: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Violent clashes in Kiev over demands for recognition for nationalist partisans


Unrest coincides with key votes on anti-corruption measures aimed at kick-starting Ukrainian economyClashes broke out on Tuesday between demonstrators and police in front of Ukraines parliament in Kiev as deputies inside repeatedly voted down proposals to recognise a contentious second world war-era Ukrainian partisan group as national heroes.Thousands of Svoboda nationalist party supporters rallied earlier in the capital in celebration of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, whose struggle for independence for Ukraine was tainted by its collaboration with the Nazis. … …read more

Source: The Guardian

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