Hence, the 2014 coup, and the neo-Nazi Svoboda Party was rewarded with three cabinet seats for its role in it, plus governorships in three of Ukraine's 25 provinces. The neo-Nazi Parubiy became Chairman (Speaker) of the Parliament.
The violence perpetuated by extreme-right groups (like Right Sector for example) had the public soon tire of them and they lost heavily in succeeding elections. They were attacking left-wing groups, unions and pro-Russian protesters and, in their spare time, Roma gypsies, for it was their avowed mission to "cleanse" Ukraine.
The disagreements between west and east Ukrainians led eventually to all-out war. If the Ukrainian military had some scruples about fighting brethren, the extreme right did not. They formed the Azov battalion. It led the assault on the east, capturing the important port city of Mariupol, now recaptured by Russia.
It is a long story... which continues.
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