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    Ukraine criticises proposed law banning promotion of Ukrainian nationalist ideology in Poland

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    1. Themetalin on

      Ukraine’s embassy in Poland has published a statement criticising a bill proposed by Polish President Karol Nawrocki that would criminalise the promotion of ideologies associated with Second World War Ukrainian nationalist groups.

      It condemned the proposed law for equating those ideologies with Nazism and communism and warned that, if the bill is passed, Ukraine “will be forced to take retaliatory measures”. However, Nawrocki’s spokesman has responded by defending the bill and criticising the Ukrainian statement.

      In their statement, the Ukrainian historians warned that, if Nawrocki’s bill is adopted, “the Ukrainian side will also be forced to take retaliatory measures”.

      This would include “adopting appropriate legislation regarding the actions of certain units of the [Polish] Home Army and Peasant Battalions, which, as is known, committed crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population during World War Two and in the immediate postwar years”.

      They said that such an escalation would “serve the interests of the Russian side” and “we appeal to our Polish colleagues to exercise the utmost caution” and to engage in “objective, professional and impartial dialogue”.

    2. BidnyZolnierzLonda on

      It is already constitutionaly banned. I do not see the reason for this to pass, as it would be just a gesture and nothing more.

      ***Article 13***

      Political parties and other organizations whose programmes are based upon totalitarian methods and the modes of activity of nazism, fascism and communism, as well as those whose programmes or activities sanction racial or national hatred, the application of violence for the purpose of obtaining power or to influence the State policy, or provide for the secrecy of their own structure or membership, shall be prohibited.

    3. niemacotuwpisac on

      More reasons for this law. There is no place for Banderism in Poland. This is ideology with roots in nazism. It is just ukrainian nazizm.

      And the fact that people somewhere out there are fighting under its banner in Ukraine is the problem of Ukraine and Ukrainians. They chose what they support, so now they bear the consequences.

    6. EducationCommon1635 on

      Ukraine trying not to worsen relations by criticizing common sense law challenge [impossible]

    8. Non_Professional_Web on

      Honest question, what is banderism in Poland? Like I get that there are people in Ukraine who thinks Bandera and UPA are heroes for anti USSR stance while trying to sweep Volynia massacre done by part of UPA under the carpet, but what exactly is the promotion of banderism in Poland? Is it about flags or some words? Because neither flag nor words associated with UPA were created by UPA. It is your country, and you have all the right to ban what you want and It is 100% correct not to allow promoting criminals. But the thing is it looks like a thin ice, I am Ukrainian in Poland, and I have talked a lot of times that I think that anyone who personally no matter by hands or orders killed civilians are criminals, but I have like red and black shirt (just because it looked nice and is warm) that I bought here in KIK and it is now lying at the bottom of closet as non ironically it looks like thise colours are just not acceptable.

    11. sinnedslip on

      so… I hope the other nationalist ideologies are not banned? My favorite is Russian Z one, is it allowed in Poland? Do you realize that you’ve been manipulated, probably by the same Z ideology?

    14. Grzechoooo on

      It definitely sounds like a dogwhistle or something. Nazi ideology promotion is already banned, why single out Banderites at a time when Russian trolls spread outrage against Ukrainians? To pander to the Russophiles in the Confederacy party is my guess.

      The reaction from Ukraine is very stupid tho I’ll give them that. A perfect win-win for the Russophiles, they just keep taking W after W in the information war. Hopefully we’ll realise that someday.

    15. Swimming_Average_561 on

      I’m against it from a free speech perspective. I don’t like most hate speech laws, nor do I like nationalist laws like this.

    16. O5KAR on

      >jednostronnie obarczają Ukraińców winą za wszystkie wydarzenia związane z Tragedią Wołyńską…

      Can’t read this BS… Those people are still insisting that it was somehow an armed fight of two sides, of course equally guilty, in which UPA was fighting AK or vice versa and not just murdering unarmed civilians…. not a word about it, quite the opposite as if the ethnicity of those civilians was completely unimportant and UPA were fighting for “freedom” and AK was equally guilty because it answered by massacres of Ukrainians (yes, that happened).

      And the actual Ukrainian historians subscribed this brainfart.

    17. Happinessisawarmbunn on

      The worst part is that Zelensky won’t even publicly condemn the pro-bandera acts that’s have happened recently like the desecration of Volhyn memorial!

    19. doesnotmatter286 on

      And…? They have absolutely no right to tell us what laws we’re “allowed” to pass.

    20. Blue_almonds on

      i wonder what retaliatory measures would Ukraine implement? Ban “Ogniem i meczem”? remove historic polish shop signs in Lviv? Be very mad? Rename lvivsky syrnik into lvivski twaroznik?

    22. Jedrzej_G on

      So, do they want our missiles, artillery shells and ammunition to use in a way they see fit (i.e. against the Russian Federation Armed Forces), or not?

      Because we have a war to prepare for and the materials that are being shipped east out of “good will” and “neighborly friendliness” could sure come in handy inside the country.

    23. StNekroman on

      I personally, as ukrainian, don’t care any law in Poland.
      Just don’t give a fuck at all.
      Anyway, not going to visit it. Especially after border blockades, grain spillages and operation Visa.
      Feel free to ban any ukrainian and any thing, which associates with UA.