In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch der Kommentar der Kharkiver Menschenrechtsgruppe interessant, wo dieses Gesetz im Zusammenhang auch mit dem Gesetz über die Würdigung der Kämpfer für die ukrainische Unabhängigkeit stark kritisiert wird:
On April 9 Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada adopted four laws pertaining to Ukraine’s recent history, two of which at least are highly contentious, with the manner in which they were presented to parliament and voted on also grounds for concern. At a time when Russia is waging undeclared war against Ukraine, the need for unity is paramount. Instead, a majority in the Verkhovna Rada passed laws which will be used in propaganda against Ukraine with some of that propaganda, unfortunately, being difficult to refute.
The four laws were only tabled in parliament on April 3, with no public debate despite subject matter arousing very strong opinions and emotions in a significant number of Ukrainians. The most controversial law has a different title and broader scope, but basically does something that was talked about under the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko but never carried through precisely because it was so contentious. The law now is entitled ‘On the Legal Status and Honouring of Fighters for Ukraine’s Independence in the Twentieth Century’, and carries with it entitlement to social benefits and full military status. This, among other things, recognizes the UPA, or Ukrainian Insurgent Army, as veterans of the Second World War. The whole law essentially lumps vastly different military formations, political or human rights movements together as having all struggled for Ukrainian independence, and then states, in Article 6, that “public denial of the legitimacy of the struggle for Ukraine’s independence in the XX century is deemed desecration of the memory of fighters for Ukraine’s independence in the XX century, denigration of the dignity of the Ukrainian people and is unlawful”.
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Das Problem ist hier, dass eine unabhängige Geschichtsforschung durch solche Gesetze faktisch behindert wird, die im Grunde in der Tradition sowjetischer (und heute: russischer) "ideologischer Geschichtsforschung" stehen. Ich halte diese Gesetze für sehr unklug.
Es genügt nicht, nur keine Gedanken zu haben, man muss auch unfähig sein, sie auszudrücken!
