Political opportunities and mobilisation on the far-right in Ukraine
Journal: East European Politics
Year: 2023

The Ukrainian far right has attracted massive media interest, from Russian media condemning Ukraine's alleged Nazi takeover to international media warning of it becoming a transnational farright hotspot. Countering these misconceptions, this article empirically studies the Ukrainian far-right movement to explain its mobilisation dynamics 2004-2020. Why did mobilisation peak in 2010-2014, and decline after? I argue that a combination of political and discursive opportunities offers an answer. How