Alexey Poltarakov, a political analyst, told Vestnik Kavkaza that banning the Right Sector, which rallied its forces outside parliament last night and demanded the trial of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov would not weaken radical groups in the country and would instead deprive the government of the last instruments to control the nationalists. Avakov views the ban of Right Sector as a more political than an administrative step. In his words, the organization has a very blurry origin, financing and structure that would not be disrupted by the ban.
The expert admitted that the organization should be checked, in terms of taxes. Besides, it would be inconvenient for the government to block the force that made the Maidan protests possible right before the upcoming elections.
According to Poltorakov, closing the organization down would not mean make its members disappear. In the situation of uncertainty, the Right Sector may criminalize. Concerning the potential of the Right Sector and its radical to affect the government, Poltorakov sees a paradox. Radicals ranging from the Brotherhood of Korchinsky to the Right Sector have more or less enough influence, but they are not consolidated and fight each other instead. Ukraine is consolidating around a foreign enemy and perception is not focused on radical movements.
The political analyst said that the murder of one of Right Sector leaders Alexander Muzychko had not been taken as a political act. People understood that he was an odious figure linked to either crime or semi-criminal business. The Right Sector, the expert assures, is the only one interested in politicizing the murder. Radical groups need to stay public and demonstrate themselves as a real force. The society sees little politics here and a lot of “economy.”
Alexey Poltarakov, a political analyst, told Vestnik Kavkaza that banning the Right Sector, which rallied its forces outside parliament last night and demanded the trial of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov would not weaken radical groups in the country and would instead deprive the government of the last instruments to control the nationalists. Avakov views the ban of Right Sector as a more political than an administrative step. In his words, the organization has a very blurry origin, financing and structure that would not be disrupted by the ban.The expert admitted that the organization should be checked, in terms of taxes. Besides, it would be inconvenient for the government to block the force that made the Maidan protests possible right before the upcoming elections.According to Poltorakov, closing the organization down would not mean make its members disappear. In the situation of uncertainty, the Right Sector may criminalize. Concerning the potential of the Right Sector and its radical to affect the government, Poltorakov sees a paradox. Radicals ranging from the Brotherhood of Korchinsky to the Right Sector have more or less enough influence, but they are not consolidated and fight each other instead. Ukraine is consolidating around a foreign enemy and perception is not focused on radical movements.The political analyst said that the murder of one of Right Sector leaders Alexander Muzychko had not been taken as a political act. People understood that he was an odious figure linked to either crime or semi-criminal business. The Right Sector, the expert assures, is the only one interested in politicizing the murder. Radical groups need to stay public and demonstrate themselves as a real force. The society sees little politics here and a lot of “economy.
