You've fallen for one of RV's, shall we say, less accurate comments (others might say 'lies') :roll: You should be more careful.
It certainly does exist, its old military wing incorporated into the Ukrainian army and given its own regiment and a nice new name, and its political wing now launched - the Azov National Corps. But Azov has also formed a new paramiitary wing called National Militia.
If you want to find out more from one of your own propaganda organs, try this RFE article. You might then take more care to distance yourself from people who are so anti Russian that they may support neo-nazi groups in Ukraine.
https://www.rferl.org/a/azov-ukrain...p-sets-its-sights-on-u-s-europe/29600564.html
Following a 2015 deal known as the Minsk Accords that was meant to be a road map to end the fighting but did little more than turn down the intensity, the Azov Battalion was officially incorporated into Ukraine's National Guard and its leadership shifted focus from the battlefield to the political arena.
The Azov National Corps entered the political fray in October 2016, appointing battalion commander Andriy Biletsky to lead it. Biletsky was previously tied to other far-right groups and, in 2010, reportedly said that the nation's mission was to "lead the white races of the world in a final crusade...against Semite-led Untermenschen [subhumans]."
the National Corps' inaugural ceremony arguably had pomp more reminiscent of 1930s Germany than of postwar democracy. It included nationalist chants, raised fists, and a torchlit march through central Kyiv.
In January, in another flashy ceremony, Azov introduced a new paramilitary force that it calls the National Militia. On a snowy evening, some 600 of mostly young men in matching fatigues marched from Kyiv's central Independence Square to a lighted fortress on a hillside in the Ukrainian capital, where they swore an oath to clean the streets of illegal alcohol, drug traffickers, and illegal gambling establishments.
While not officially part of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry or any other government body legally authorized to enforce the law,
the National Militia has more often than not been allowed to establish what it considers "Ukrainian order" on the streets of cities across the country. In many cases, that has meant attacking LGBT events and Romany camps, actions for which members of the group have not been prosecuted.
Combined, these groups are known as the "Azov movement," which includes more than 10,000 active members, according to Semenyaka.