Demyanyuk must not be allowed into Ukraine - Ukrainian Jewish Committee
24.09.2009
Lviv lawmakers claim that the Demyanyuk case is an international conspiracy, which allegedly aims to discredit Ukrainians and Ukraine in the eyes of the world public. "Undoubtedly, this case has been falsified and fabricated by the KGB a long time ago, and is now "being fuelled by the Russian FSB and other states, which have hastened to take in this provocative bait," the Lviv legislature said in an appeal to the Ukrainian president, prime minister and parliament.
The Ukrainian Jewish Committee said, meanwhile that, "Lviv lawmakers are making a big mistake, putting the words "Ukrainian" and "Nazi criminal" on the same footing.
"Ukrainians are perceived globally as a winning nation in World War II, a nation that suffered the largest losses in the fight against fascism. Lviv deputies' provocative appeals are asserting undesirable and unobjective associations in the minds of many," the Ukrainian Jewish Committee said in a statement on Thursday.
Demyanyuk must not be allowed into Ukraine - Ukrainian Jewish Committee
The Ukrainian Jewish Committee has condemned the Lviv regional legislature's attempts to defend Ivan Demyanyuk, a former guard of Nazi concentration camps.Lviv lawmakers claim that the Demyanyuk case is an international conspiracy, which allegedly aims to discredit Ukrainians and Ukraine in the eyes of the world public. "Undoubtedly, this case has been falsified and fabricated by the KGB a long time ago, and is now "being fuelled by the Russian FSB and other states, which have hastened to take in this provocative bait," the Lviv legislature said in an appeal to the Ukrainian president, prime minister and parliament.
The Ukrainian Jewish Committee said, meanwhile that, "Lviv lawmakers are making a big mistake, putting the words "Ukrainian" and "Nazi criminal" on the same footing.
"Ukrainians are perceived globally as a winning nation in World War II, a nation that suffered the largest losses in the fight against fascism. Lviv deputies' provocative appeals are asserting undesirable and unobjective associations in the minds of many," the Ukrainian Jewish Committee said in a statement on Thursday.
