The leader of the Right Sector movement, Dmytro Yarosh, is planning to run for president of Ukraine, the chairman of the Kyiv branch of the Right Sector movement, Andriy Tarasenko, has said.

"We are preparing for a congress, at which the party will be renamed, and we will participate in the elections in Kyiv, the elections in all local councils, towns and villages, and this means that Dmytro Yarosh will run for president of Ukraine," he said at a press conference on Friday.

"The people who are holding power today stood side by side with us on the barricades. Consequently, there is no point in fighting against them by revolutionary methods," he said.

At the same time, Right Sector members realize that "there was no re-set of the authorities, but the only thing that changed is that different people are now occupying these offices," Tarasenko said.

"The state machine is stalling. It is unacceptable for us. We will not stop at this because, as far as we are concerned, a revolution is not a change of surnames on the office nameplates, but a full re-set of the authorities, a complete change of the system in this country - a change of both the governance structure and people. We do not have any profound systemic changes because our struggle is entering a peaceful, political phase. This is the reason why we are going into politics," the activist said.

A congress, at which Right Sector is supposed to adopt a decision to form a party, has been set for March 15, Tarasenko said.

Yarosh is considered the leader of Right Sector, which unites activists of a number of Ukrainian far-right organizations. The group is believed to have been behind recent deadly clashes between protesters and riot police in the center of Kyiv.

It was announced on March 1 that Yarosh had asked North Caucasus terrorist Doku Umarov for support.

Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on March 3 that Russia had opened a criminal case against Yarosh on charges of "publicly calling for terrorist and extremist activities."