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One of the major power holders in Ukraine's new govt., is called "Svoboda".
It means "Freedom" in English.
The party's former name, was "The Social-Nationalist Party", which is was purposely close to Hitler National Socialist Party, due to their shared right-wing views of extreme nationalism and xenophobia, mostly targeted towards Russians and Jews.
Their ideology and goals include the following:
-Criminal prosecution for “Ukrainophobia"
-Only those born in Ukraine can become Ukrainian citizens, with the exceptions for those who have lived in Ukraine for more than 15 years, know the Ukrainian language, culture and Ukrainian Constitution.
-Renunciation of the 2010 Kharkiv agreements (giving Russia a Navy base in Crimea passed 2015).
-Ban on abortion, except in cases of medical necessity, or rape; and imprisonment from three to seven years for those who violate this ban.
-Criminalization of public promotion of abortions or calls for abortions (by introducing a fine for doing so).
-The restoration of the Soviet practice of indicating ethnic origin on passports and birth certificates.
-Proportional representation on executive bodies of ethnic Ukrainians, on the one hand, and national minorities, on the other.
-Ban on adoptions by non-Ukrainians of Ukrainian children.
-Preferential treatment for Ukrainian students in the allocation of dormitory places, and a series of similar changes to existing legal provisions.
-Abolition of Crimean autonomy.
-Dismissal of employees of state structures who had been active in the Soviet apparatus before 1991.
-An explicit guarantee of accession to NATO within a set period of time.
-Ukraine should again re-acquire tactical nuclear weaponry.
Some more interesting facts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svoboda_(political_party)
Late January 2013, Svoboda urged Ukrainians to boycott revised Ukrainian history textbooks and give up the teaching of the Russian language in school, calling Ukrainians "to categorically refuse to study in school the language of the occupier – Russian, as a further reliable means of the assimilation of Ukrainians".[100] On 23 February 2014, following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, the law on regional languages was abolished, making Ukrainian the sole state language at all levels.
In 2004, party leader Tyahnybok was expelled from the Our Ukraine parliamentary faction for a speech calling for Ukrainians to fight against a "Muscovite-Jewish mafia."[31][39] Svoboda advisor Yuriy Mykhalchyshyn established a "‘Joseph Goebbels Political Research Centre" in 2005, later changing "Joseph Goebbels" to "Ernst Jünger."[2] Mykhalchyshyn wrote a book in 2010 citing works by Nazi theorists Ernst Röhm, Gregor Strasser and Goebbels.[39][86][106] Elsewhere Mykhalchyshyn referred to the Holocaust as a "period of Light in history".
Thirty members of the Israeli Knesset condemned the party in a signed letter addressed to the President of the European Parliament. In the letter the Israeli politicians accused Svoboda of "openly glorifying Nazi murder" and "Nazi war criminals". In May 2013 the World Jewish Congress labelled the party as "neo-Nazi" and called for European governments to ban them.
......are Russian fears of a Neo-Nazi Ukraine, somewhat grounded?
I'm not defending Russia clearly illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea.
But their fears of a Neo-Fascist takeover of Ukraine, which may threaten the rights of non-Ukrainians and specifically Russians, appears to have some weight.
It means "Freedom" in English.
The party's former name, was "The Social-Nationalist Party", which is was purposely close to Hitler National Socialist Party, due to their shared right-wing views of extreme nationalism and xenophobia, mostly targeted towards Russians and Jews.
Their ideology and goals include the following:
-Criminal prosecution for “Ukrainophobia"
-Only those born in Ukraine can become Ukrainian citizens, with the exceptions for those who have lived in Ukraine for more than 15 years, know the Ukrainian language, culture and Ukrainian Constitution.
-Renunciation of the 2010 Kharkiv agreements (giving Russia a Navy base in Crimea passed 2015).
-Ban on abortion, except in cases of medical necessity, or rape; and imprisonment from three to seven years for those who violate this ban.
-Criminalization of public promotion of abortions or calls for abortions (by introducing a fine for doing so).
-The restoration of the Soviet practice of indicating ethnic origin on passports and birth certificates.
-Proportional representation on executive bodies of ethnic Ukrainians, on the one hand, and national minorities, on the other.
-Ban on adoptions by non-Ukrainians of Ukrainian children.
-Preferential treatment for Ukrainian students in the allocation of dormitory places, and a series of similar changes to existing legal provisions.
-Abolition of Crimean autonomy.
-Dismissal of employees of state structures who had been active in the Soviet apparatus before 1991.
-An explicit guarantee of accession to NATO within a set period of time.
-Ukraine should again re-acquire tactical nuclear weaponry.
Some more interesting facts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svoboda_(political_party)
Late January 2013, Svoboda urged Ukrainians to boycott revised Ukrainian history textbooks and give up the teaching of the Russian language in school, calling Ukrainians "to categorically refuse to study in school the language of the occupier – Russian, as a further reliable means of the assimilation of Ukrainians".[100] On 23 February 2014, following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, the law on regional languages was abolished, making Ukrainian the sole state language at all levels.
In 2004, party leader Tyahnybok was expelled from the Our Ukraine parliamentary faction for a speech calling for Ukrainians to fight against a "Muscovite-Jewish mafia."[31][39] Svoboda advisor Yuriy Mykhalchyshyn established a "‘Joseph Goebbels Political Research Centre" in 2005, later changing "Joseph Goebbels" to "Ernst Jünger."[2] Mykhalchyshyn wrote a book in 2010 citing works by Nazi theorists Ernst Röhm, Gregor Strasser and Goebbels.[39][86][106] Elsewhere Mykhalchyshyn referred to the Holocaust as a "period of Light in history".
Thirty members of the Israeli Knesset condemned the party in a signed letter addressed to the President of the European Parliament. In the letter the Israeli politicians accused Svoboda of "openly glorifying Nazi murder" and "Nazi war criminals". In May 2013 the World Jewish Congress labelled the party as "neo-Nazi" and called for European governments to ban them.
......are Russian fears of a Neo-Nazi Ukraine, somewhat grounded?
I'm not defending Russia clearly illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea.
But their fears of a Neo-Fascist takeover of Ukraine, which may threaten the rights of non-Ukrainians and specifically Russians, appears to have some weight.
