“The fact that supporters of Nazism and Bandera supporters are held in high esteem in Ukraine, hardly anyone can argue with this.
They are there, and they have a huge impact on the public and internal life, the internal political life of Ukraine, ”said a Kremlin spokesman, commenting on the relevant statements of journalist Vladimir Solovyov.
He also noted that Solovyov is "free to make any statements" on this matter, since he is a journalist, not an official, and "very sensitively feels the pulse of both political science and expert thought."
At the same time, Peskov stressed: "This is not the official position of Moscow."
“At the same time, you should also take into account the first part of the commentary,” Peskov told reporters.
In February 219, the head of the OSCE, Foreign Minister of Slovakia Miroslav Lajcak expressed concern about the glorification of Bandera in Ukraine, and in December 2018, Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Yoel Lyon said that he was shocked by the decision of the authorities of the Lviv region to declare 2019 the year of Stepan Bandera.
In addition, the head of the non-canonical Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Epiphany Dumenko, noted that Ukrainians feel a sense of pride when they are called Bandera.
In early June this year, Ukrainian MPs rejected a bill to prevent the legalization of Nazism and the glorification of war criminals.
The document was introduced by Maxim Buzhansky.
It provided for the prevention of the rehabilitation of the image of organizations recognized as criminal by the Nuremberg Tribunal.