia https://www.mixcloud.com/a_radio/

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When Zelenskiy goes “asylum and Ukrainian citizenship to anyone ready to fight for freedom” in a letter to Putin, I wonder if this will be different from Poroshenko era policies that, among other things, opened up Ukraine for anti- Putin Russian neo-Nazis? https://t.co/n0nn3Mv3B9

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: Some anti-Putin Russian far-right in Ukraine are consolidated around “the Russian center” https://vk.com/russ_centr. Members of the group recently took part in the anti-liberal “Radical Alliance” march in Uzhhorod with other fringe groups from Eastern Europe

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Thread. In Ukraine "Europe is for us or for no one" slogans today as militant white nationalist Karpatska Sich hosted Eastern European "radical youth" for the "Radical Alliance" march in the city of Uzhhorod /1 https://t.co/LN2SbIR3A3

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When Zelenskiy goes “asylum and Ukrainian citizenship to anyone ready to fight for freedom” in a letter to Putin, I wonder if this will be different from Poroshenko era policies that, among other things, opened up Ukraine for anti- Putin Russian neo-Nazis?

3:45 PM · Apr 28, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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What can possibly go wrong? "You can go and Infiltrate these leftist groups that are posing as Nazis". Alex Jones told his listeners "at colleges, in organizations" on Thursday. The idea apparently is to link violent far-right to Democrats. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1122557332427296769/video/1

1:44 PM · Apr 28, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: For reference: The Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces/ Army Academy where “Centuria” apparently promoted “Pan-European Nationalism” is Ukraine’s leading military education body, plugged into Ukraine’s mil cooperation with the USA, NATO http://www.asv.gov.ua/?q=en/academy/international-military-cooperation

5:43 PM · Apr 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Some members of "Centuria", a self-described Pan-European Nationalist group aiming to "consolidate nationally-oriented officers", can be cadets in Ukraine's state National Army Academy. Telegram posts consistently feature events org-d by the group in the Academy etc /10 https://t.co/bUu7VhbASF

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: "Centuria" Pan-European Nationalist group that allegedly lectured cadets in Ukraine's National Army Academy says it aims to: get mem-s into mil org-s, propagandize Pan-European unity to officers, protect common European identity from "Brussels bureaucrats (...) and Kremlin"/END

1:35 PM · Apr 27, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Pan-European Nationalist group "Centuria" app-ly proselytizing in Ukraine's Army Academy says its ideology is "Europe of Nations - a single civilization space, united by a sacred goal of protecting the identity of the European nations from any outside and domestic threats" /8 https://t.co/zIC377Sivs

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: "We will raise the sacred flag of an impassioned, uncompromising fight for our [Western] heritage, and freedom" Pan-European Nationalists "Centuria" group says via its Telegram. The group app-ly lectured cadets of In Ukraine's state "National Army Academy" on several occasions /9

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"We will raise the sacred flag of an impassioned, uncompromising fight for our [Western] heritage, and freedom" Pan-European Nationalists "Centuria" group says via its Telegram. The group app-ly lectured cadets of In Ukraine's state "National Army Academy" on several occasions /9 https://t.co/ocwxyWMYzM

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: Some members of "Centuria", a self-described Pan-European Nationalist group aiming to "consolidate nationally-oriented officers", can be cadets in Ukraine's state National Army Academy. Telegram posts consistently feature events org-d by the group in the Academy etc /10

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Centuria's Telegram says it's a "community of European traditionalists aiming to consolidate nationally-oriented officers(...)that are aware of the catastrophic situation in Europe and Ukraine" /6 https://t.co/d6j6Ntl1mX

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: Likely an Azov-linked group "Centuria" says on Telegram that it sees the revival of Ukraine as an opportunity to "defend Europe's heroic past and conquer an even better future for descendants" /7

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Likely an Azov-linked group "Centuria" says on Telegram that it sees the revival of Ukraine as an opportunity to "defend Europe's heroic past and conquer an even better future for descendants" /7 https://t.co/dppw3PAJTN

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: Pan-European Nationalist group "Centuria" app-ly proselytizing in Ukraine's Army Academy says its ideology is "Europe of Nations - a single civilization space, united by a sacred goal of protecting the identity of the European nations from any outside and domestic threats" /8

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"Centuria" group of Pan-European Nationalists apparently proselytizing Ukrainian mil cadets can be linked to far-right the Azov movement. Azov Regiment-sponsored mag-n The National Defense wrote in Nov'18 that "Centuria" promoted that publication in the National Army Academy /4 https://t.co/BuLckpgSfV

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: Pan-European Nationalists of "Centuria" group that lectured in Ukraine's National Army Academy were mentioned on Telegram as "a movement of young military officers that educate future military elite of the Ukrainian state" by Eduard Yurchenko, Azov Mov-t/Regiment ideologue /5

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Pan-European Nationalists of "Centuria" group that lectured in Ukraine's National Army Academy were mentioned on Telegram as "a movement of young military officers that educate future military elite of the Ukrainian state" by Eduard Yurchenko, Azov Mov-t/Regiment ideologue /5 https://t.co/QlXTVT0ugE

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: Centuria's Telegram says it's a "community of European traditionalists aiming to consolidate nationally-oriented officers(...)that are aware of the catastrophic situation in Europe and Ukraine" /6

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Pan-European nationalists of "Centuria" claim that in December' 18 they lectured cadets of Ukraine's National Army Academy on "Pride of the Nation", introduced them to "The Natiocracy" by Mykola Stsiborskyi, then led them in reading Ten Commandments of a Ukrainian Nationalist/2 https://t.co/uLw70Wv6Wv

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: During alleged Sep '18 lecture "Idea of the Nation" to Ukraine's National Army Academy cadets - Pan-European nationalists of "Centuria" group lectured audience on the Azov movement, including on the history of "Patriot of Ukraine", rep-ly a neo-Nazi org & Azov's predecessor /3

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During alleged Sep '18 lecture "Idea of the Nation" to Ukraine's National Army Academy cadets - Pan-European nationalists of "Centuria" group lectured audience on the Azov movement, including on the history of "Patriot of Ukraine", rep-ly a neo-Nazi org & Azov's predecessor /3 https://t.co/SMNnFycOJF

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: "Centuria" group of Pan-European Nationalists apparently proselytizing Ukrainian mil cadets can be linked to far-right the Azov movement. Azov Regiment-sponsored mag-n The National Defense wrote in Nov'18 that "Centuria" promoted that publication in the National Army Academy /4

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Thread. In Ukraine's state "National Army Academy" @ArmyAcademyUA a self-described "Pan-European nationalism" group "Centuria" apparently promoted far-right the Azov movement, "Natiocracy" to military cadets, future officers in a series of lectures /1

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Thread. In Ukraine's state "National Army Academy" @ArmyAcademyUA a self-described "Pan-European nationalism" group "Centuria" apparently promoted far-right the Azov movement, "Natiocracy" to military cadets, future officers in a series of lectures /1 https://t.co/uhw5DuHnn8

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: Pan-European nationalists of "Centuria" claim that in December' 18 they lectured cadets of Ukraine's National Army Academy on "Pride of the Nation", introduced them to "The Natiocracy" by Mykola Stsiborskyi, then led them in reading Ten Commandments of a Ukrainian Nationalist/2

1:35 PM · Apr 27, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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"Scums": Ukraine's minister of Social Policy Reva tells BBC apparently re UA citizens in the Russia-controlled Donbas. Reva then points out that he sees no issue with treating UA citizens "this way", says Russia is the reason they suffer. Full Video: https://www.facebook.com/Yolika.Malchevska/videos/3143523305673794/ https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1122143983965286400/video/1

10:22 AM · Apr 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine collusion is back with... more mistakes. Hey @jsolomonReports, 1: NABU provided info re Manafort ledger to the NYT etc in August ‘16 not in May ‘16. 2: So You say Nellie Ohr in May ‘16 sent a link to an article that was published in August ’16 ? https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion

8:45 PM · Apr 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@Majka821 @radiosvoboda @ukrpravda_news President (think Zelenskiy) is mandated to use Ukrainian Lang on official duty, be proficient. It’s not out of question that his Lang proficiency can (?)be certified by a Commission. That’s per draft bill on Rada site(obsolete per @ukrpravda_news) http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc34?id=&pf3511=61994&pf35401=477168

5:28 PM · Apr 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Conflicting rep-s re language law. Per @radiosvoboda, there are fines, crim. penalties for: contempt for 🇺🇦lang, attempts to establish official multilingualism, violations of lang quotas; judges,officials with no UL knowledge=punished, web-sites must have UL versions, biz dox=UL

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@kooleksiy: .@UkrPravda_news says the language law DOES NOT include prov-s re: penalties for "deliberate distortions" of lang norms by officials, "public contempt for" UA language; provision saying attempts to bestow official status on other languages = assault on Constitutional Order.

12:49 PM · Apr 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Credit for adding votes to the language law vote in Ukraine’s RADA is taken by violent C14 group. C14 appears to threaten member of Rada that didn’t vote in support, Oleksiy Honcharenko. “You know what to do when you see him 💀 ” C14 via Telegram. Earlier: https://t.co/UAkW7XJOeT https://t.co/tiJT6eHsIq

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: “At least +6 votes” violent far-right C14 group in Ukraine boasts on Telegram that the PRESSURE it put on members of Parliament prior to the language law vote WORKED. C14 also appeared to threaten member of Rada Oleksiy Honcharenko (didn’t vote in support they claim).

9:44 AM · Apr 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Credit for adding votes to the language law vote in Ukraine’s RADA is taken by violent C14 group. C14 appears to threaten member of Rada that didn’t vote in support, Oleksiy Honcharenko. “You know what to do when you see him 💀 ” C14 via Telegram. Earlier:

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@pauleckstein Hands off “surzhyk”!

2:14 PM · Apr 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Draft language law may end up penalizing officials(!) for grammar mistakes in official dox? "Deliberate use of (Ukrainian language) in a manner that violates grammar norms and standards(...), and thwarting and limiting the use of Ukrainian language - entail legal responsibility" https://t.co/2Mgh6igpnM

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: Far-right the National Corps vows it will “FORCE” Ukrainian lawmakers to pass draft language law tomorrow that sets Ukrainian language as inalienable element of Constitutional order, national security, more. Rally tomorrow

1:27 PM · Apr 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Lawmakers that won't support draft language law in Ukraine "will be hung by a body organ from a tree" jokes Volodymyr Parasyuk member of Rada in a video commentary to violent far-right C14 group, known for violence against political opponents, minorities. Parasyuk is a C14 ally. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1121073589996916736/video/1

11:29 AM · Apr 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Lawmakers in Ukraine want to penalize "deliberate distortions" of 🇺🇦 language norms in "official documents&texts". ALSO "public ridicule of"& "contempt for" Ukrainian language will entail "legal repercussions". Draft "language law" 5670-d vote is tomorrow https://t.co/1MV3hjtqhT https://t.co/UORzKldvL1

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: Draft language law may end up penalizing officials(!) for grammar mistakes in official dox? "Deliberate use of (Ukrainian language) in a manner that violates grammar norms and standards(...), and thwarting and limiting the use of Ukrainian language - entail legal responsibility"

10:46 AM · Apr 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Lawmakers in Ukraine want to penalize "deliberate distortions" of 🇺🇦 language norms in "official documents&texts". ALSO "public ridicule of"& "contempt for" Ukrainian language will entail "legal repercussions". Draft "language law" 5670-d vote is tomorrow http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc34?id=&pf3511=61994&pf35401=477168

10:46 AM · Apr 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Russian media figures plead with Zelenskiy to help free head of Russian news agency RIA office In Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky. Vyshinsky who's on trial for treason in Ukraine faces up to 15 years https://ria.ru/20190424/1552984893.html For background: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-vyshinsky-ria-novosti-ukraine-treason-trial/29861826.html

8:30 AM · Apr 24, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Oh look in Canada fringe right-wingers use Zelenskiy to attack Trudeau

11:50 PM · Apr 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@leonidragozin Сказочный долбоеб can be dealt with in the same way The Nadsat in A Clockwork Orange was dealt with by Russian translator Vladimir Boshniak meaning you do “Skazochnyi Dolboeb” to preserve flavor (think dezinformaziya) and maintain Russian mystique / je ne sais quoi ⬇️

11:20 PM · Apr 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@aaron_schwa For me the phrase “сказочный долбоеб” is evocative of Kopeikin’s paintings, his “Magical Federation” exhibit

6:18 PM · Apr 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Ukraine’s hero come accused coup plotter Savchenko stated in 2017, 2018 she doesn't love "K***s", “up to 80% of the government are Jews”. YET today she backed Ze's PROGRAM. Any far-reaching conclusions based on this? /END

10:47 AM · Apr 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Case in point (?): One outspoken &high profile anti-Semite in Ukraine just endorsed Zelenskiy's PROGRAM /2

10:47 AM · Apr 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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“You were told a lot of horrible untruths about me” Poroshenko tells Ukrainians via Telegram “If I could believe in those I wouldn’t have voted for me either. Time will pass and history will put everything in its place” https://t.me/PresidentPoroshenko/252

10:01 AM · Apr 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Mentally Zelenskiy apriori can't serve as the voice of Ukrainian people's national interest", the leader of Ukraine's far-right the National Corps party, Biletsky writes after Ze's win. NC protested Ze's opponent Poroshenko on the campaign trail https://t.me/BiletskyAndriy/278 /1

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Thread. Russia's Kadyrov wishes Zelenskiy luck "in noble deeds in pursuit of a renaissance in Ukraine, and unity of Ukrainian and Russian people, should he have such intentions!" via Telegram https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/581/1

10:41 PM · Apr 21, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Thread. Russia's Kadyrov wishes Zelenskiy luck "in noble deeds in pursuit of a renaissance in Ukraine, and unity of Ukrainian and Russian people, should he have such intentions!" via Telegram https://t.co/9BziC42TOq https://t.co/ygZUGoKCEK

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: Russia's Kadyrov expresses cautious optimism re Zelenskiy's win in Ukraine, believes the vote was Ukrainians' protest "against Poroshenko's pathological hatred towards Russia and his boyish love for the West" /2

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@leonidragozin If his opinion is indicative of anything, Markov is happy Poroshenko is gone, claims “essentially a win for Russia”

7:04 PM · Apr 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@leonidragozin Is this guy anything to go by ?

6:53 PM · Apr 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Hard to tell if the National Corps figures see Zelenskiy’s presidency as an opportunity (some predicted chaos post election) or are plain happy they got rid of Poroshenko. NC-linked online platform goes “We won...No time to relax... Next stop - Nationalism”.

2:54 PM · Apr 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right the National Corps spox celebrates Poroshenko’s loss, reminds that Poroshenko threatened to do away with the NC post election. Poroshenko reportedly called the National Corps “Nazis” recently. Well it’s not like they grew into what they’re on HIS WATCH or anything

1:23 PM · Apr 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@Matthew_Kupfer I think he’s competing with Tom Arnold

2:24 PM · Apr 20, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Russia’s Kadyrov comments on 🇺🇦 debate where Poroshenko brought him up in an attack on Zelenskiy. Says Poro professed “love for Russia” in 2014 when Ukraine returned Russian reporters detained in war zone. Says Poroshenko should keep Kadyrov’s , Putin’s names out of his mouth.

3:30 PM · Apr 19, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy called Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine's East "Rebels" during the debate. A gaffe? Things to come? Poroshenko just brought it up. FYI for ⁦@StateDept⁩ those are “Russian-led”, “Russian-backed” separatists. An update to diplomatic vocabulary needed soon? https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1119317539815866369/video/1

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Ukraine Presidential debate in short

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@kooleksiy: @leonidragozin I’m pretty sure the USA ambassador in Ukraine answered that recently when she said that the USA support principles, not candidates

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@kooleksiy: @Mortis_Banned @SamuelSokol Read it. Pretty straightforward “Thanks to everyone defending Ukraine - be it in the front lines or in the rear. I won’t let you down”. Then he mentions Azov, the National Corps

7:29 AM · Apr 19, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: On the National Corps' violent protests against Poroshenko, Zelenskiy's law enforcement man said: NC = militant, "quasi civic structure"; claiming leadership in assertive far-right politics can place NC in a strong position for Rada Election, leading to $$, gov appointments /2

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Polls heavily favoring Zelenskiy show that Ukrainians believe that Poroshenko and his associates should be jailed: far-right The National Corps party leader Sergey Korotkih says in a TV appearance on Ukraine's public broadcaster @1tvua https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HRrJw4h_MY /1 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1118929666696462336/video/1

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@kooleksiy: Poroshenko expressed “shock” regarding possible compensation for PrivatBank in statements published on Monday. “Two billion dollars compensation(...). This is what’s ahead”. Poroshenko also said “people associated with” Zelenskiy talked about compensation https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zadnij-hid-u-pitanni-privatbanku-vikliche-gliboku-krizu-v-st-54806/END

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Thread: Poroshenko was doom and gloom re the lawsuit challenging nationalization of PrivatBank, on Monday. In statements available on his site Poro said "Backsliding in the issue of PrivatBank" would lead to " threats to the funds of( ...) customers"

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IMPORTANT: Signal Group Consulting LLC FARA filing re Zelenskiy furnishes neither written agreement nor conditions of oral agreements with "The Foreign Principal" & states "contract is in the process of being approved". SO, APPARENTLY, NO CONTRACT https://t.co/WOuFJIGY3t /END https://t.co/fK2vcHm7FD

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: Correction! There IS apparently “oral agreement or understanding” between Zelenskiy and Signal Group. The conditions are described in hand writing in the filing as “Contract is in the process of being approved”. No FORMAL written contract, correspondence between parties though

10:07 AM · Apr 18, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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.@RFERL Report that Zelenskiy has hired a Washington lobbying firm Signal Group Consulting cites: FARA filing, Signal Group's media rep, sources in the Zelenskiy camp, and "a campaign official who requested anonymity" https://t.co/QhKniUPoWG /2 https://t.co/9lZk7ijQPu

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: IMPORTANT: Signal Group Consulting LLC FARA filing re Zelenskiy furnishes neither written agreement nor conditions of oral agreements with "The Foreign Principal" & states "contract is in the process of being approved". SO, APPARENTLY, NO CONTRACT https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6661-Exhibit-AB-20190412-1.pdf /END

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Thread. Zelenskiy's team denies @RFERL report that it hired Washington lobbying firm to "Elevate Profile", & talks of "disinformation". In a FB statement team Ze states "NO CONTRACT with Signal Group", denies ties with Oleg Dubyna, claims "no behind the scenes agreements" /1

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Thread. Zelenskiy's team denies @RFERL report that it hired Washington lobbying firm to "Elevate Profile", & talks of "disinformation". In a FB statement team Ze states "NO CONTRACT with Signal Group", denies ties with Oleg Dubyna, claims "no behind the scenes agreements" /1 https://t.co/D0Kwab253U

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: .@RFERL Report that Zelenskiy has hired a Washington lobbying firm Signal Group Consulting cites: FARA filing, Signal Group's media rep, sources in the Zelenskiy camp, and "a campaign official who requested anonymity" https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-presidential-front-runner-zelenskiy-hires-washington-lobbying-firm-to-elevate-profile-/29886941.html /2

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Thread: New Zealand mosque attacks are spun by American alt-right ideologue Greg Johnson as benefiting the left:"energizes the left, gives options for(...)manufacturing martyrs(...)moral panics are used as pretexts for repressing us, freedom of speech, right to bear arms"/1 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1118533901553508353/video/1

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@Mortis_Banned Followed by?

9:25 AM · Apr 17, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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At Zelenskiy-Poroshenko debate will we see disruptive use of pyro by organized groups? Chants? Banners? You know things far-right the National Corps is known for in particular. With the NC ties to soccer hooligan scene in Ukraine - stadium events are their domain so to speak

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Thread. Zelenskiy announces that free tickets are now available for his debate with Poroshenko due Friday on https://debaty2019.org.ua/. Still, per Ze, sides disagree on format. Poro wants separate stages, separation of supporters. Zelenskiy insists on single crowd, stage /1 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1118310350401757186/video/1

8:28 PM · Apr 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy runs the risk of losing much of support for his pol force in the Rada election by October 27th 2019, UNLESS there’s an early Rada election on the heels of his all but certain Pres. victory. So Poroshenko wants Ze to get enough time to fail? READ https://www.unian.info/m/politics/10516806-possible-snap-parliamentary-elections-to-entail-protracted-political-crisis-poroshenko.html

1:00 PM · Apr 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. Zelenskiy is the "torpedo" to sink Poroshenko's Titanic & pave way for "people of much stronger will": Ukraine's hero come accused coup plotter Nadia Savchenko says in a court room interview. Savchenko is now freed by court in Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwCRNjG9lIY /1 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1118171096564535302/video/1

11:15 AM · Apr 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@Mortis_Banned Ukraine’s reformers - Suprun, Sytnyk, Kobolev, and those associated with reforms- are all on the chopping block per a recent poll. So will the servant of the people honor the people’s will?

9:28 AM · Apr 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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6:06 PM · Apr 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Notre Dame (...)is burning down, just like Europe itself is engulfed in flames of migration nihilism and materialism", Andriy Biletsky leader of Ukraine's the National Corps party/The Azov movement that occupies a prominent spot in international white nationalist milieu https://t.co/dIIgENBj2B

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: “Let that pain and wrath give us strength for the final battle against evil”, Ideologue of the National Corps party in Ukraine, and its expansionist “Reconquista” strategy [far-right to take over Ukraine then the whole Europe etc] Eduard Yurchenko writes re Notre Dame.

6:06 PM · Apr 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine’s far-right takes on Notre Dame fire continue. C14’s leader Karas: “Little will change for the French because their mosques are unaffected. Thousands of Chinese will be hurt though - theyll have nothing to stare at in Paris...” https://t.co/7Lb7za9uLJ

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: "Notre Dame (...)is burning down, just like Europe itself is engulfed in flames of migration nihilism and materialism", Andriy Biletsky leader of Ukraine's the National Corps party/The Azov movement that occupies a prominent spot in international white nationalist milieu

3:30 PM · Apr 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right radicals are quick to instrumentalize Notre Dame fire to further own agenda, attack Muslims, Liberalism. This here is from leader of the National Corps party in Ukraine, self-described "national socialist" Sergey Korotkih: "Once it burns out - a mosque will be built " https://t.co/YivhBEWewy

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: Ukraine’s far-right takes on Notre Dame fire continue. C14’s leader Karas: “Little will change for the French because their mosques are unaffected. Thousands of Chinese will be hurt though - theyll have nothing to stare at in Paris...”

3:14 PM · Apr 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right radicals are quick to instrumentalize Notre Dame fire to further own agenda, attack Muslims, Liberalism. This here is from leader of the National Corps party in Ukraine, self-described "national socialist" Sergey Korotkih: "Once it burns out - a mosque will be built "

2:54 PM · Apr 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Celtic Cross" flags in UA's Uzhhorod today where, per orgs, participants, East. European "radical youth" marched "against chauvinism, liberalism, capitalism". "Legio Hungaria" writes on FB: reps of Eastern European "nationalist organizations" held a conference in Uzhhorod. /END https://t.co/PWlLpxaOEa

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: “European nations unite for the sake of the future of the civilization”, militant “Karpatska Sich” org issues a short message re yesterday’s "Radical Alliance" joint march with Eastern European "radical youth" hosted by KS in Ukraine’s Uzhhorod https://t.me/karpatska_sich/2000

12:11 PM · Apr 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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10:38 AM · Apr 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@rprose @interfax_news That’s the kind of investigation I’d follow religiously

10:12 AM · Apr 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"Radical Alliance" white nationalist march in Ukraine's Uzhhorod brought Hungary's "Legio Hungaria", others for what organizers described as a march "against chauvinism, liberalism and capitalism" /2 https://t.co/jUFrDZQR2G

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Celtic Cross" flags in UA's Uzhhorod today where, per orgs, participants, East. European "radical youth" marched "against chauvinism, liberalism, capitalism". "Legio Hungaria" writes on FB: reps of Eastern European "nationalist organizations" held a conference in Uzhhorod. /END

3:56 PM · Apr 14, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Thread. In Ukraine "Europe is for us or for no one" slogans today as militant white nationalist Karpatska Sich hosted Eastern European "radical youth" for the "Radical Alliance" march in the city of Uzhhorod /1

3:56 PM · Apr 14, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Thread. In Ukraine "Europe is for us or for no one" slogans today as militant white nationalist Karpatska Sich hosted Eastern European "radical youth" for the "Radical Alliance" march in the city of Uzhhorod /1 https://t.co/LN2SbIR3A3

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: "Radical Alliance" white nationalist march in Ukraine's Uzhhorod brought Hungary's "Legio Hungaria", others for what organizers described as a march "against chauvinism, liberalism and capitalism" /2

3:56 PM · Apr 14, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@ante_portas What would otherwise be considered “flaws” makes him more relatable it seems. He appears to be in that Donald Trump territory with his supporters (and his supporters are like what 60% of voters?).

5:24 PM · Apr 13, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. Zelenskiy failed to respond to 4 summonses to a military commissariat in 2014, 2015 - Ukraine's DOD @DefenceUA says. https://t.co/c3WPZxQK3o Now Zelenskiy's detractors spin it as "draft-dodging" bc summonses were sent at the height of the war against Russian aggression /1 https://t.co/yTswbsYVan

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: According to @DefenceUA statement, 4 summonses (повістки) were mailed in 2014, 2015 in the course of mil mobilization in Ukraine: "Citizen Zelenskiy hasn't come to the military commissariat as requested" /2

2:02 PM · Apr 13, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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According to @DefenceUA statement, 4 summonses (повістки) were mailed in 2014, 2015 in the course of mil mobilization in Ukraine: "Citizen Zelenskiy hasn't come to the military commissariat as requested" /2 https://t.co/ayUt5whst4

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: Zelensky said in 2014 he was ready to join the war (against Russian aggression). "I'm liable to military service. If there's a need - I'll fight", Zelenskiy said in 2014 in an interview with @kp_ukraine where he admitted he was aware of 1 summons https://kp.ua/culture/444565-vladymyr-zelenskyi-o-poluchennoi-yz-voenkomata-povestke-nado-znachyt-nado-ya-vse-budu-delat-po-zakonu /3

2:02 PM · Apr 13, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Thread. Zelenskiy failed to respond to 4 summonses to a military commissariat in 2014, 2015 - Ukraine's DOD @DefenceUA says. https://www.facebook.com/MinistryofDefence.UA/posts/2287451344650691 Now Zelenskiy's detractors spin it as "draft-dodging" bc summonses were sent at the height of the war against Russian aggression /1

2:02 PM · Apr 13, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Zelenskiy who speaks huskily in his campaign vids (think Tom Waits?) gets parodied by a musician in Ukraine. "I don't know If I'll handle being talked to like that for 5 years...Speak normally". Fair game. Some love Ze's delivery as seen here for instance?s=21 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1116717385690550272/video/1

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Thread. Zelenskiy sends regards to far-right the National Corps party in Ukraine ("nationalist hate group" per @statedept) and the Azov Regiment in a new video acknowledging "defenders of Ukraine on the front lines and in the rear". /1 https://t.co/RMV3d1ZKAc

10:59 AM · Apr 12, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Zelenskiy slams down the phone on Poroshenko on live TV when Ukraine’s President presses him on presidential debate date. “And now I’m done. April 19th at the “Olimpiyskiy” stadium. Period. Bye”. https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1116461724515938336/video/1

6:03 PM · Apr 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Yesterday the National Corps rolled out a video showing one of the party's leaders defacing Poroshenko's campaign posters likening Zelenskiy to Putin, calling on others to do the same. For weeks the NC leaders have been pushing pro-Zelenskiy memes online /4 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1116317610726109187/video/1

8:30 AM · Apr 11, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Thread. Poroshenko's attacks on Zelenskiy get a response from leader of far-right National Corps Biletsky "https://t.me/BiletskyAndriy/234 "I fully agree with Poro that it's bad if a clown becomes President. It's worse tho that current president is a clown&kleptocrat,& his team=idiots"/1

8:30 AM · Apr 11, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@TheSoufanCenter Willingness to provide "shooting", "military tactics" training to foreign white nationalists in Ukraine was apparently stated by the Azov movement in 2017/early 2018 in an interview to the Nordic Resistance Movement available here https://archive.org/details/TheFashCastAnthologyWithoutImages/page/n9

12:32 PM · Apr 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: "Foreigners can join one-week training course which will involve military tactics, shooting and more. It will be in the east at our base ....", Olena Semenyaka the National Corps' International Secretary apparently said in this 2017/early 2018 interview. /2

11:45 AM · Apr 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@Mortis_Banned @TarikCyrilAmar @RussiawithoutBS @jaredgmcbride @jonathbruns The National Corps & linked figures international contacts are with very much anti-Semitic groups, and said agenda is dominant with white nationalist radicals. The NC appear to be more explicit on the topic in their dealings with foreign allies. Like so: https://archive.org/details/TheFashCastAnthologyWithoutImages/page/n9

11:17 AM · Apr 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@TarikCyrilAmar For what it’s worth Fukuyama was credited by Nayyem as an influence re decision to enter politics. 5 years later Nayyem, Leshchenko and Zalishchuk, all graduates of @StanfordCDDRL, haven’t produced an electable political entity and seek to attach themselves to larger pol brands.

9:47 PM · Apr 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. Zelenskiy sends regards to far-right the National Corps party in Ukraine ("nationalist hate group" per @statedept) and the Azov Regiment in a new video acknowledging "defenders of Ukraine on the front lines and in the rear". /1 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1115724070102994944/video/1

5:12 PM · Apr 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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It may not translate well into English but the rally's slogan is Вдуй Свинарчукам ("blow Svynarchuk-s"?), the latter is the last name of one of Poroshenko's associates implicated in corruption& is pushed as a synonym for corruption by the NC because "свин" is a pig in Ukrainian. https://t.co/qFbLT1LEGN

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: The NC anti-Poroshenko rallies included such "charm offensives" (balloons you know) before. Earlier in March the NC threw toy pigs at the Presidential Administration, but not before reportedly wounding more than a dozen cops in Cherkasy and Kyiv (

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12:53 PM · Apr 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In what can also be reflective of Poroshenko's re-election being up in the air, far-right the National Corps brought balloons to the Presidential Administration today https://t.co/CVDD1fKPsY

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: It may not translate well into English but the rally's slogan is Вдуй Свинарчукам ("blow Svynarchuk-s"?), the latter is the last name of one of Poroshenko's associates implicated in corruption& is pushed as a synonym for corruption by the NC because "свин" is a pig in Ukrainian.

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@kooleksiy: In what can also be reflective of Poroshenko's re-election being up in the air, far-right the National Corps brought balloons to the Presidential Administration today

12:53 PM · Apr 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@ColborneMichael @Mortis_Banned Global white nationalist agenda represented alright

11:44 AM · Apr 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Poroshenko’s words seem to offer an outline of the kind of questions he expects to be posed to Zelenskiy should presidential debates between the two actually materialize.

6:20 PM · Apr 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. Poroshenko moves to substantive criticism of Zelenskiy in an appearance on @svobodaICTV. Poroshenko problematizes Ze’s inexperience (“what can an incompetent president bring home from negotiations with Putin?”) /1

6:20 PM · Apr 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In the immediate aftermath of the attack Ukraine's law enforcement leaders pointed that "Russia could be behind" the lethal attack on Roma. But the Sober and Angry Youth online presence linked it to a very much international agenda with a strong Ukrainian component /4 https://t.co/6vh0uqIzsj

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Some "Sober and Angry Youth" social media pages were run in Russian by an apparent local Ukrainian operator, and were replete with symbolism embraced by white nationalist extremists internationally https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/06/26/straight-edge-neo-nazi-group-attacked-ukrainian-roma-camp/. /END

1:56 PM · Apr 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: In the immediate aftermath of the attack Ukraine's law enforcement leaders pointed that "Russia could be behind" the lethal attack on Roma. But the Sober and Angry Youth online presence linked it to a very much international agenda with a strong Ukrainian component /4

1:56 PM · Apr 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right the National Corps is historically linked to alleged backer of Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s min of Internal Affairs Avakov. Tomorrow’s NC anti-Poroshenko rally adds to the latter’s electoral woes. /2 https://t.co/X6u66J0TBp

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: Some leaders of the National Corps, like self-described “national socialist” Sergey Korotkih, have been busy sharing pro-Zelenskiy memes online. It remains to be seen if Zelenskiy, framed as pro-Russian by detractors, will denounce the Azov movement as candidate, or President/3

10:52 AM · Apr 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. Far-right The National Corps to protest against Poroshenko tomorrow in Kyiv, so they roll out a slick video. “Nationalist hate group” ,according to @StateDept report, the National Corps will hold a rally in front of @TheBankova on April 9. /1 https://t.co/DXP1JxxBHM

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: Far-right the National Corps is historically linked to alleged backer of Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s min of Internal Affairs Avakov. Tomorrow’s NC anti-Poroshenko rally adds to the latter’s electoral woes. /2

10:52 AM · Apr 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. Far-right The National Corps to protest against Poroshenko tomorrow in Kyiv, so they roll out a slick video. “Nationalist hate group” ,according to @StateDept report, the National Corps will hold a rally in front of @TheBankova on April 9. /1 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1115266058074697728/video/1

10:52 AM · Apr 8, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"It's a huge threat(...)that an individual, who is not out of question to have a drug addiction, can become a pres. candidate or even President, Commander in Chief(...)Every Ukrainian needs a definitive answer re both Poroshenko and Zelenskiy" , Poroshenko told @kanalukraine /2 https://t.co/uNbHPtC7Cd

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Remember how Howard Dean theorized Trump could be a cocaine user in September 2016? And how it did nothing to thwart his election? Now Poroshenko treads into the same territory, but not before Zelenskiy publicly called for alcohol and drug testing for presidential candidates /3

8:09 PM · Apr 7, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Thread. Poroshenko takes a new swipe at Zelenskiy as candidates level thinly veiled accusations against each other. "A person with a drug addiction can't serve as Commander in Chief" says new headline on the official site of the President of Ukraine https://t.co/hAyCXiLzkM. /1 https://t.co/YoMhUlFapw

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: "It's a huge threat(...)that an individual, who is not out of question to have a drug addiction, can become a pres. candidate or even President, Commander in Chief(...)Every Ukrainian needs a definitive answer re both Poroshenko and Zelenskiy" , Poroshenko told @kanalukraine /2

8:09 PM · Apr 7, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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Thread. Poroshenko takes a new swipe at Zelenskiy as candidates level thinly veiled accusations against each other. "A person with a drug addiction can't serve as Commander in Chief" says new headline on the official site of the President of Ukraine https://www.president.gov.ua/news/verhovnim-golovnokomanduvachem-ne-mozhe-buti-lyudina-zalezhn-54578. /1

8:09 PM · Apr 7, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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@SamuelSokol @leonidragozin Poroshenko vs Zelenskiy be like Вовк vs Капітошка

3:48 PM · Apr 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@SamuelSokol @leonidragozin It was foretold..,

3:25 PM · Apr 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Karpatska Sich has been busy recently making inroads into European white nationalist scene, and their social media chronicle trips to Europe alongside the National Corps' Olena Semenyaka /END https://t.co/JdyEJ64UUX

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: White nationalist radicals Karpatska Sich joint rally with “groups from across Eastern Europe” on April 14 in Uzhhorod, Ukraine will symbolize “war against the parasitic elements active in our homeland”: new statement by the militant group says https://t.me/karpatska_sich/1991

6:38 PM · Apr 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@TarikCyrilAmar @UATV_en Now who’d ever think that?

1:41 PM · Apr 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Previously Ukraine’s English language @UATV_en presented the Azov movement’s the National Corps Party International Secretary as a mere activist and cast Azov’s proselytizing in schools as motivational speaking

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12:47 PM · Apr 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Looking for those Russian neo-Nazis affecting the West? Look no further than Ukraine where some are involved in mainstream politics. Lots in a new interview by the International Secretary of the Azov movement’s The National Corps Party h/t @gorsefires

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10:45 AM · Apr 6, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Karpatska Sich leaders attended international white nationalist networking events organized by the Azov movement political wing the National Corps in Kyiv in 2018 along with Europe's Casapound Italia, Der Dritte Weg (Germany) , Alliansen - Alternativ for Norge, JN-NPD (Germany)/5 https://t.co/AZfNG4QzBC

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: Karpatska Sich has been busy recently making inroads into European white nationalist scene, and their social media chronicle trips to Europe alongside the National Corps' Olena Semenyaka /END

2:24 PM · Apr 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Karpatska Sich is an explicity militant white nationalist group heavily involved in firearms and MMA training of members, rhetoric of European brotherhood, and armed resistance. /4 https://t.co/C6x05VvpbY

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Karpatska Sich leaders attended international white nationalist networking events organized by the Azov movement political wing the National Corps in Kyiv in 2018 along with Europe's Casapound Italia, Der Dritte Weg (Germany) , Alliansen - Alternativ for Norge, JN-NPD (Germany)/5

2:24 PM · Apr 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Violence by Karpatska Sich, and other far-right groups in Ukraine, has drawn concern from international rights organizations in 2018 https://t.co/fdNpQtNqiL /3 https://t.co/HckYr31TMJ

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: Karpatska Sich is an explicity militant white nationalist group heavily involved in firearms and MMA training of members, rhetoric of European brotherhood, and armed resistance. /4

2:24 PM · Apr 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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"A joint column of Karpatska Sich fighters and European brethren will march through streets of a Ukrainian city! Join us, and we'll defend our future and the future of our children", KS statement reads referencing white supremacists' 14 words slogan https://t.co/7EslSwx6QL /2 https://t.co/2RDBToi1Sl

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: Violence by Karpatska Sich, and other far-right groups in Ukraine, has drawn concern from international rights organizations in 2018 https://freedomhouse.org/article/joint-letter-urgent-need-ukrainian-authorities-end-impunity-radical-violence /3

2:24 PM · Apr 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread. As white nationalism goes international and Ukraine finds itself harboring key actors in the process, an event to keep an eye on will take place in that country on April 14th when Karpatska Sich group will host "Radical Alliance" march in Uzhhorod. /1 https://t.co/mwYWhfMjgg

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: "A joint column of Karpatska Sich fighters and European brethren will march through streets of a Ukrainian city! Join us, and we'll defend our future and the future of our children", KS statement reads referencing white supremacists' 14 words slogan https://t.me/karpatska_sich/1986 /2

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Thread. As white nationalism goes international and Ukraine finds itself harboring key actors in the process, an event to keep an eye on will take place in that country on April 14th when Karpatska Sich group will host "Radical Alliance" march in Uzhhorod. /1

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@AlexKokcharov The National Corps protests on April 9 will culminate in a rally in front of the Presidential Admiration in Kyiv but they’ll make stops at law enforcement agencies, including Avakov’s ministry, prior https://t.me/nationalcorps/3778

10:49 AM · Apr 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Anti-Poroshenko protests on April 9th just announced by far-right the National Corps party historically linked to Ukraine’s min of Internal Affairs Avakov who recently complimented Zelenskiy, allegedly backs him. Previous the NC anti-Poroshenko rallies brought this.

10:17 AM · Apr 5, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@ColborneMichael @ChristopherJM “PISS AND BLOOD in Ukraine’s election as two competitors are headed for a stadium fight” I tweaked the title a bit

2:04 PM · Apr 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right the National Corps party promises renewed anti-Poroshenko rallies as the runoff nears in Ukraine. It's hard to gauge how much the NC protests hurt Poroshenko’s result on March 31, but they surely didn't help https://t.me/nationalcorps/3773

10:40 AM · Apr 4, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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11:14 PM · Apr 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@ChristopherJM @schfm @wiczipedia Nothing of the sort is on @NPU_GOV_UA ‘s official Instagram which is https://instagram.com/national.police.ua NOT the more popular https://instagram.com/police_ukraine

1:00 PM · Apr 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@ChristopherJM @schfm @wiczipedia You’re wrong. It’s not an official Instagram page. Come on.

12:54 PM · Apr 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@wiczipedia Pay attention! What you posted is from "a community [unofficial] dedicated to Ukraine's Police" as opposed to Ukraine's National Police Actual Instagram Account (linked on https://www.npu.gov.ua/) which is - https://www.instagram.com/national.police.ua/ and yes the former has more followers

12:53 PM · Apr 2, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@leonidragozin Reminds me of... Worked like a charm in the USA

1:44 PM · Apr 1, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: Head of far-right the National Militia org Mykhailenko: "While everyone is wondering how life will be under fa**ot Poroshenko or f***up Zelenskiy, I'm cleaning my guns bc that's relaxing...considering how close 2 open separatists [Boyko and Vilkul] are to the leading three"

8:35 AM · Apr 1, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: "Ukraine that has been resisting Russia for 5 years has lost today", an end of the world take from @aydermuzhdabaev on @ukrpravda_news "Kremlin and pro-Kremlin collaborationists can open champagne" https://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/muzhdabaev/5ca102c306d37/

4:51 PM · Mar 31, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Ukraine will face turmoil regardless of who wins the election, deputy head of far-right the National Corps party Kravchenko predicted today. The National Corps/National Militia anti-Poroshenko rallies during the campaign were marked with violence https://t.me/NKruk/54

4:15 PM · Mar 30, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: Last October Azov’s the National Corps housed, supported a rabid anti-Semite Norwegian Joachim Furholm. While with the NC he talked with white nationalist Radio Wehrwolf based in the USA, argued for “removal” of “merchants” (Jews). More about NC contacts: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

8:34 AM · Mar 30, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Oh and the Azov movement leader Biletsky now claims (including in @dmitry_gordon interview) that Ukraine’s President Poroshenko has ordered his assassination

11:53 PM · Mar 29, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Now the real question is: Will this put Poroshenko on Trump’s radar&Twitter today? BBC now admits that allegations that Ukraine paid Cohen to arrange White House talks with Trump in June 2017 WERE UNTRUE, pays damages to Ukraine’s President Poroshenko https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47719166

7:46 AM · Mar 28, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Ukraine's president Poroshenko allegedly promised to "deal with nazi militarization" of the National Corps and the National Militia after .. the election, considers these groups "nazis", Ukrainian blogger Viktor Lytovchenko claims in a viral Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/vlyt.ua/posts/2067932799923102

1:29 PM · Mar 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Ukraine clashes reported between far-right the Azov movement and the police In Vinnytsia today. Azov’s the National Corps party is protesting Poroshenko rally in that city. Days left until the presidential election in Ukraine. Video was shared by a National Corps leader https://t.co/WHcyw8OcY2

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: There’s a live feed from the Vinnytsia clashes https://youtu.be/LVEie7GMv8Y between the Azov movement and the police as the former protest (pro)Poroshenko rally

12:08 PM · Mar 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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In Ukraine clashes reported between far-right the Azov movement and the police In Vinnytsia today. Azov’s the National Corps party is protesting Poroshenko rally in that city. Days left until the presidential election in Ukraine. Video was shared by a National Corps leader https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1110934744924110849/video/1

12:00 PM · Mar 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@cjcmichel That being said Artem Sytnyk who’s glorified in passing in the piece (and in the West in general) has some serious questions to answer regarding his agency’s alleged role in the Ukroboronprom corruption investigated by @bihusinfo https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/media-law-enforcement-agencies-covered-up-defense-corruption-for-years.html

11:35 AM · Mar 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@Mortis_Banned @RussiawithoutBS Talking about “erring on the side of caution”. Shout out to Err

8:47 AM · Mar 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@SpaghettiKozak: @RussiawithoutBS @ColborneMichael @thehill @jsolomonReports But really how do you have an implication that a former FBI agent in Ukraine did revolving door with an organization there but distract from it by mentioning “Soros”?!

6:47 AM · Mar 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@SpaghettiKozak: @RussiawithoutBS @ColborneMichael @thehill @jsolomonReports Those beans they’re it! A total 360 win! Something tells me throwing Soros into the mix wasn’t Lutsenko’s idea though

6:36 AM · Mar 27, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: .@StateDept rights report called the National Corps “nationalist hate group”. Avakov denied responsibility for the Azov movement but is an apparent go-to figure for G-7 governments concerned with far-right extremism in Ukraine as @ChristopherJM pointed out

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10:12 PM · Mar 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Tomorrow the Azov will rally in front of Ukraine’s @ServiceSsu demanding action against Medvedchuk and Boyko. This comes on the heels of a series of anti-Poroshenko rallies (including violent protests) by the Azov https://t.me/nationalcorps/3580

7:08 PM · Mar 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@PostOpinions @melindaharing One former official in Ukraine who was instrumental in what’s being spinned as “Ukraine’s interference in the USA” now says Ukraine did wade into the US politics in 2016, thinks the same is happening now . That official is Viktor Trepak

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

New claims in Ukraine re now resurfaced Ukraine interference in the USA theme: Former @servicessu general Trepak (source of so-called "black ledgers" re Manafort) claims leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau used ledgers alleging $$ for Manafort to play geopolitics. https://t.co/30ZRnOsEtf

4:18 PM · Mar 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Moreover Lutsenko clearly says what he was referencing in the very piece you've linked in your @washingtonpost opinion piece https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/434892-senior-ukrainian-justice-official-says-hes-opened-probe-into-us-election

1:37 PM · Mar 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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I'm no fan of Lutsenko @melindaharing but the tape that you ask Lutsenko to publish is out for weeks now (yeah it’s weak and proves nothing). Lutsenko was CLEARLY referencing Ukainian MP Rozenblat's recording in this interview with @thehill, didn't reference anything else. https://t.co/5nJw6Sr2le

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Lutsenko referenced a "Member of Parliament" throughout his interview. "This member of parliament even attached the audio tape where several men, one of which had a voice similar to the voice of Mr. Sytnyk, discussed the matter."

1:37 PM · Mar 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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I'm no fan of Lutsenko @melindaharing but the tape that you ask Lutsenko to publish is out for weeks now (yeah it’s weak and proves nothing). Lutsenko was CLEARLY referencing Ukainian MP Rozenblat's recording in this interview with @thehill, didn't reference anything else.

1:37 PM · Mar 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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New claims in Ukraine re now resurfaced Ukraine interference in the USA theme: Former @servicessu general Trepak (source of so-called "black ledgers" re Manafort) claims leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau used ledgers alleging $$ for Manafort to play geopolitics.

10:48 AM · Mar 26, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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It is a small 🇺🇦 world! In August 2018 @business reported that Avenatti enjoyed support of known Ukrainian figures in the Democratic party https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-28/stormy-daniels-lawyer-says-he-s-serious-about-a-2020-campaign

2:34 PM · Mar 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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“Putin will go for a military escalation against Ukraine to help Poroshenko in the election", - leader of far-right the Azov Movement Andriy Biletsky opines on Facebook adding he'd like to be proven wrong https://www.facebook.com/100034838293866/posts/114712146366728?sfns=mo

10:27 AM · Mar 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Serious questions re @DonaldJTrumpJr tweet re Yovanovitch: Who (and Why) would benefit from her removal in the USA? In Ukraine? Who’s the likely replacement? Is there a known figure vying to be the USA Ambassador to Ukraine ?

4:06 PM · Mar 24, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: The Azov movement leader Biletsky just said they change tactics now, will focus on thwarting election law violations across Ukraine. Guess that’s the part everyone is worried about, considering how part of the Azov movement The National Militia are official election observers

11:02 AM · Mar 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Not sure if far-right the National Corps brought “even more than” 10 000 plus to Maidan, as that party claims, but they sure have some people in central Kyiv today. https://t.co/CEIt8C2D5S

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The National Corps Party now claims it got “over 10000” in front of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Have to give credit for sheer audacity of such claims. There’s not an insignificant number of people there though https://t.me/nationalcorps/3545

9:46 AM · Mar 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Not sure if far-right the National Corps brought “even more than” 10 000 plus to Maidan, as that party claims, but they sure have some people in central Kyiv today.

8:01 AM · Mar 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right the Azov movement protesting Poroshenko today in Kyiv is claiming there’s “even more” people on Maidan this time than last Saturday. The thing is, last Saturday they claimed 10000+ but @ChristopherJM saw no more than a 1000 and 🇺🇦 police saw 2000 https://www.facebook.com/575174626335743/posts/576696336183572?sfns=mo

7:41 AM · Mar 23, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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If reports are true, Mueller is not the first Mueller to fail to thwart a Russian operative https://t.co/zmyFjnkdK1

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: There’s a considerable amount of Russian anecdotes putting fictional Mueller vs Stierlitz action (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Moments_of_Spring) in DC. And you guessed it right, in that universe Trump is Stierlitz, a Russian operative avoiding capture https://www.anekdot.ru/tags/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86

9:53 PM · Mar 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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If reports are true, Mueller is not the first Mueller to fail to thwart a Russian operative

9:04 PM · Mar 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@Mortis_Banned @TheSoufanCenter Is there evidence that Tarrant could be linked to Azov? I too noticed he mentioned UA, had “Black sun” etc. But the latter is widely used by RWE, his claim re trip to Ukraine hasn’t been corroborated. It seems like a thin base to suggest(?) he could train in Ukraine.

12:21 PM · Mar 22, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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2012 @statedept in "Ukraine 2012 Human Rights Report": "The most serious human rights problem during the year remained the politically motivated imprisonment of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko" https://t.co/caKowMoTdO https://t.co/9ydYukx3aT

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: 2011 @statedept in "2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" : "Local human rights observers and opposition commentators described Lutsenko's arrest as politically motivated, given the administrative nature of his alleged offenses" https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/160481.pdf

11:11 AM · Mar 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: 2012 @statedept in "Ukraine 2012 Human Rights Report": "The most serious human rights problem during the year remained the politically motivated imprisonment of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko" https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/204561.pdf

11:11 AM · Mar 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Leader of far-right the National Corps (“nationalist hate group” per @StateDept report) party in Ukraine Biletsky brings up Lutsenko’s allegations - that the US Ambassador meddled in his work - to make own point against “colonialism” https://t.me/BiletskyAndriy/172

9:31 AM · Mar 21, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@Matt_UeImen: @uelmendrado She made a statement recently that rattled some in the country. Urged an audit of state company implicated in corruption allegedly linked to Ukraine’s President’s surroundings and called to “replace” head of one of the anti-corruption agencies.

11:42 PM · Mar 20, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Thread! Radical Right, extremist organizations can be used by Putin to derail the election in Ukraine, President Poroshenko @poroshenko signals during a TV appearance, in what can also be indicative of the state asserting own monopoly on nationalism in Ukraine.

8:50 PM · Mar 18, 2019 · Twitter Web App

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@kooleksiy: "Ukraine collusion" never caught on with major media in the US, but it's been alive and kicking on ... Russia's "Sputnik International" where the main source for Politico's 2017 report Andrii Telizhenko has made a number of recent appearances and new allegations on the topic

3:23 PM · Mar 18, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: In 2017 so-called Ukraine collusion theme made it into @realdonaldtrump timeline

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump campaign - "quietly working to boost Clinton." So where is the investigation A.G. @seanhannity

3:23 PM · Mar 18, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: These allegations made it to @realdonaldtrump timeline yest., continuing ongoing hard spell for the US-supported NABU which also finds itself caught up in Ukroboronprom scandal after @bihusinfo reporters' implicated the agency

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3:23 PM · Mar 18, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Courtesy of @realDonaldTrump the spat between Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), member of Parliament Rozenblat, and the Special Anti-corruption Prosecutor (SAPO) just entered American mainstream. I happen to have a thread ready

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5:59 PM · Mar 17, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: It's likely that we'll see more of such rhetorical acrobatics and selective treatment from media & gov in Ukraine. But will there be the kind of action that international rights organizations have been calling for? https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/14/joint-letter-ukraines-minister-interior-affairs-and-prosecutor-general-concerning

12:24 PM · Mar 17, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: The report fails to mention that Korotkih received Ukrainian citizenship from @poroshenko (https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/12/5/7046604/), claims Korotkih wants to seize power in Ukraine for himself (lol). Various statements by Korotkih representative of the National Corps are introduced as his own

12:16 PM · Mar 17, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: Oh and yet another familiar face in @prm_ua report that alleges the Azov movement is pro-Russian is ... Dmytro Korchynky who himself has historical ties to Russian Eurasianist alleged Kremlin ideologue Dugin. In the report, Korchynsky apparently speaks out against the Azov mov.

11:14 AM · Mar 17, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: Report throws everything &a kitchen sink at far-right the Azov movement (it's suggested they're pro-Russian and led by neo-Nazis among many things), while TOUTING ANOTHER ALLEGED NEO-NAZI GROUP C14 also known for attacks on rights activists, LGBT, and pol opponents in Ukraine.

11:14 AM · Mar 17, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Report throws everything &a kitchen sink at far-right the Azov movement (it's suggested they're pro-Russian and led by neo-Nazis among many things), while TOUTING ANOTHER ALLEGED NEO-NAZI GROUP C14 also known for attacks on rights activists, LGBT, and pol opponents in Ukraine. https://t.co/jVbjnOAOOB

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Report leans heavily on Yevhen Karas, leader of C14, for comments re the National Corps (pol wing of the Azov movement) leaders. But both the National Corps and C14 are "nationalist hate groups" according to a recent @StateDept report on human right in UA https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2018/eur/289193.htm

11:14 AM · Mar 17, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: "Term "the Azov movement" eagerly manipulated by our politicians and media, is actually native to all of the Azov Regiment fighters. It was born out of the name of our Regiment among those who, regardless of when it happened, carried arms in its ranks.

2:05 PM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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@kooleksiy: Today’s protests were also meant to broaden appeal of the National Corps-led protests, and folks now posing for cameras with toy pigs are the ones that justified attacks on the police in the course of the last week

1:33 PM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right protesters threw toy pigs 🐷 at Ukraine’s President Poroshenko motorcade in Poltava, making the most of today’s protests that included a reportedly underwhelming rally in Kyiv, and arrests of the National Corps members in Poltava. Video via https://t.me/gozirka/5319 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1106935416559669251/video/1

11:09 AM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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The National Corps members detained in Poltava apparently feel upbeat about the situation. Rodion Kudryashov of the National Corps posted the photo via Telegram https://t.co/u5j0l0MgQk https://t.co/l00RnijvrK

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: Meanwhile, according to the leader of the National Corps Andriy Biletsky, those detained in Poltava prior to a Poroshenko rally there were “beaten up” by the police. Video he posted showed an altercation with the police https://t.me/BiletskyAndriy/156 https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1106926059474374656/video/1

10:31 AM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right the National Corps party is protesting Poroshenko in Poltava today as well (Poro is visiting that city today), according to statements online. Nationalist Telegram channel linked to the Azov movement claims several members of the NC arrested https://t.co/FpGv2NStmC https://t.co/pcEwmVaqMK

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: The National Corps members detained in Poltava apparently feel upbeat about the situation. Rodion Kudryashov of the National Corps posted the photo via Telegram https://t.me/hronikiRidika/584

10:30 AM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@kooleksiy: Far-right the National Corps party is protesting Poroshenko in Poltava today as well (Poro is visiting that city today), according to statements online. Nationalist Telegram channel linked to the Azov movement claims several members of the NC arrested http://t.me/NK_support/215

8:36 AM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Far-right the National Corps party is protesting Poroshenko in Poltava today as well (Poro is visiting that city today), according to statements online. Nationalist Telegram channel linked to the Azov movement claims several members of the NC arrested https://t.me/NK_support/215

8:35 AM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@ChristopherJM Ironically support for science (including math I’d think) is the National Corps’ stated political priority. Not on display in their Telegram statements though! https://t.co/IXWnraxivM https://t.co/cvbzPAUySB

Oleksiy Kuzmenko @kooleksiy

: @ChristopherJM They attracted some people though

7:56 AM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@ChristopherJM Ironically support for science (including math I’d think) is the National Corps’ stated political priority. Not on display in their Telegram statements though! https://t.me/nationalcorps/3489

7:52 AM · Mar 16, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@thencarolsaid @ChristopherJM & It went beyond(!) contacts with the Rise Above Movement. The report details how far-right the National Corps' party in Ukraine aided attempts to bring far-right from the US to Ukraine in an effort aimed to boost extremists in the USA domestically .

3:35 PM · Mar 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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@AKaratnycky: @MyrmidonGroup Great point! I recently reported on a case in which a foreign white nationalist in Ukraine found a supporting network in the country courtesy of the National Corps =Ukraine’s very much own white nationalists that actively co-opt Western/American extremists https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/

12:12 PM · Mar 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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