Ukraine in Arabic | Anti communist laws approves series Ukraine's parliament

10.04.2015 - 16:17 #Ukraine, #laws, #Ukraine's parliament, #Vladimir Lenin, #anti-Soviet, #Joseph Stalin, #communism, #Soviet propaganda, #Soviet regimes

Soviet propaganda banned, street names to be changed and communist statues to be pulled down. Ukraine's parliament has approved a series of laws which tackle the country's Soviet past.

Kiev/ Ukraine in Arabic/ Communist propaganda and symbols will be made illegal, street names referencing communists changed, while statues like this one of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Dnipropetrovsk will be pulled down.

The brutality of Soviet regimes such as Joseph Stalin's will also be further exposed, after the lawmakers voted to open up all communist era archives from 1917 to 1991. Stalin was responsible for the mass genocide of millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s.

Ukrainian fighters who opposed the Soviet military during World War Two are to be formally recognised as fighting for the country's independence. The move is controversial as these fighters were effectively battling against Ukrainians involved in the Red Army.

Nazi propaganda is also being banned as part of the legislation. Prior to the Second World War, Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin agreed to carve up Europe with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, but they became opponents after the German fuhrer broke the deal. May the 8th - the day before World War Two Victory Day celebrations are held across the country - is to become a day commemorating all the victims of the war and.