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    The Berkut (Ukrainian: Беркут, Russian: Бе́ркут, Byerkut; "golden eagle" ) was the Ukrainian system of special police (riot police) of the Ukrainian Militsiya...
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  • CyberBerkut (Russian: КиберБеркут, Ukrainian: КіберБеркут) is a modern organized group of pro-Russian hacktivists. The group became locally known for a...
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    two Berkut officers were shot dead. At around 9am, protesters tried to push the Berkut away from the Maidan and back up Instytutska Street. The Berkut fired...
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    relation to the deaths of protesters, including 29 former members of the Berkut special police force, ten titushky or loyalists of the former government...
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    Ihor Volodymyrovych Huz (Ukrainian: Ігор Володимирович Гузь; born 11 January 1982) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of...
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    the request to release the arrested 15:00 – mass clashes with units of Berkut en route to the Presidential Administration 17:00 – Constituent Congress...
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  • (Ukrainian: чорний вівторок, romanized: chornyi vivtorok), after members of the Berkut special police force began attacking mourners, with members of the far-right...
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  • Revolution of Dignity, on February 24 they were released. Volodymyr Shpara, Ihor Mosiychuk and Serhiy Bevza were arrested on 22 August 2011 by the Security...
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    protest. In January and February 2014, clashes in Kyiv between protesters and Berkut special riot police resulted in the deaths of 108 protesters and 13 police...
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    of the Fourth Maidan Self-Defense Hundred, and was publicly tortured by Berkut officers in January 2014. In October 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna...
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