Thread by @BcatMonitoring

C14's Andriy Medvedko, accused murderer & organizer of a football tourney "for white children only," has apparently made it onto the public council for the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, NABU. It's the latest example of Ukraine's far-right using this tactic to mainstream itself

In a social media post from the "Democratic Axe" party (a party that describes itself as "right-liberal"), who also supported Medvedko's nomination, they state that the accused murderer made it onto the council

They've chosen an interesting photo to accompany the post - "¡Hemos pasado!" - "we have passed" in Spanish. It's a likely reference to slogan of nationalist dictator Francisco Franco, used when taking Madrid from republican forces in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War

But this isn't Medvedko's first go at taking advantage of open online for public councils, nor C14's. He's currently on the same council for Ukraine's Ministry of Veterans Affairs

mva.gov.ua/storage/app/up…

At one time both Medvedko & fellow accused murderer Denys Polishchuk were on the public council for the Ministry of Education.

They're no longer on that council (unclear if left or were removed) after it was noted officially they were on trial for murder
google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j…

However, C14 is still represented on that council, twice over. There's a rep of C14-affiliated "National Center for Rights Defence" (which was cofounded by the two accused murderers) and "Education Assembly," which we've written about here @bellingcat

bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…

It's a similar story at Veterans Affairs, where we have identified at least four members of the public council, elected earlier this year, who have links to the far-right, including C14 and the Azov movement

Ukraine's far-right, as C14's Medvedko made clear today, has made ample (ab)use of a system of open online voting to push its members - including violent extremists - into potential positions of influence within government ministries.

(If you're getting a strange "Tweet Unavailable" in the middle of the above thread, this is the tweet + screenshot that should be there)

https://twitter.com/BcatMonitoring/status/1176246045875036165?s=19