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This diary is in response to a query by Salunga.
Cannot give answer in numbers, just look at the complicity of the former Kingdom of Galicia, spread across the border with Poland. The Ukrainian city of Lviv has its own history of collaboration with the blitzkrieg invasion of Nazi Germany. Neo-nazism and fascists are a part of Central Europe, from Austria and eastward from Berlin.
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012. Unlike the two previous elections, this election used a mixed voting system (50% under party lists and 50% under simple-majority constituencies) with a 5% election threshold and the participation of blocs of political parties was not allowed any more.
The Party of Regions [34.4% – Yanukovich] won the largest number of seats while Fatherland or Batkivshchyna [30.7% – Tymoshenko] (it united several parties together as an “umbrella” party) came second. The election was also noted for the rise of the far-right party Svoboda [10.4% – Oleh Tyahnybok], which came in fourth. The (new on the national scene) party UDAR [14.0% – Klytchko] also enjoyed noticeable great success with its third place in the election.
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US State Dep’t: Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine – Oct. 29, 2012
- ○ After the parliamentary elections in Ukraine: a tough victory for the Party of Regions
○ Who Is Who in Ukrainian Politics – Dec. 2013
Interesting reading …
○ Russia’s history of fighting ‘internal and external enemies’ by Vladimir Ryzhkov
○ Assessing the relevance of Ukraine’s far right in an EU perspective
○ Ukraine and the Rebirth of Fascism in Europe
