Ukrainian president outlaws communism: Sputnik
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Kyiv. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed on Friday a law condemning communist and national-socialist totalitarian regimes, and banning propaganda of all their symbols in the country, a statement posted on Poroshenko’s official website says, Sputnik International reports.
Poroshenko also signed three other ‘decommunization laws’ adopted by the Ukrainian parliament on April 9.
“The documents ban Soviet symbols, denounce the Communist regime [of 1917-1991], allow access to secret archives of the Soviet secret services and recognize members of UPA and other nationalist organizations as fighters for Ukraine’s independence.”
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