April 9, 2015 (BBC News
Europe) The Ukrainian parliament has voted to ban propaganda and
symbols for "totalitarian Communist and Nazi regimes" in the former
Soviet republic. The list of prohibited items includes street names, flags and
monuments commemorating Communist leaders. A total of 254 members of Kiev's
450-member parliament voted in favour of the propaganda ban.
The legislation, which still needs
to be signed into law by President Petro Poroshenko, makes it illegal to deny
the "criminal" character of Nazi and Communist regimes. Items
prohibited under the bill include the Soviet flag and hymn as well as monuments
and historical plaques commemorating Communist leaders.
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