In Russia, the slogans “Glory to Ukraine” and “Glory to Heroes” have been criminalized. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included in the “list of organizations that deny the conclusions of the Nuremberg Tribunal” the symbols of the OUN, UPA, UNS and UNRA.
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For “use, display and propaganda” of symbols and slogans in Russia, you can be fined or arrested for 15 days. Repeated propaganda is punishable by imprisonment for up to four years.
The list, which appeared on the Ministry of Justice website on January 18, is officially called “List of organizations specified in Part 3 and Part 4 of Art. 6 of the federal law “On the perpetuation of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 – 1945,” as well as the attributes and symbols of these organizations.”
The Great Patriotic War – this is how the events of World War II are called in Russia – note from Rakurs.
The list mentions four organizations, all of which were included on the list on January 17:
- Ukrainian People’s Revolutionary Army (UNRA),
- Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA),
- Ukrainian People’s Self-Defense (UNS),
- Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).
The list also mentions the slogans of these organizations, including the greeting “Glory to Ukraine” and the response “Glory to the Heroes.” In addition, the document mentions the attributes of organizations, for example, the Trident of Prince Vladimir, depicted on the coat of arms of modern Ukraine.
In the law “On the Perpetuation of the Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War,” a clause on a special list of organizations appeared in November 2014, and the Russian government approved the procedure for maintaining the register in June 2015.
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian People’s Self-Defense are declared “extremist” organizations in Russia and are banned in Russia.
Source: Racurs
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