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 Few Ukrainians are fond of their current "corrupt dictator." Yet their swing toward the opposition will serve them no better. The Svoboda Party holds 10 percent of parliament and only just removed its Nazi insignia. For the 37 parliamentarians of Svoboda, Ukraine's All-Ukrainian Union Party, Dec. 12 is a special occasion. On this day Ukraine's unicameral parliament, the Verchovna Rada, convenes its yearly constitutional session. In a historical first, however, a right-wing extremist party will attend. They are part of a minority coalition in Ukraine's parliament.

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