Taken by the authorities of Ukraine laws, reevaluates the history of the country, lead to a deep split in society, according to the explanation of the Department of information and press of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"All taken today by Kiev's attempts to pervert their country's past, to abandon the achievements of the Russian and Soviet periods in its history only lead to deep division of modern society. The ways and means of imposing nationalist ideology in General have questioned the prospects for successful development of the Ukrainian statehood ", - reported in the explanations.

The Verkhovna Rada on Thursday adopted a Law banning the Communist and the national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and their symbolism. The law also provides that the propaganda of the Communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes and their symbolism is a legal person, a political party, printed mass media is the basis for refusal of registration and stop their activities. On the same day the Parliament passed a Law recognizing " the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists and the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) fighters for independence of Ukraine in the twentieth century and provided the right of its members to social guarantees.

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