KIEV, Ukraine—The Ukrainian parliament approved a law April 9 renaming the Great Patriotic War as the Second World War, underscoring a sweeping move by the post-revolutionary government here to ditch its Soviet past.
Also on Thursday, Ukrainian lawmakers passed a law banning the promotion of symbols of “Communist and National Socialist totalitarian regimes,” as well as a law granting special legal status to veterans of the “struggle for Ukrainian independence” from 1917 to 1991 (the lifespan of the U.S.S.R.).
According to Ukrainian media, the symbols banned under Thursday’s bills include:
“The flags, symbols, images or other emblems, featured by a combination of hammer …read more
Source: Newsweek
