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Originally Posted by August
That makes no sense. If they have the consent of official Kiev, silent or not, then they are not separate from said authority.
It's all just so convenient to Moscow's interests and so detrimental to Kiev's that it makes me wonder who these "political activists" really work for.
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Official Kiev lacks monopoly on the use of violence.
You get the real horror stories about the volonteer battalions, such as Tornado battalion (
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uk...0Q30YT20150729 http://www.globalresearch.ca/crimina...talion/5458575)
Then there are much more mundane situations, where Right Sector fights with the local authorities in Western Ukraine over the lucrative smugling ventures (which are controlled by those authorities) or police back up teams rescuing their comrades cought looting by security (security was murdered).
As to who they serve - they serve themselves. For example back when they blockaded Crimea one of the intentions was to gain control over the flow of food supplies. By blocking access of Ukrainian suppliers they were planning to force them to use their services as middlemen (and thus by basically driving the stuff over the border and reselling it to Crimean buyers right south of the border).
But yes, you are right in a way, they all call each other "agents of Putin".