Ukrainian President in Israel Plays Down Antisemitism, Defends WWII Nationalist Leader Accused of Killing Jews

Nickolai Butkevich — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:36:19 -0800

President Yushchenko was in Israel recently and responded to criticism for awarding a posthumous medal to a WWII-era Ukrainian nationalist leader accused of killing Jews. He also argued that antisemitism in Ukraine is a "marginal phenomenon." He stated that people have been put on trial and "even punished" for inciting antisemitism, but I can remember only one successful hate speech prosecution in Ukraine since I started working at UCSJ in 1998 (the newspaper "Silski Visti"--whose editors Yushchenko later awarded a medal on two occasions).

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Ukrainian President in Israel Plays Down Antisemitism, Defends WWII Nationalist Leader Accused of Killing Jews