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"In 2012, Svoboda was successful precisely because Yanukovych used it as
this kind of “scarecrow” party.  The party’s media visibility dramatically
increased, especially on government-controlled television channels.
Yanukovych and his associates wanted to damage the mainstream opposition by
elevating the significance of Svoboda.  They were positioning Svoboda’s
leader, Oleh Tyahnybok, to be Yanukovych’s opponent in the second round of
the presidential election in 2015.  With state media support, he would
cruise through round one, but all opinion polls predicted that he would be
unelectable in round two"

Sounds like a somewhat familiar tactic!

- Amith
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