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Moscow - The radicalization of Ukrainian society is becoming increasingly expressed lately, Russian ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov has said in an interview with the Voice of Russia.

 “The strengthening of the Communist Party in Verkhovna Rada – and the
increase is very serous from 6% to 13% – is an indication of demand for
a more socially-oriented policy pursued by the government. On the other
hand, I believe that the election of such a nationalist party as
Svoboda is largely related to certain problems among young people,” he
said.

“The closure of social lifts that always existed for many regions and
many young people indisputably leads to the radicalization of
sentiments and election of political forces that express fairly simple,
understandable and seemingly attainable aims,” he said.