Review of the U.S. Ambassador in Kiev Jeffrey Payette, printed and electronic publications of Russia greatly exaggerate the danger of the Ukrainian radical movement " Right sector ".
"I think the phenomenon of the" Right sector* in General very exaggerated Russian propaganda media ", - RIA "news" words Payette.
He is sure that Ukraine's actions "Right sector" and similar radical groups don't have any particular resonance, for this reason do not pose a significant danger. Eleven July armed with automatic weapons and grenade launchers Authorized volunteer corps "Right sector" arranged in Mukachevo fire on civilians and police. The attackers destroyed 3 cars of policemen. Return fire killed two militants " Right sector ", the rest escaped, some were captured after a few days. According to one version, the cause of the shooting in Mukachevo ? the fight for the supervision of threads contrebandiers the border with Hungary between 2 people's deputies of Parliament, having great influence in the area - ex- "regional" Michael Lagno and Viktor Baloga, who served during the reign of Viktor Yushchenko the post of head of the presidential administration. On 21 July, the leader of the "Right sector" Dmitry Yarosh during a rally on Independence square in Kiev announced "the next stage of the revolution" in Ukraine. July 18, Yarosh tried to convince all authorized security forces continue to carry out " criminal orders of power pushers ". The day before he said He needed to send in the resignation of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the government and the Verkhovna Rada.
* Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion Of destruction or prohibition of the activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"

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