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| Right Sector militants vandalize church in Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine |
| 2018-09-29 |
| The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) reports that activists of the right-wing radical group Right Sector have seized the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity of the UOC-MP in the village of Bohorodchany in Ivano-Frankivsk region. “They broke down the doors, smashed windows, and beat up believers. According to information obtained by the information and awareness-raising department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, one man sustained a concussion, another’s hand was broken, and the father superior of the church, Archpriest Volodymyr Shuvar, was also hurt,” the UOC-MP said on its official website on Sept. 28. Ukraine’s National Police could not yet comment on the report, but promised to provide data a bit later. Right Sector militants vandalize cafe in Zhitomir, Ukraine Today in Zhitomir September 28, during the trial of the blogger Muravitsky , a fight broke out between his support group and activists of the C-14 (Right Sector). After this activists noticed near the cafe "ShariKava" along Kievskaya street, where they staged another action against this institution. The battle took place between the young guys in balaclava, in clothes with the symbols "C14" and employees of "Sharikawa." Right-wing radicals threw the institution with smoke bombs, workers and visitors to the cafe had to be quickly evacuated. Firefighters and police arrived on alarm. As a remembrance of themselves, the guys left the inscription "Boycott to the Vatniki". Activists of C14 claim that the owners of the popular cafe "quilted". The reason is the placement on the website of the network of the map of Ukraine without the Crimea. Sharikawa issued an official statement in which they apologized and admitted a mistake. Recall that on the night of 27 to 28 August representatives of the right-wing public organization C14 painted the windows of a cafe on Old Boulevard in Zhitomir. Earlier, unknown persons in masks smashed windows of "Sharikava" coffee houses in Zhitomir. |
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