“Let the Jews not bother us”: a former deputy from Svoboda called on Poroshenko to leave for Israel
Speaking on stage on the first day of the All-Ukrainian Charity Festival of Taras Shevchenko She.FEST, held on August 22–23 in the native village of the poet Morinitsa in the Cherkasy region, former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and functionary of the political party All-Ukrainian Association “Svoboda” Yuriy Sirotyuk allowed himself anti-Semitic and xenophobic statements.
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In particular, the Nazi politician said, referring, judging by the context of the speech, to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko: “Let these Jews go to their state of Israel and be elected to positions there, and not interfere with the Ukrainians in our country.”
In addition, according to the “Svoboda” member, “Georgians who are invited to govern us humiliate our dignity” (obviously, this meant the appointment of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili as Odessa governor).
While still a member of parliament, Yuriy Sirotyuk became widely known for his racist remarks against the singer Gaitana, who represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012.
In his opinion, “she does not represent our culture.” “Millions who will watch this show will see that Ukraine is represented, relatively speaking, by a person who does not belong to our race. The concept will take root that Ukraine is somewhere in distant Africa... Ukraine will be associated with another continent, somewhere in Africa,” the Ukrainian Nazi said then.
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