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Maidan Revolution Spreading Across Ukraine – Russian Lawmaker

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Europeans, who believe that Ukraine is a democratic country free of far-right radicals, should visit Mukachevo to see the real picture, Russian Lawmaker Alexei Pushkov commented on the recent protests sparked by Right Sector members across Ukraine.

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Right Sector Protests Break Out Across Ukraine
The Ukrainian maidan revolution is now moving to Lviv and Kharkov with protests sparked by members of the Right Sector nationalist movement in the western Ukrainian town of Mukachevo, Russian Lawmaker Alexei Pushkov said.

"Maidan is moving to Lviv and Kharkov. People are shouting: 'Revolution! Death to the criminal regime!' The revolution has a beginning but has no end," Pushkov wrote on his Twitter page.

Earlier it was reported that protests have been underway since Saturday near the presidential office building in Kiev. Activists are demanding resignation of country’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and commanding police officers in the Zakarpattia Region.

It was also reported that protests sparked on Sunday in Dnepropetrovsk, Lviv, Kharkov and Cherkassy.

Right Sector members have been protesting near the regional administration building in Lviv. They brought tires and tents with them. In Kharkov, it has staged a protest near the regional administration.

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Pushkov also added that those Europeans, who believe that Ukraine is a democratic country free of far-right radicals, should visit Mukachevo to see the real picture.

"I have persistently been told in Europe that Ukraine is almost free of far-right radicals and democratic. They should go to Mukachevo to see the democracy," the lawmaker wrote on Twitter.

The western Ukrainian town of Mukachevo became one the country’s trouble spots on Saturday after Right Sector members exchanged fire with local police. According to different reports, between one to three people were killed and 11 were injured.

The Right Sector was formed as a coalition of nationalist and neo-Nazi organizations during the Maidan protests in Kiev at the end of 2013. It has played a major role in violent clashes with police, and played a key role in escalating last year's violence in Kiev which culminated in the February 2014 coup. In November 2014, Russia’s Supreme Court blacklisted Right Sector as an extremist organization and banned its activity in Russia. Earlier, Russia launched a criminal case against leader Dmitry Yarosh for public incitement of terrorism.

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