Revolutionary Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists

Revolutionary Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists Революційна Конфедерація Анархістів-Синдикалістів
Secretary-General	Sergei Shevchenko
Founded	15 October 1994 (1994-10-15)
Dissolved	6 April 2014 (2014-04-06)
Headquarters	Donetsk
Newspaper	Anarchy
Membership (2000)	2,000
Ideology	Platformism Anarcho-syndicalism
Political position	Far-left
Website
rkas.org.ua
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The Revolutionary Confederation of Anarcho-Syndicalists (Ukrainian: Революційна Конфедерація Анархістів-Синдикалістів; RKAS) was a Ukrainian platformist organisation. Founded in Donetsk in 1994, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and independence of Ukraine, the organisation spread throughout the country and was involved with a number of students' and workers' movements.

Noted for its strict military discipline and hierarchical structure, the RKAS was often criticised for authoritarianism and conservatism by other members of the anarchist movement, some of whom likened it to a cult of personality. This caused a number of splits within the organisation, the largest of which rendered it functionally defunct in 2011.

Although the organisation was officially critical of the Revolution of Dignity, a number of its members still joined the barricades, while a former member was a known participant in the Anti-Maidan. The organisation dissolved following the outbreak of the War in Donbas, with former members going on to prosecute guerrilla warfare against the Donetsk People's Republic or aid Ukrainian refugees that had fled Donbas.