The Azov Regiment within Ukraine’s National Guard has in recent years sought to distance itself from the broader Azov movement’s roots on the far right of the Ukrainian political spectrum. This has been used as an argument against calls from some quarters in the US to define the regiment as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. However, despite claims to have moved away from far-right ideology, the available evidence indicates that the regiment remains joined at the hip to the internationally active National Corps party it spawned, and the wider Azov movement associated with the regiment.
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Oleksiy Kuzmenko: Azov Regiment has not depoliticized
Soldiers of Ukraine's Azov Regiment watch an artillery blast erupt during drills at the Azov Sea coastline on Oct. 9, 2018.
