About 1,500 Right Sector activists picketing parliament building in demand of interior minister's d

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Source: Interfax Ukraine


About 1,500 Right Sector activists picketing parliament building in demand of interior minister's dismissal


About 1,500 people gathered at the Verkhovna Rada's building on Thursday evening for a rally demanding the dismissal of Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, UDAR party faction MP Serhiy Kaplin said on Channel 5.

According to information available, these are Right Sector representatives who demand that Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov be dismissed, he said.

"This is the decision by the Maidan," he added.

The press service of the Interior Ministry's main department in Kyiv told Interfax-Ukraine that the rally numbers about 1,500 people. The activists are not engaged in any unlawful activity.

Read more: http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/198134.html

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1. Wikipedia on "Interior Minister"

An interior ministry (sometimes ministry of home affairs) is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, supervision of local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters.

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2. EU’s Ashton denounces nationalists’ pressure on Ukraine parliament.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024748182

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3. My gosh where did they come from? /nt

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4. They are right-wing fascists.

As opposed to the "moderate" fascists who have taken over Ukraine.

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5. It was a reference to the Ashton call

"So there is a stronger and stronger understanding that behind snipers it was not Yanukovych, it was somebody from the new coalition," Paet says.

Ashton replies: "I think we do want to investigate. I didn't pick that up, that's interesting. Gosh," Ashton says.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/ukraine-bugged-call-catherine-ashton-urmas-paet