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Ukraine: Why Andriy Parubiy is not welcome in Britain
ALEX GORDON tells the story of the neonazi leader who is being hosted by our country as we speak

SOLIDARITY with the Anti-fascist Resistance in Ukraine (SARU) has called on the British government to ban a far-right Ukrainian politician from entering Britain.

Andriy Parubiy, deputy speaker of the Verkhovna Rada — Ukraine’s parliament — is due in Britain to meet government officials and securocrats at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) this Friday.

When challenged on Parubiy’s invitation to address the institute on “hybrid warfare,” projects and events director Sabrina Downey responded: “The situation in Ukraine is a key concern for UK security, and Mr Parubiy has been an important participant in recent transitions there.

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