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The missing points of Ukrainian neonazi’s welcome to Holyrood
CONRAD LANDIN asks why the Scottish Parliament unthinkingly oblige when Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh invited them to applaud Parubiy on Thursday morning?
Andriy Parubiy
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SOMETHING extraordinary happened at Holyrood this week, as anyone who picked up today’s Morning Star will be well aware.
I’m not talking about the Scottish Parliament rolling out the red carpet for the founder of a Ukrainian neonazi party, extraordinary as that may be. No, still more galling was that no-one batted an eyelid.
After a moment on my phone in the press gallery, I swiftly discovered Andriy Parubiy (pictured), who has moved on from his days of nazi imagery to become the Speaker of Ukraine’s parliament, has a history of defending the wartime ultra-nationalist leader and nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera.
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