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DISINFO: In Ukraine, one can be imprisoned for the emblem of the USSR, but do not touch the Nazis
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DISINFO: In Ukraine, one can be imprisoned for the emblem of the USSR, but do not touch the Nazis

SUMMARY

In Ukraine, double standards apply: the Ukrainian police can imprison a person for carrying the emblem of the USSR, but does not touch people who demonstrate Nazi symbols.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about the Nazis in Ukraine. In Ukraine in 2015, the law on decommunisation, initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers, entered into force. The document recognises the communist and Nazi totalitarian regimes in Ukraine as criminal and pursuing a policy of state terror. The new law amended the Criminal Code of Ukraine. According to article 436-1, a person propagating Nazi or communist symbols faces up to five years in prison.

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