By their actions the Kiev government only confirms the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin About the spread of neo-Nazism in Ukraine, writes a former employee of the U.S. Department of state Josh Cohen V. He stressed that the Ukrainian government made a "dangerous step" that can further " to tear the country apart ": the country's leader Petro Poroshenko has signed a Law that recognizes members of the Ukrainian political and military organizations as "fighters for independence of Ukraine in the 20th century" and prohibits criticism against them. The story is about the organizations that helped the Nazis to carry out the Holocaust and was involved in the deprivation of life of hundreds of thousands of Polish civilians during the 2nd world war, the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) and Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA), writes Cohen. The law is part of the trends of modern Ukrainian nationalism, which promoted extreme right front, seeking to break with the Communist past of the country." in addition to the moral aspect of the ban on criticism of the perpetrators of the Holocaust prevents European ambitions of Ukraine and confirms the words of V. V. Putin about the fact that the country was filled with neo-Nazis, " writes the Creator of the article. He also emphasizes that the Law repeats the recent trend of glorifying the right-wing Ukrainian nationalist organizations with a controversial past. Ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko awarded the highest state the title of "Hero of Ukraine" to the former leader of the OUN Stepan Bandera." literally not so long ago, the radical nationalists played a key role in the form of "shock troops" on the Maidan and anti-government campground was full flags of the OUN and the UPA, [nationalists] chanted slogans OUN " Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!" writes the Creator of the article, noting that currently the apologists of the OUN and UPA occupy important public positions. "Naturally, the majority of Ukrainians want to Express my opposition to the former USSR, but for aspiring democracy opponents of the ban organizations with such a dark past is the wrong way to build national identity," says Cohen. "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 Ukrainian Parliament on April 9 passed the Law "On legal status, and honoring the memory of participants of fight for independence of Ukraine in the twentieth century" and gave the right of its present social guarantees. Accepted legislative act Happy, for example, have provided organizations of the OUN-UPA status of fighters for Ukraine's independence. 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