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The leader of the Ukrainian far right movement, the Right Sector, Dmytro Yarosh, has confirmed his intention to take part in the presidential race in May.

“Such a decision was made by the Right Sector’s political council: I will run for president,” Yarosh said at a Saturday briefing when asked whether he was planning to stand in the early presidential election in Ukraine.