Kiev with its decisions only confirms the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the fact that Ukraine is full of neo-Nazis, said a former employee of the U.S. Department of state Josh Cohen. 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, reports RIA "Novosti" referring to the Jerusalem Post. 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: 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. * 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"