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date	11/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 17 March 2022 on Question 139579 on Ukraine: Radicalism, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the potential role of Azov movement founder Andriy Biletsky in Ukraine's military operations in Bakhmut.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	184746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>Decisions regarding Ukraine's military operations are the responsibility of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 19/05/2023 13:56:17 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1441117

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has made an assessment of whether the Azov regiment in Ukraine’s armed forces is a neo-Nazi or other far-right force.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	139579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>We understand that the Azov battalion has an ultra-nationalist background, with founding members espousing white nationalist and ultra-nationalist views, as well as endorsing some Anti-Semitic views. Since being made a part of the Ukrainian National Guard in 2014, the battalion has made some efforts to de-politicise. All founding members left the battalion and formed a political party. We also understand that the Azov Battalion currently employs Jewish members.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/03/2022 17:14:32 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1224489

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of white-supremacist violent extremism in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	73833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>There are several peripheral groups with neo-Nazi sympathies in Ukraine, some of which have made statements in support of white supremacism. We take seriously any reports of violent extremism and hate crime in Ukraine.</p><p>The UK is committed to pursuing a comprehensive human rights agenda in Ukraine, including taking action against racially-motivated hate crime. Since 2014, the UK has co-sponsored a UN resolution supporting quarterly debates of reports on Ukraine by the Monitoring Mission of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The UK Government provides financial support to the Monitoring Mission, which works to report and reduce human rights violations and abuses in Ukraine.</p><p>Whilst Ukraine has cooperated fully with the Monitoring Mission, we remain extremely concerned by the restrictions of access for human rights bodies to the non-government controlled areas of eastern Ukraine and illegally annexed Crimea, and the resulting limited reporting on those areas. It is essential that independent investigations take place to deliver accountability for serious allegations of hate crime in all of Ukraine. We will continue to work closely with the Ukrainian government, our international partners and local agencies to support efforts to report, investigate and reduce incidences of hate crime in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 73834 question first answered 21/07/2020 08:04:38 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton previous answer version 38745 answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1224496

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	73834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>There are several peripheral groups with neo-Nazi sympathies in Ukraine, some of which have made statements in support of white supremacism. We take seriously any reports of violent extremism and hate crime in Ukraine.</p><p>The UK is committed to pursuing a comprehensive human rights agenda in Ukraine, including taking action against racially-motivated hate crime. Since 2014, the UK has co-sponsored a UN resolution supporting quarterly debates of reports on Ukraine by the Monitoring Mission of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The UK Government provides financial support to the Monitoring Mission, which works to report and reduce human rights violations and abuses in Ukraine.</p><p>Whilst Ukraine has cooperated fully with the Monitoring Mission, we remain extremely concerned by the restrictions of access for human rights bodies to the non-government controlled areas of eastern Ukraine and illegally annexed Crimea, and the resulting limited reporting on those areas. It is essential that independent investigations take place to deliver accountability for serious allegations of hate crime in all of Ukraine. We will continue to work closely with the Ukrainian government, our international partners and local agencies to support efforts to report, investigate and reduce incidences of hate crime in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 73833 question first answered 21/07/2020 08:04:38 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton previous answer version 38747 answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams