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Protesters are getting restless in Ukraine again

hypocritexposer

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14 October 2014 Last updated at 12:49 ET
Ukraine far right battles police at parliament in Kiev

Ukrainian nationalists have hurled smoke canisters and stones at riot police during clashes outside the parliament in Kiev.

Violence erupted when the protesters demanded that MPs pass a law to recognise a World War Two nationalist group which opposed Soviet forces.

Fifteen policemen were injured and at least 50 protesters had been arrested, the Ukrainian interior ministry said.

Among the many Ukrainian flags in the crowd there were also flags of the far-right Svoboda and Right Sector groups. Both groups later denied that their supporters had been involved in the violence.

UPA members fought for Ukrainian independence in the war, but recognising their role is highly controversial, the BBC's David Stern reports from Kiev.

At times they were allied with the Nazis and are said to have carried out atrocities against civilians.




http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29611588?print=true


 

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