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Stosunki polsko-ukraińskie po Euromajdanie
Impact of the Ukrainian crisis on Polish – Ukrainian relations

Author(s): Włodzimierz Bonusiak
Subject(s): Ethnohistory, Recent History (1900 till today), International relations/trade, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics and Identity
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: Euromaidan; Verkhovna Rada Ukraine; act inspection pro bandera; politices Poland; perspective

Summary/Abstract: Since condemnation of operation Vistula by the Senate, we have conducted a „strategicpartnership” policy towards Ukraine, expecting at most symbols, not calling for the memory of thousands of victims murdered in Volyn and Cherven Cities. Driven mainly by Russophobia, wesupported the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan. On the latter, our politicians didn’t hesitate to join banderite shouts in front of portraits of Bandera and Shukhevych. We should not be surprisedthen that two hours after the address of the President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski, The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted without discussion four Acts, which aim were: the recognitionof the OUN and the UPA as fi ghters for Samostijna Ukraine, erasing from the collective memory shared 70-year history of the Ukrainian nation and increase of divisions in Ukrainian society. In Poland, the Acts have been passed over by the mass media (except for ”Przegląd” and “Nie”).

  • Issue Year: XII/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 131-140
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish