After the coup d'état, early presidential and parliamentary elections, a number of leaders of radical nationalists, as well as politicians who adhere to and preach extremist views, passed through the Ukrainian authorities. The Crimean crisis and the military conflict in Donbass showed that Ukrainian radicals integrated into the system of state bodies of the country, gaining great influence, first of all, on the levers of control of power structures (Ministry of Internal Affairs, SBU, Armed Forces of Ukraine). Many volunteer military battalions in Ukraine are formed on the basis of extremist organizations, incl. banned in Russia. Ukrainian media actively used and use hate speech, starting with the confrontation on the Maidan.