Kiev, recognizing the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists - Ukrainian insurgent army freedom fighters have Left to prove to the world that Babi Yar and "Volyn massacre" were part of this struggle, said the head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov.

first it was announced that the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the law on the recognition of OUN-UPA freedom fighters.

"Poroshenko announced members of the UPA-OUN fighters for Ukraine's freedom. It remains to prove the world that Babi Yar and Volyn massacre were part of this struggle, " wrote Pushkov in your own Twitter.

Babi Yar in Kiev is a historical place known far beyond Ukraine. This area has acquired a sad popularity because of the events of 1941, when Nazi military and Ukrainian collaborators were shot, according to various estimates, up to several hundreds of thousands of people. Victims "Volyn massacre" became a few tens of thousands of poles, Russians, Jews.

"Ukrainian insurgent army" (UPA) was formed in October 1942 as the military wing of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists " (OUN), its purpose was proclaimed the struggle for independence of Ukraine. The UPA acted mostly in Western Ukraine and fought against the Soviet troops, cooperating with the Nazis. Field of the end of world war II she continued to struggle against the Soviets extremist methods - injured soldiers of the UPA has been Authorized by the intelligentsia and local authorities, Komsomol and party activists.

The Supreme court of the Russian Federation in November 2014 was included in the list of extremist organizations "Right sector" Ukrainian national Assembly - Ukrainian national self-defense "(UNA-UNSO), the Ukrainian Organization "Brotherhood" and "Trident behalf of Stepan Bandera and the Ukrainian insurgent army" (UPA). Full list of banned extremist organizations on the Internet office of

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