In 2016, veterans of the regiment and members of a non-governmental organization called the Azov Civil Corps created the political party National Corps.[17] In 2017, the size of the regiment was estimated at more than 2,500 members.[18] The unit's first commander was far-right nationalist Andriy Biletsky, who led the neo-Nazi organisations Social-National Assembly and Patriot of Ukraine.[19][20] In its early days, Azov was a special police company of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, led by Volodymyr Shpara, the leader of the Vasylkiv, Kyiv, branch of Patriot of Ukraine and Right Sector.[21][22][23](source Wikipedia)
IMO 2500 is a significant number of Neo-Nazis to be "legitimised"
by incorporating them as a special branch of the official Army.
That has damaged the Ukraine Government's international image, IMO
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