2014-02-24/Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine
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- when: 2014/02/24 (2014/02/24)
- author: Max Blumenthal
- source: Salon
- topics: Nazism Ukraine John McCain police protest ethnic purity
- link: http://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is the us backing neo nazis in ukraine partner/
- title: Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine?
- summary: John McCain and other State Department members have troubling ties to the ultra-nationalist Svoboda party.
As the Euromaidan protests in the Ukrainian capitol of Kiev culminated this week, displays of open fascism and neo-Nazi extremism became too glaring to ignore. Since demonstrators filled the downtown square to battle Ukrainian riot police and demand the ouster of the corruption-stained, pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovich, it has been filled with far-right streetfighting men pledging to defend their country's ethnic purity.