Pushkov: Poland should condemn the glorification of Kiev nationalists UPA
The head of the international Department of the state Duma Alexei Pushkov believes that the Polish authorities are obliged to condemn the glorification of the OUN-UPA in Ukraine.

The head of the international Department of the state Duma Alexei Pushkov believes that the Polish authorities are obliged to condemn the glorification of the OUN-UPA in Ukraine.
on Thursday, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a law recognizing "the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists and the Ukrainian insurgent army" fighters for independence of Ukraine in the twentieth century and provided the right of members of the OUN-UPA to social guarantees.
"I think, because it is pure politics that the Polish government is under an obligation occurred to denounce any form of glorification of those people who have lost population. I think that if the Polish government is paying such attention to what happened in Katyn, it has an obligation to pay equal attention to the cases, which killed far more people, "said Pushkov in the program List norkina" on TV
"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.
Glorification of the UPA and its leaders Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych - has led to criticism from many veterans and politicians, accusing Bandera in cooperation with the Nazis. For example, the public campaigning not to forget the atrocities of the fighters of the OUN-UPA during and After the war, for example, about "Volyn massacre" - massive liquidation in 1943 Ukrainian nationalists Polish civilians in Volhynia, until September 1939 were mostly from Poland. According to researchers, the total number of victims ranges from 36 thousand to 100 thousand people.
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