Right Sector
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Right Sector (Ukrainian: Пра́вий се́ктор, Pravyi sektor) is a loosely defined coalition of right-wing to far-right[13] Ukrainian nationalist organizations.[6][14] It originated in November 2013 as a right-wing, paramilitary confederation of several ultranationalist organizations at the Euromaidan revolt in Kyiv,[9] where its street fighters participated in clashes with riot police.[15][16] The coalition became a political party on 22 March 2014, at which time it claimed to have roughly 10,000 members.[17][18] Founding groups included the Trident (Tryzub), led by Dmytro Yarosh and Andriy Tarasenko [uk], and the Ukrainian National Assembly–Ukrainian National Self-Defense (UNA–UNSO), a political and paramilitary organization.[19][20][21] Other founding groups included the Social-National Assembly,[22] and its Patriot of Ukraine paramilitary wing, White Hammer, and the Sich Battalion. White Hammer was expelled in March 2014,[23] and Patriot of Ukraine left the organization, along with many UNA–UNSO members, in the following months.[24]
Right Sector Пра́вий се́ктор | |
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Leader | Andriy Tarasenko[1] |
Founder | Dmytro Yarosh |
Founded | November 2013 Registered 22 May 2014 |
Merger of | Tryzub, UNA–UNSO, and Sich Former constituents: Social-National Assembly (left in 2014), White Hammer (expelled in 2014), and C14 (left in 2014) |
Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Paramilitary | Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (2014–2022)[2][3][4]) |
Membership | 10,000 |
Ideology | Ukrainian nationalism Ultranationalism[5][6] Revolutionary nationalism Anti-Russian sentiment[7] Anti-communism Religious conservatism Hard Euroscepticism[8] |
Political position | Right-wing[9] to far-right[6][10] |
Colors | Red, Black |
Slogan | "God! Ukraine! Freedom!"[11] |
Designated as terror group by | Russia |
Verkhovna Rada[6] | 0 / 450 |
Regions (2015)[12] | 2 / 158,399 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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Right Sector has been described as a right-wing[9][25] or far right[10] nationalist[7][26][27] political party and movement.[28][29][30] Right Sector was the second-most mentioned political group in Russian media during the first half of 2014, and Russian state TV depicted it as neo-Nazi.[10][31] In March 2014, Associated Press declared that it has found no evidence that the group had committed hate crimes.[27]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Yarosh won a parliament seat as a Right Sector candidate by winning a single-member district with 29.8% of the votes.[32] Right Sector spokesperson Boryslav Bereza also won a seat as an independent candidate and district with 29.4% of the votes.[33] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Right Sector took part on a united radical right nationwide-party list with the Governmental Initiative of Yarosh, National Corps, and Svoboda,[34] winning no seats.[35]
The Right Sector fought in the Donbas war with its own paramilitary wing, the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps.[36] In April 2015, Yarosh was appointed an advisor to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[37] In November, Yarosh formally stepped down as the group's leader.[38] In December, he announced that he and his team would be withdrawing from the group entirely, declaring that Right Sector had fulfilled its purpose "as a revolutionary structure" and was no longer needed. He stated that he and his faction were against pseudo-revolutionary activity that threatens the state, fringe radicalism, and were against violent revolts against the government. In a statement issued in response to Yarosh's departure, Right Sector said the schism was due to its continuing a "revolutionary path".[39][40] The departure of Yarosh resulted in at least 20% of Right Sector members leaving with him.[41] In February 2016, Yarosh started a new organisation called the Governmental Initiative of Yarosh.[42] Since 19 March 2016, Tarasenko has been the new chairman of Right Sector.[1]
In November 2022, the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps was reformed as the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade and became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.[2][3][4]