KYIV, Ukraine – A notorious ultra-nationalist paramilitary group in Ukraine is appealing to Canada to bestow credibility on them and burnish their image.
Alexander Alferov, a spokesman for the Azov Regiment, says Canada is a “noble-minded nation” and should publicly reject the characterization of the group as neo-Nazi thugs.
The comments were made in an interview with The Canadian Press.
Alferov says Canada understands Ukraine and its politics better than anyone and has been the most vocal western nation about Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.
He says Canada can refute what he calls …read more
Source: Metro News
