The ruling targets Ukrainian organizations accused of crimes against humanity during World War II.

On Tuesday, the Prosecutor General’s Office informed that the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow declared mid-20th century Ukrainian nationalist leaders and organizations complicit in the war crimes committed by Nazi Germany.

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Among them are Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevych, Andriy Melnyk, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). They are also accused of “crimes against humanity committed against the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War (1941-45).

Russian authorities justified the ruling by citing the need to preserve the memory of the victims, “expose the illegal actions of the Kiev regime, reverse decisions rehabilitating war criminals, and suppress acts of extremism against our country.”

For years, the Kremlin has warned about Ukraine’s links to new forms of Nazism, which, it says, became more evident after the 2014 Euromaidan revolution, which overthrew Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Moscow.

These are the neo-Nazis who marched today to Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti for a rally against labor immigration to Ukraine.

Europe, take a good look at your “defenders.” pic.twitter.com/0zwgbQIDdZ

— Marta Havryshko (@HavryshkoMarta) May 23, 2026

In its effort to create its own identity, Ukrainian nationalism turned into heroes the independence figures and organizations that emerged during World War II.

This nationalist narrative, however, has been accompanied by the concealment of some dark chapters of Ukrainian history, such as the collaboration of several organizations with the Nazi regime and the Holocaust.

In April, Russia authorities enacted a law establishing prison sentences for denying the genocide of the Soviet people.

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Source: EFE

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