MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry's commissioner on human rights, democracy and rule of law Konstantin Dolgov believes Dmytro Yarosh, leader of the Ukrainian ultra-radical movement Right Sector, should not get into power in Ukraine.
"The de facto administration in Kyiv and their Western patrons should bar neo-fascist Yarosh and his supporters from power," Dolgov said on Twitter.
Dolgov said that "the lawlessness perpetrated by ultra-nationalists, which went unpunished, has fully discredited the Maidan."
"Militants responsible for killings should be tried," he said.
Dolgov spoke about the Right Sector's extensive record of rights abuses in an interview with the television station Rossiya 24.
"Clearly, the Right Sector's militants have an extensive record of crude abuses of human rights and international law, and of the rule of law principle. None of their statements or actions must be left without a response," he said.
"The reaction of the de-facto Ukrainian authorities and those of the Western countries which continue patronizing them, must be adequate, rigorous and clear," Dolgov said.
"Yarosh and his like must be fully barred from government. They definitely have no place in the government," the Russian diplomat said.
Yarosh earlier announced his intention to run for president of Ukraine. The presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Ukraine on May 25.
The Right Sector is an association of a number of Ukrainian nationalist right-wing radical groups, which gained notoriety thanks to its active involvement in the deadly riots in central Kyiv. Yarosh is believed to be the leader of the Right Sector.
On March 1, Yarosh appealed for support to the terrorist Doku Umarov. "Many Ukrainians with guns in their hands supported the freedom fight of the Chechen and other Caucasus nations. Now is the time to support Ukraine!" Yarosh said in a statement posted on the Right Sector's page on VKontakte, a social networking site.
Vladimir Markin, an official with the Russian Investigations Committee, said on March 3 that a criminal case had been opened against Yarosh for making calls for extremism and terrorism.
On March 5, Markin told Interfax Yarosh had been put on the international wanted persons list and had been charged in absentia.