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In Ukraine org-s linked to extremist [per @freedomhouse] C14 and National Corps received state $$ not only thru National Patriotic Education project funding from (now-defunct) Ministry of Youth and Sports. Enter State Service for Veterans Affairs(VA)& its successor VA Ministry /1
For 2019 alone State Service for Veteran Affairs allocated ~$69000 in project funding for Veterans Brotherhood (National Corps-linked) and shy of $37 000 for Union of Veterans of the War With Russia (C14-linked, led by Medvedko, accused murderer of reporter Buzina) /2 
To be seen if under Zelenskiy orgs linked to extremist [per @freedomhouse] groups will get state $$ from the state, but they do have a presence in VA ministry. Veterans Affairs ministry's Civic Council is led by Dmytro Shatrovskyi of National Corps-linked Veterans Brotherhood /3
Head of VA Ministry's Civic Council Shatrovskyi (linked to National Corps) is joined on the Council by Datsenko (Civic Corps Azov), Bober (National Militia) and Andriy Medvedko, suspected murderer of "pro-Russian" reporter Buzina mva.gov.ua/ua/news/minist… /4
The creation of VA ministry was pushed, by National Corps, other far-right groups. Far-right-linked groups apparently have an ally in current Veterans Affairs minister Oksana Koliada /5
Zelenskiy's government has proposed (If I'm reading it right) ~$17 million in 2020 state funding for Veterans Affairs Ministry, ~$720 000 in project funding available to veterans organizations w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webp… /6
Time will show if veterans orgs linked to extremist [per @freedomhouse] groups C14, National Corps will get any project $$ from Zelenskiy's government as they did under Poroshenko. As of now dedicated 2020 Call for Grant Proposals section on VA ministry site is empty /END
