War heroes and activists to shape new-look Ukraine parliament

A Russian military officer (L) talks to Ukrainian Colonel Yuli Mamchur (L), demanding Ukrainian servicemen leave a military base in the Crimean town of Belbek near Sevastopol March 22, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Out will go the bodyguards and mistresses, in are likely to come the street activists and war veterans: Ukraine's next parliament will be pro-Western and strongly nationalist, and it won't be to Russia's liking.

Candidate lists for the Oct. 26 elections show how personal favourites backed by old school powerbrokers in the outgoing parliament are set to make way for people who made their names in Kiev's "Maidan" revolution last winter, or in resisting Russian encroachment in eastern Ukraine.