Some leftist Maidan participants stayed despite the far-right’s prominent role

Evidence

February 20 was Artem’s birthday. After spending the previous two nights in the square, he was home resting on the day of the massacre. He spent the day receiving horrifying and conflicting reports of the violence, hearing all kinds of theories about the sniper fire, none of which convinced him entirely. By now, he knew that the far-right was a major part of the Maidan movement, but he had decided to remain a part of it, believing that opposition to Yanukovych was the most important cause—even though some of his leftist friends had decided to leave. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 511

Categorization

• QUESTION: The contested sniper-fire origin theories the passage mentions are the kind of historical ambiguity worth chasing down later for accuracy.
• XREF: connects to: Far-right nationalists were few but weighty in the Maidan protests — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 492; Leftists inside the Maidan organized their own armed self-defense group separate from far-right ones. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 496; Martyr deaths converted liberal Maidan participants to adopt far-right tactical repertoires — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 507