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Nationalists ‘no longer useful, embarrassing’ to Ukraine putsch regime ― RT Op-Edge

RT: Why has criticism from Europe started now?

Mark Sleboda: Well, for the last several months the Western governments and the Western press have been engaged in a policy of putting their hands over their eyes and ears, in a game of ‘See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil’, going so far as to declare that ultra-nationalist forces in Ukraine either don’t exist or trying to present them as a fringe element that had no real impact or effect on the events in the Euro-Maidan riots and putsch.

So, Catherine Ashton, baroness Ashton, the EU foreign affairs chief, had no problem with the violent activities of the Right Sector and other ultra-nationalist groups when they were directed at a democratically elected government that had the temerity to say ‘No’ to the EU’s neo-liberal shock therapy dictate and its EU Association Agreement.

What we see now is that putsch that has occupied power in Kiev – that would not have been able to take power without the violence of the Right Sector and other nationalist groups – now condemns them, to quote the self-proclaimed president of this putsch regime, for ‘Destabilizing Ukraine’.

So, this is such clear hypocrisy and double standards on behalf of the EU’s foreign affairs chief, that it’s a wonder she did not choke to death on her own words.