The Tversky District Court of Moscow recognized the founders of the…
The Tversky District Court of Moscow recognized the founders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN-UPA, recognized as an extremist organization in Russia and banned) as accomplices to Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Consensus
- The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow recognized OUN and UPA as accomplices of Nazi Germany in crimes against the Soviet people during World War II.
- The court's decision was based on an application filed by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
- The court recognized Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevych, and eight other historical figures as accomplices of Nazi Germany.
- The Russian Prosecutor General's Office cited documents from Russian and Belarusian archives as evidence.
- The court's decision was described as necessary to preserve the memory of victims of genocide against the Soviet people, counteract illegal actions by the Kyiv regime, revoke rehabilitation of war criminals, and prevent extremist acts against Russia.
- OUN and UPA were previously recognized as extremist organizations in Russia.
Points of divergence
- Russian state media mistakenly confused Katyn and Khatsyn in their news report about the Moscow court's decision. — tg_echoonline_news
- The claims that OUN or UPA participated in the killings of Jews at Babi Yar or in the destruction of Khatyn do not correspond to historical reality. — tg_sibrealii
- The claims that OUN or UPA participated in killings at Babi Yar or Khatyn do not correspond to historical reality. — tg_severrealii
- Ukrainian historians acknowledge mass killings of Poles in Volhynia but note that significant casualties also occurred among the Ukrainian population during the Ukrainian-Polish conflict. — tg_sibrealii
- Ukrainian historians acknowledge mass killings of Pales in Volhynia but note that significant casualties occurred among the Ukrainian population during the Ukrainian-PolISH conflict. — tg_severrealii
- Russian authorities use historical policy to accuse current Ukrainian leadership of 'Nazism'. — tg_sibrealii
- Russian authorities use historical policy to accuse current Ukrainian leadership 'Nazism'. — tg_severrealii
- In 1929, the first Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists in Vienna established OUN, led by Yevhen Konovalets, and after his death, by Andriy Melnyk. — tg_MID_Russia
- In 1940, OUN split into two factions: OUN (b) led by Stepan Bandera and OUN (m) led by Andriy Melnyk. — tg_MID_Russia
- In 1941–1943, the German command created UPA under Roman Shukhevych based on OUN (b). — tg_MID_Russia
- Roman Shukhevych began his violent career with the 'Nahaytel' Ukrainian punitive battalion's attack on peaceful Lviv. — tg_MID_Russia
- On June 30, 1941, under Shukhevych's command, mass killings occurred in Lviv during the so-called Act of Proclamation of the Ukrainian State. — tg_MID_Russia
Coverage (15 sources)
- Moscow court declared Bandera and Shukhevych as accomplices of Nazi Germany — ЭХО / Новости
- Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation: — МИД России
- Moscow Court Recognizes OUN, UPA and Bandera as 'Nazi Collaborators' — Сибирь.Реалии
- Court in Russia recognized UPA, OUN and Stepan Bandera as 'accomplices of Nazi Germany' — Настоящее Время
- Court in Russia Recognizes OUN, UPA and Bandera as 'Nazi Collaborators' — Радио Свобода
- Moscow Court Recognizes OUN, UPA and Bandera as 'Nazi Collaborators' — Север.Реалии
- Moscow court recognized Bandera and Shukhevych as accomplices of Nazi Germany — Коммерсантъ
- Court in Moscow Recognized Bandera, Shukhevych, OUN*, and UPA** as Collaborators of Nazi Germany — Фонтанка
- Moscow Court Recognized Bandera and Shukhevych as Accomplices of Nazi Germany on Request of the Prosecutor's Office — Вести
- Court in Moscow Recognized Stepan Bandera as Accomplice of Nazi Germany — Дождь (Telegram)
- Court in Russia recognized Bandera, OUN and UPA as accomplices of Nazis in war crimes — Интерфакс
- Court in Moscow recognized Bandera as a Nazi collaborator — Ведомости
- Bandera, Shukhevych, OUN* and UPA* were recognized by the court as collaborators of Nazi Germany, guilty of crimes against the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Court in Moscow recognized Bandera and Shukhevych as collaborators of Nazi Germany — Вечерняя Москва
- The Moscow court recognized Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevych, OUN, and UPA* as accomplices of Nazi Germany in crimes against... — РИА Новости (Telegram)
Key entities
- Stepan Bandera
- Germany
- Moscow
- UPA
- OUN
- Roman Shukhevych
- Russia
- General Procuracy
- Tversky Court
- Tverskoy District Court
- RIA Novosti
- Andrey Melnik
- TASS
- Moscow Court