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http://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-20-ukraine-expresses-outrage-over-anti-jew-pamphlets
Ukraine PM expresses outrage over anti-Jew pamphlets
20 APR 2014 07:07 AFP
Following reports that masked men were seen handing out tracts demanding Jews register or be expelled, Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called for justice.
Ukraine's prime minister over the weekend voiced outrage at reports masked men in east Ukraine's main city handed out pamphlets demanding Jews register or be expelled.
Members of the Jewish community in the pro-Russian protest hub of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine said on Friday they were left shaken by the distribution of tracts demanding the registration of Jews.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said he wanted to "make a clear statement and urge the Ukrainian military and security forces and Ukrainian department of homeland security urgently to find these bastards and to bring them to justice", he said in excerpts of an interview with NBC's Meet the Press to air on Sunday.
The incident happened as around 20 Jews were leaving the synagogue after marking the second day of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The three hooded men handing out the pamphlets were carrying a Russian flag and the symbol of the separatist Republic of Donetsk.
Reports of the anti-Semitic tracts sparked international concern with US Secretary of State John Kerry branding the distribution of the pamphlets as "grotesque" and US President Barack Obama expressing "disgust".
'Disaster of this century'
Yatsenyuk also said Russian "President [Vladimir]*Putin has a dream to restore the Soviet Union. And every day he goes further and further and doesn't know where is the final destination.
"I consider that the biggest disaster of this century would be the restoring of the Soviet Union under the auspices of President Putin," he stressed
Ukraine PM expresses outrage over anti-Jew pamphlets
20 APR 2014 07:07 AFP
Following reports that masked men were seen handing out tracts demanding Jews register or be expelled, Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called for justice.
Ukraine's prime minister over the weekend voiced outrage at reports masked men in east Ukraine's main city handed out pamphlets demanding Jews register or be expelled.
Members of the Jewish community in the pro-Russian protest hub of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine said on Friday they were left shaken by the distribution of tracts demanding the registration of Jews.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said he wanted to "make a clear statement and urge the Ukrainian military and security forces and Ukrainian department of homeland security urgently to find these bastards and to bring them to justice", he said in excerpts of an interview with NBC's Meet the Press to air on Sunday.
The incident happened as around 20 Jews were leaving the synagogue after marking the second day of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The three hooded men handing out the pamphlets were carrying a Russian flag and the symbol of the separatist Republic of Donetsk.
Reports of the anti-Semitic tracts sparked international concern with US Secretary of State John Kerry branding the distribution of the pamphlets as "grotesque" and US President Barack Obama expressing "disgust".
'Disaster of this century'
Yatsenyuk also said Russian "President [Vladimir]*Putin has a dream to restore the Soviet Union. And every day he goes further and further and doesn't know where is the final destination.
"I consider that the biggest disaster of this century would be the restoring of the Soviet Union under the auspices of President Putin," he stressed
