2014-02-24/Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine

title/short::Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine 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.
 * when: when posted::2014-02-24
 * author: author::Max Blumenthal
 * source: site::Salon
 * topics: topic::neo-Nazi topic::Ukraine topic::John McCain
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 * link: URL::http://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/
 * title: 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.