My information was correct.
From The Huffington Post’s British site, about Andriy Parubiy:
And from the same article, about Dmytro Yarosh:
Backing up the info on Mr. Yarosh, we also have this disturbing article from the New York Times.
So, no, it’s not all Russian propaganda.
Let’s say that the guys in Kiev are Fascits, capital-F-bold-font-size-600-Hitler’s-birthday-celebrating Fascits. Is that even remotely an excuse for invading a country?
They want to join a multinational union. Is that a reason for invasion?
They use their constitutional rules for deposing a president. Is that a reason for invasion?
The result will be a mixture of fait accompli and “We have won the peace”.
Bye-bye Crimea. What’s next? Eastern Ukraine? Moldova? Belarus? Estonia is 25% Russian.
What if pro-Russian Ukrainians take to the streets to protest 1/2 President Yatz decision to strengthen ties to the EU and then peaceful protest turns to violence and begets more violence and 1/2 Prsesident Yatz flees for his life to the EU. Isn’t that ok to just suspend the constitution and appoint a pro Russian President?
Are you asking me?
If you’re asking me, then my answer is “no” to all of the above.
I don’t know what 1/2 president means, therefore I’m unsure as how to answer.
No, not you specifically. Everyone, rethorically.
A lot of that stuff, especially the anti-Jew and swastika rhetoric went out in the early 2000s and they didn’t start winning seats in parliament since. To be honest they are very little differentiated from Patin’s party in Russia.
Edit to add: Except they have like 15 seats in Parliament whereas Putin’s has a majority in the legislature. It’s hard for me to buy claims Ukraine is “becoming a fascist state” based on their limited number of seats. It’s especially ironic this claim is coming from the Putin apologists here who repeat over and over again that the impeachment was “unconstitutional” but ignore the unconstitutionality of the Crimean referendum, the way it violates treaties Russia has signed for them to have invaded Crimea etc, all while using the fascist card to justify it while ignoring that Putin’s Russia doesn’t have a minority fascist party but is actually ran by one.
No no no no no.
Those Goebbels books were distributed in 2013. Got that? 2013.
And here’s another gem about the party’s current leader, who you falsely claimed had been “kicked out”:
Classy. But perfectly alright, according to you, because… Putin is an asshole?
Again: Does none of this bother you?
Who are you quoting here, exactly? Who wrote that Ukraine is “becoming a fascist state”? Not me: I still hold out hope that Yatsenyuk & co. will distance themselves from the fascists, and slowly but surely push them out of the government.
Who says these things? Not me: I think the Crimean referendum was an absolute farce, seeing how no impartial international observers were present.
I’m very happy for the Crimeans and it was good to see them celebrating. I don’t think I’ve seen so much celebration since the results of the Kosovan referendum to break away from Serbia.
**Martin Hyde: ** You are conflating a number of issues. I’m specifically addressing whether or not Svoboda could reasonably be said to be a ‘fascist’ party. After reading their platform and statements from some of their leaders, I’d have to tentatively say ‘yes’. Now, that doesn’t mean they’re about to get out the long knives, but it’s hard to deny that if you had to place them on a political spectrum, they’d be pretty darned close to the fascist side.
That doesn’t mean Putin is any better, or that Russia has any justification for invading. It also doesn’t mean that Ukraine is ‘turning fascist’. It’s not a big surprise that an ultra-nationalist party would rise up in a country under military threat from one neighbor and cultural and economic threats from others. We’ve seen that before, and not just in the distant past. The ‘Golden Dawn’ party in Greece looks very similar, right down to the stylized swastika they use. And they hold 18 seats in Parliament and got 7% of the popular vote in the last election. That doesn’t make Greece open-season for tyrants.
The question is whether the Ukrainian people will support a fascist state once the forces that caused it to rise wither away. In the last election, Svoboda only got 8.1% of the popular vote - the main parties look to be your typical European social democrats, pretty much. Lots of promises to improve health care, clean up the environment, improve retirement benefits, yada yada.
BTW, how do you feel about Tatars?
What I like is seeing the Hanmer and Sickle flag flying again in Ukraine proper. That can only mean good things. I mean, we all miss Stalin and his ability to keep order.
Dude, aren’t you following the thread? If Russians/Soviets kick you out, you lost your rights.
If the Russian want to get something back, it’s their right.
Do keep up 
Yah, if you doon’t agree with Roosha, Yoo’re a fascist don’t ya know.
Partly, yes they are.
No “backpedaling” whatsoever. Putin’s Russia gets high praise from me. Not one shot fired in anger & Crimea back where it belongs/wants to be.
All told, highly successful Russian maneuver.
Enjoy - or allow infelicitous thoughts to rule your day. Not going to change a thing, other than your mood.
Uncork them, Crimea!
One more time, how do you feel about Tatars?
Same as he does about Basques, I’d imagine.
But we’ll be hearing lots about them soon as they’re driven out of Crimea. No doubt they’ll be called “fascists” for getting in the way of good Russian bullets.
What a silly question. How do you yourself feel about Tartars? Do you know any Tartars? Have you ever seen any Tartars? What do you know of Tartars you haven’t read on Wikipedia? Did you know Tartars existed before today?
My impression based solely on anecdotal evidence is that Tartars are about equally disliked and ignored by Russians and Ukrainians, and that the feeling is mutual in that regard. If Ukrainian nationalists had been about hating Tartars instead of hating Russians, they could probably have united the slavic nation under a common purpose.
Suddenly, “nationalists” are the new bogeymen. As if there aren’t “nationalists” in every country.
Perhaps this is a European distinction, but the way the terms are used around here is usually: nationalist = bad chauvinistic, patriot = good, or at least not too bad. When “Ukrainian nationalists” is used I read it as the Ukraine for Ukrainians, One Nation, One People, One Language, etc. sort of nationalists.
Yes, an astounding result! 95%! Clearly this shows an overwhelming public support for the result, much in the same way that similar percentages of the revelant populations wanted Saddam Hussein or Robert Mugabe or, dare I say it, Putin to rule over them, as expressed in similarly fair and open elections free from any intimidation or manipulation. I personally have full confidence that these results reflect the true will of the people, and you’ll never hear anyone say otherwise. At least not in public or on camera, anyway.