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  "map_content": "What we know:\n- Who the violent fringe were: Primarily Right Sector (a coalition of ultranationalist groups) and allied networks of \u201cself\u2011defense\u201d units and football ultras; Svoboda party activists were also visible. They were a small share of the overall movement but prominent in street clashes.\n  - BBC profiles of Right Sector (Jan/Apr 2014): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25826238 and https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857\n  - NYT on Dmytro Yarosh\u2019s post\u2011Maidan profile: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/world/europe/adept-at-toppling-power-right-wing-ukrainian-learns-to-wield-it.html\n- Scale and politics: Despite visibility in confrontations, far\u2011right parties performed poorly nationally after the revolution (e.g., Yarosh won under 1% in the May 2014 presidential election), indicating limited mass support.\n- U.S. ties/influence:\n  - No evidence of U.S. funding of Right Sector or Svoboda. USAID/NED democracy assistance is publicly listed and does not fund violent extremist groups. No credible documentation shows these groups as grantees.\n  - Optics vs endorsement: U.S. politicians and diplomats met across the opposition spectrum; Sen. John McCain appeared alongside opposition leaders including Svoboda\u2019s Oleh Tyahnybok\u2014symbolically problematic, but not evidence of funding or control. Coverage: https://www.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-meets-oleh-tyahnybok-in-ukraine-2013-12\n  - Policy signals against the far right: After volunteer battalions emerged in 2014 (e.g., Azov, which formed post\u2011Maidan), Congress later barred U.S. support to Azov in appropriations language (e.g., FY2018): https://www.congress.gov/115/plaws/publ141/PLAW-115publ141.pdf and see discussion/clip: https://www.c-span.org/clip/us-house-of-representatives/user-clip-rep-john-conyers-introduces-amendment-to-prohibit-the-azov-battalion-from-receiving-us-arms-and-training/4942324",
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