Previously, one of the key people in the "Right Sector" Artem Skoropadsky was a citizen of the Russian Federation. In 2016, the Russian law enforcement authorities opened a criminal case against Skoropadsky for participating in the activities of an extremist organization. Skoropadsky, as the head of the press service of the "Right Sector", speaking on various social platforms, called on like-minded people to join the organization and participate in the commission of extremist crimes.