Lavrov: Ukrainian people obliged to have enough wisdom to restore unity
History shows that the pursuit of extreme nationalism and xenophobia are steadily turns into a catastrophe, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov at the reception on the occasion of the Orthodox Easter. "We believe that the Ukrainian people have the wisdom and foresight to restore national unity, reject attempts to distract the country on a dead end extreme nationalism and xenophobia, following which, as History shows, always turns into a disaster ", - noted the Minister, reports the news Agency. Lavrov expressed hope that the millions of believers in Ukraine will not allow themselves to be pawns in the geopolitical game. "I hope that the millions of believers in Ukraine, the overwhelming number of which belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, will not allow themselves to be pawns in the game, rates which are appointed from afar," said the Minister at a reception on the occasion of the Orthodox Easter. Fresh Ukrainian authorities in fact conducted a campaign on the glorification of Nazi collaborators and revision history. on 9 April, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the law On the recognition of OUN-UPA* fighters for independence of Ukraine and provided the right of its present social guarantees. At the same time, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada voted for the adoption of the act on condemnation of the Communist regime in Ukraine. European media concluded that the glorification of Ukrainian nationalists and the Ukrainian insurgent army* and the decision of the President of Petro Poroshenko About the transfer of the holiday on February 23, the day of formation of the UPA says that the cult of nationalism in Ukraine has infiltrated the power structures of the largest level. on 14 October last year, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on the abolition of 23 February and the celebration of the day of defender of Ukraine on October 14, the day of formation of the Ukrainian insurgent army, one of the founders of which was Stepan Bandera. At the end of September, Poroshenko said that the possibility of recognition of commissioners of the OUN-UPA combatants and one of the belligerents during the 2nd world war. In addition, According to the head of the security service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaychenko, the Ministry wishes to apply in their work experience in the relevant structures of the OUN-UPA 30-50-ies of the previous century. * Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion Of destruction or prohibition of the activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"