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Head of Ukraine's Security Service proposes to ban Communist Party

22 November 2014 01:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Head of Ukraine's Security Service Valentin Nalivaichenko has recommended the parliament to establish criminal responsibility for denial of 1932/1933 famine in Ukraine, known as Holodomor, and to ban the Communist Party, the security agency's press service said on Friday.

"We'll make this proposal," Nalivaichenko said as he addressed the cadets of the service's National Academy. "I'm confident that criminal responsibility is necessary," APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS

He expressed his confidence that the Communist Party was bearing responsibility for the 1932/1933 famine on the territory of what is now independent Ukraine and the fact offered solid grounds for persecutions against the Communists.

"Young people have come to parliament now and I'm confident they will be more united and will show an ability to effectuate the changes needed in this country," Nalivaichenko said.

Famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932, 1933 and partly in 1934 that was caused by heavy miscalculations in Soviet government's agricultural policies is thought to have claimed the lived of 2.0 million to 3.5 million people. Holodomor Day is marked as a solemn date annually on the fourth Saturday of November.