[9] On 21 September 1993 its "people's formations" came to the Verkhovna Rada building dressed all in black to differentiate themselves from woodland camouflaged UNA-UNSO activists.

[3] According to Svoboda's website, during the 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary elections the party presented its platform as distinct from those of the communists and social democrats.

[7][12][13] Oleh Tyahnybok[14] as a member of the SNPU Board of Commissioners[3] was voted into the Ukrainian Parliament in this election.

In 2000 on invitation of SNPU, Ukraine was visited by Jean-Marie Le Pen (at that time a leader of the National Front).

[21] The party not only replaced its name, but also abandoned the logo that had resemblance to the Wolfsangel symbol[8][15] with a three-fingered hand reminiscent of the 'Tryzub' pro-independence gesture of the late 1980s.

[8] Svoboda also pushed neo-Nazi and other radical groups out the party,[22] distancing itself from its neofascist past while retaining the support of extreme nationalists.

As seen by the SNPU leadership, the Wolf’s Hook became the “idea of the nation.”[24] The Ukrainian political scientist Vitaliy Kulyk, however, claimed that while similar to signs used by Neo-Nazi organizations in Europe the sign "Idea of the Nation" has nothing to do with Wolfsangel and there were no actions that confirmed the party's Nazi image.

[3] Political scientist Tadeusz Olszański wrote that the social-nationalist ideology adhered to has included "openly racist rhetoric" concerning 'white supremacy' since its establishment, and that therefore comparisons with National Socialism are legitimized by its history.