"Idea Of The Nation" Supporters Demonstrate In Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 17: Supporters of the movement "Idea of the Nation" demonstrate with flags and torches on September 17, 2014 in Lviv, Ukraine. The movement's supporters claim they are Ukrainian nationalists but disavow any neo-Nazi or far-right connection, and insist their movement's symbol, which contains a swastika, is actually an ancient pagan Ukrainian symbol of fertility. The tumultuous events in Ukraine of the last year, including the Meidan protests that toppled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, the Russian annexation of Crimea and the simmering pro-Russian separatist war in eastern Ukraine have given rise to at times bizarre expressions of Ukrainian patriotism and national fervor. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)