Maidan lawyers and civic organizations have reacted with outrage to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appointment of Oleh Tatarov as deputy head of the Presidential Office. Mr. Tatarov was not only the deputy head of the Internal Affairs Ministry’s Central Investigative Department during the Euro-Maidan protests, but on at least one occasion openly lied about a shocking attack by Berkut officers on peaceful Maidan activists in January 2014.
This is an appallingly ill-considered decision and is understandably viewed as a spit in the face by many of those persecuted on the Maidan and the families of those who were killed.