Protesters are not "fascist", that's a blatant exaggeration by Russian propaganda. See "Open letter of Ukrainian Jews to Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin" signed by two chief Rabbis of Ukraine and by the Association of Jewish Organisations and Communities of Ukraine [1], and statement by All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress [2].
> They have tried to scare us (and are continuing their attempts) with “Bandera followers” and “Fascists” attempting to wrest away the helm of Ukrainian society, with imminent Jewish progroms. Yes, we are well aware that the political opposition and the forces of social protests who have secured changes for the better are made up of different groups. They include nationalistic groups, but even the most marginal do not dare show anti-Semitism or other xenophobic behavior. And we certainly know that our very few nationalists are well-controlled by civil society and the new Ukrainian government – which is more than can be said for the Russian neo-Nazis, who are encouraged by your security services.
There are much more similar articles about it by the Association of Jewish Organisations and Communities of Ukraine [3], by The Congress of national minorities of Ukraine, by Crimean Tatar Mejlis. None of minorities that actually live on Ukraine see a big problem in Svoboda and Pravy Sektor, the side that cry about is Kremlin.
Russians were widely represented on Maidan. According to the poll from February, 16% of Maidan spoke Russian at home. [1] There are so much fuss about "fascist" Ukrainians, but surprisingly zero information any discrimination against Russians. So, nope. What about Pravyj Sektor -- you really can't find something more important to worry except their flag? For example, worry about ethnic Ukrainians in Crimea? Ukrainian channels were closed there, Ukrainian language will not be protected anymore in Russia, Ukrainian people are abused, beaten, kidnapped by Russians. That very real discrimination doesn't worry you comparing to hypothetical discrimination of Russians in Ukraine?
> They have tried to scare us (and are continuing their attempts) with “Bandera followers” and “Fascists” attempting to wrest away the helm of Ukrainian society, with imminent Jewish progroms. Yes, we are well aware that the political opposition and the forces of social protests who have secured changes for the better are made up of different groups. They include nationalistic groups, but even the most marginal do not dare show anti-Semitism or other xenophobic behavior. And we certainly know that our very few nationalists are well-controlled by civil society and the new Ukrainian government – which is more than can be said for the Russian neo-Nazis, who are encouraged by your security services.
There are much more similar articles about it by the Association of Jewish Organisations and Communities of Ukraine [3], by The Congress of national minorities of Ukraine, by Crimean Tatar Mejlis. None of minorities that actually live on Ukraine see a big problem in Svoboda and Pravy Sektor, the side that cry about is Kremlin.
[1] http://eajc.org/page32/news43672.html
[2] http://www.interpretermag.com/all-ukrainian-jewish-congress-...
[3] http://vaadua.org/rubrika/vaads-news-english