06:19Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called the lack of official condemnation of the appearance of Nazi Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the Canadian Parliament 'a blatant act of support for neo-Nazism', while speaking to reporters in Moscow on Wednesday.
"It is, of course, a scandal that the Western society, the permanent members of the UN Security Council have made no response to this blatant act of support for neo-Nazism. And the fact that the world powers have abstained from officially condemning the honouring of the Galicia Division veteran is a shameful and incriminating thing," Zakharova said.
On September 22, during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the Canadian parliament, the speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, offered to welcome World War II veteran Yaroslav Hunka, 'who fought the Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today'. The media later revealed that Hunka was a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS.
On September 26, Rota said he accepts full responsibility for inviting an SS veteran to parliament and announced his resignation.
Hunka's appearance in parliament was condemned in the UN, Russia, Belarus and a number of anti-fascist and Jewish organisations. Polish Ambassador to Canada Witold Dzielski also demanded an apology from the Canadian authorities.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the incident 'a horrendous violation of the memory of the millions of people who died in the Holocaust' and offered apologies.
In turn, deputies of Russia’s State Duma expressed 'extreme indignation and outrage' in connection with 'the cynical insult to the memory of the soldiers of the Anti-Hitler coalition committed at the meeting of the House of Commons of Canada'.
'Blatant act of support for neo-Nazism' - Russian FM spox on Canadian parliament Nazi applause
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called the lack of official condemnation of the appearance of Nazi Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the Canadian Parliament 'a blatant act of support for neo-Nazism', while speaking to reporters in Moscow on Wednesday.
"It is, of course, a scandal that the Western society, the permanent members of the UN Security Council have made no response to this blatant act of support for neo-Nazism. And the fact that the world powers have abstained from officially condemning the honouring of the Galicia Division veteran is a shameful and incriminating thing," Zakharova said.
On September 22, during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the Canadian parliament, the speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, offered to welcome World War II veteran Yaroslav Hunka, 'who fought the Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today'. The media later revealed that Hunka was a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS.
On September 26, Rota said he accepts full responsibility for inviting an SS veteran to parliament and announced his resignation.
Hunka's appearance in parliament was condemned in the UN, Russia, Belarus and a number of anti-fascist and Jewish organisations. Polish Ambassador to Canada Witold Dzielski also demanded an apology from the Canadian authorities.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the incident 'a horrendous violation of the memory of the millions of people who died in the Holocaust' and offered apologies.
In turn, deputies of Russia’s State Duma expressed 'extreme indignation and outrage' in connection with 'the cynical insult to the memory of the soldiers of the Anti-Hitler coalition committed at the meeting of the House of Commons of Canada'.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called the lack of official condemnation of the appearance of Nazi Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the Canadian Parliament 'a blatant act of support for neo-Nazism', while speaking to reporters in Moscow on Wednesday.
"It is, of course, a scandal that the Western society, the permanent members of the UN Security Council have made no response to this blatant act of support for neo-Nazism. And the fact that the world powers have abstained from officially condemning the honouring of the Galicia Division veteran is a shameful and incriminating thing," Zakharova said.
On September 22, during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the Canadian parliament, the speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, offered to welcome World War II veteran Yaroslav Hunka, 'who fought the Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today'. The media later revealed that Hunka was a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS.
On September 26, Rota said he accepts full responsibility for inviting an SS veteran to parliament and announced his resignation.
Hunka's appearance in parliament was condemned in the UN, Russia, Belarus and a number of anti-fascist and Jewish organisations. Polish Ambassador to Canada Witold Dzielski also demanded an apology from the Canadian authorities.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the incident 'a horrendous violation of the memory of the millions of people who died in the Holocaust' and offered apologies.
In turn, deputies of Russia’s State Duma expressed 'extreme indignation and outrage' in connection with 'the cynical insult to the memory of the soldiers of the Anti-Hitler coalition committed at the meeting of the House of Commons of Canada'.