West must stop far-right's rise in Ukraine - Russian official


  • World
  • Sunday, 09 Mar 2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian official appealed to the West on Sunday to help prevent "neo-fascists" coming to power in Ukraine after a far-right leader said he planned to run for president.

Dmytro Yarosh, leader of the Right Sector paramilitary movement which played a big role in three months of protests that toppled Ukraine's Moscow-backed president, announced his candidacy for the May 25 election on Saturday.

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