Antifascist Committee of Ukraine (AFKU) Антифашистский комитет Украины (АФКУ) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Heorhiy Buiko |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Kyiv |
| Ideology | Anti-Maidan Soviet patriotism Left-wing nationalism Russian nationalism |
| National affiliation | Left Opposition (2015–2022) |
TheAntifascist Committee of Ukraine is an anti-fascist organization, closely linked to the bannedCommunist Party of Ukraine.
The organization was established in 2006.[1] It was formed by the formerPeople's Deputy of Ukraine Heorhiy Buiko, who is a secretary[2] of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
In 2011, they protested inKyiv against nationalism, alongside the Ukrainian Communist Party andRussian Bloc Party.[3]
On March 3, 2014 the organization supported theannexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation fromUkraine.[4]
On April 18, 2014 the organization accused the actingGovernment of Ukraine in driving the nation to war, economy down, cutting on salaries and pensions, de facto destruction of education, healthcare, culture and armed forces.[5]
In February 2018, two members of the Committee and of the Communist Party were attacked byRight Sector activists.[6]
In March 2022, theMorning Star reported that two activists in the Committee,Mikhail Kononovich (leader of theLeninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine, and his brother, Aleksander Kononovich, who had previously been attacked byNational Corps/C14 activists, were arrested by the Ukrainian security service, theSBU on charges of “pro-Russian views and pro-Belarusian views"; theGreek Communist Party raised their case in theEuropean Parliament.[7]
As of 2015, it was a member of theLeft Opposition.[8]
Its deputy head is Oleksandr Kalyniuk, also the secretary of the Lviv regional committee Communist Party of Ukraine.[9]
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)