Nazi collaborator to lose “Hero of Ukraine” title
Published: 02 April, 2010, 22:05
Edited: 08 April, 2010, 16:23
TAGS: Conflict, Ukraine, History
A Ukrainian court has reversed a controversial decision made by the country's previous president, Viktor Yushchenko.
Stepan Bandera, a Nazi collaborator and leader of Ukraine's Nationalist Movement during World War II, is to be stripped of the title “Hero of Ukraine.”
The decision to award him with the honorary title split the country in two in January, with most major political parties expressing strong opposition.
The Council of Europe also lashed out at the move, deeming it a glorification of Nazism. The appeal against the award was instigated by a lawyer from the city of Donetsk, Vladimir Olentsevich. The judges ruled Bandera ineligible to carry the title, as he died before the independent Ukrainian state was established in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The ruling can be appealed within ten days.
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Russia and Isreal encourage these slanderous comments about Stepan Bandera and Roman Shuhevych. Bandera and Shuhevych and millions of Ukrainians fought for an independent Ukraine. Nazi Germany and Communist Russia saw Ukraine as their backgarden and Ukrainians as their slaves. Bandera fought to support the honour of |Ukraine and its people and was never a collaborator: documents and history show this, he was imprisoned by Nazi's, his family was murdered by Nazis and he himself was assasinated after many attempts by the Russian KGB. Does that sound like someone who was a collaborator. The current Ukrainian regime is a Russian regime! In their short time in office, the current Ukrainian government has dismissed the historians who have opened up the files of the Soviet regime having exposed the true perprutators of the Ukrainian famine and other attrocities in Ukraine. It does not suit Russia or Isreal for these historical events to be made common particularly when Chechnya and the Gazza strip are contentious issues in World politics. The world is becoming tired of Russian lies and Isreali deceit. If not now then in time historical events will be seen honestly and shame on those nations who rather than sitting quiet and allowing the world to interpret facts as they truly are, instead try to distort history to suit their own selfish, facsist, imperialist views!
The whole sherade made by previous "government" (using that term loosely) with the ukrainian nationalists such as UNSO or UNA was to such end: use any means available to either distance itself from, build up aggression towards, or directly fight against Russia. The latter took place amongst other places in at least three locations - Chechenia, Georgia and Kabardino-Balkaria with the useful idiots from UNSO fighting for false and often ridiculous reasons, that make sense only on a much larger scale where such puppets are useful. An almost stereotypical false flag operation. Otherwise it was just a complete exploitation of ukrainian nationalists for one purpose only - division with Russia as a whole, and getting as close as possible to NATO and USA. This was not happening covertly, but openly, and the West knew all about it and didn`t mind since the goal was good enough: for Ukraine and against those "damned muscovites". Even the not so bright NPD managed to visit Ukraine in a sincere friendly visit only to be put in a position they only later fully understood. But what now? Change of power in Ukraine, and more manipulation of the justice system? A president, or anybody else as an individual has no right to decide who is a hero and who is not. The people must do that, independent of the Kremlin especially. As for everyone else - like it or not, its the ukrainians who decide. For the Kremlin this has only one meaning - an ideological gesture from the new president. It has a "cult of the great victory"-thing going on, like the holocaust guilt equivalent that the germans have, and it`s pushing for it to continue. Strangely enough, or rather logically, the more a government pushes a certain ideology the more and more opposite results it gets especially with young not yet indoctrinated people.












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