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An open neo-Nazi associated with the notorious Azov regiment, Yan ‘MacGregor’ Klishayev, has been spotted among a group of 15 Ukrainian veterans enrolled in a new leadership program at Yale University.

The meet-and-greet photo surfaced online on Thursday, showing Klishayev among the veterans posing alongside Timothy Snyder, Professor of History and Global Affairs. The militant has been long associated with the notorious neo-Nazi Azov regiment, which has been rebranded as the 3rd Assault Brigade after suffering a crushing defeat from the Russian military during the battle of Mariupol early in the Ukraine conflict.

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Ukrainian neo-Nazi militants have repeatedly surfaced at assorted public events and programs hosted by Western institutions. Late last year, for instance, London-based think tank Chatham House hosted Yevhen Karas as a speaker, presenting him as a drone battalion commander while failing to mention he was actually the founder of the notorious S14 far-right paramilitary group. The organization has been long cozying up to the post-Maidan Ukrainian authorities and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), which have used it as a neo-Nazi mob to intimidate and silence dissenters.