Dmytro Iaroch, leader of the ultranationalist party Ukrainian Pravy Sektor, March 8 in Kiev. | AFP / Yury KIRNICHNY
The 43-year-old won the election by a majority vote in a district of the Russian speaking Dnipropetrovsk region from which it originates, as an almost final official result.
His party has meanwhile received less than 2% of the national vote while it takes more than 5% to be represented in Parliament.
"NATIONALIST BUT NOT FASCIST"
Pravy Sektor is a movement described by Mr. Iaroch as "nationalist, not fascist," which has gained great popularity among protesters in Kiev is showing during the violent clashes between protesters and security forces, raining pavers and Molotov cocktails at police. The party claims the controversial legacy of Ukrainian Nationalists of the Second World War.
Some of its members are now fighting alongside Ukrainian troops defending Donetsk airport, one of the hot spots on the eastern front, where Kiev fight against pro-Russian separatist rebellion.
In Russia, Dmytro Iaroch is charged with "incitement to terrorism" and Moscow has issued an international arrest warrant against him....
