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His final bow: Yushchenko names infamous WWII nationalist a hero

Published: 22 January, 2010, 15:03
Edited: 26 February, 2010, 14:20


As one of his last political decisions, soon-to-depart Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has decided to honor a controversial nationalist leader Stepan Bandera as a national hero.

 
2 COMMENTS
Maskhadov January 27, 2010, 12:52 quote
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WHAT is going wrong with the Ukrainian government? Someone really needs to do something about it!!!

philo February 06, 2010, 23:31 quote
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Perhaps chloracne face deserves his time-released dose of dioxin from fatty tissue.

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