National Council of Switzerland recognises Holodomor in Ukraine as act of genocide

This was reported by the Holodomor Museum.

‘The National Council recognises as an act of genocide the systematic actions that led to famine on a large scale and were committed with the intention of fully or partially destroying a national, ethnic, racial or religious group as such,’ the document says.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk expressed his gratitude to the Swiss parliament, saying that this decision was historic.

‘This is a truly historic decision. And this is an extremely important step towards restoring historical justice and preserving the memory of millions of innocent victims,’ he said.

• On July 17, it was reported that in the temporarily occupied Luhansk, the invaders dismantled monuments to the Victims of Stalinist Repression and the Holodomor Victims.