The rise of fascism in Ukraine, which was boosted after the 2014 coup, isn't limited to the persecution of communists, the banning of communist symbols and the prohibition of political parties. For almost eight years now, the Ukrainian state tolerates and fosters the unacceptable and dangerous targeting of persons who are regarded as “enemies” by the right-wing establishment.
In a recent report, “Rizospastis”, the daily newspaper of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), refers to the role of “Myrotvorets”, a Kiev-based website that published personal information, including photos and contact details, of people who are considered to be “enemies of Ukraine”.
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Ukrainian site "Myrotvorets" targets Greek communists
Monday, April 18, 2022
Azov neo-Nazis demolish Zhukov statue in Kharkov
The dismantling of the monument reportedly took place on Sunday 17 April.
Koatiantyn Nemichev, an ex-combatant of the neo-Nazi Azov Regiment and head of the Kharkov branch of the National Corps, published a video of the demolition of the monument, stating that it had been dismantled by KRAKEN special forces. The video shows the statue being taken to a landfill.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Monday, April 4, 2022
KKE on Bucha killings: "Murdering civilians is the most horrific and barbaric aspect of the imperialist wars"
In a comment about the massacre of civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, close to Kiev, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses out:
"The murders of civilians is the most horrific and barbaric aspect of the imperialist wars, whoever commits them, wherever they take place, either now in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion or in the past, in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere under the responsibility of USA-NATO.
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Massive anti-war rally of the KKE in Athens
KKE rally in Syntagma Square, Friday 1 April 2022. |
Waving red flags and shouting anti-imperialist slogans, the demonstrators raised their voice against the imperialist war in Ukraine and expressed their firm opposition to Greece's involvement in the dangerous US-NATO-EU plans.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Ukraine's cultural heritage monuments destroyed: KKE submits question to the EU Commission
A recent example is the Russian bombing of Freedom Square and the Palace of Labor in Kharkiv, which are soviet-built structures that are heritage sites of international significance.
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
KKE declines to attend Zelensky's address to Greek Parliament
The KKE points out that “Zelensky represents a reactionary government backed by the US-NATO-EU camp and, like Russia, is responsible for the drama of the Ukrainian people”.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Ukraine's decommunization and the rise of fascism
The process of the so-called “decommunization” in Ukraine was introduced during the first years of the restoration of capitalism in the USSR and included the slandering and erasing of anything related to the Soviet period and the construction of socialism.
This term was also used by the President of today's capitalist Russia, Vladimir Putin, in his anti-communist statement prior to the invasion, saying characteristically that “we are ready to show you what genuine decommunization means for Ukraine”. It is not a coincidence that anti-communism is a common feature of both the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev as well as the leadership of capitalist Russia, at a time when the two sides are waging a bloody war against the people on behalf of their bourgeois classes.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Sign the Petition: Freedom to Kononovich Brothers!
Also, send emails and letters to your local Ukrainian Embassy or Consulate (check a list below) to protest the unacceptable and unjust detention of Kononovich brothers.
The full text of the Petition:
Friday, March 18, 2022
Resolution of the CC of the KKE on the Imperialist War in Ukraine
ON THE IMPERIALIST WAR IN UKRAINE
1. The KKE, from the very first moment, denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressed its solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Kemal Okuyan: Who will stop NATO?
“NATO is not an organization, a force, or an alliance system that can be defeated militarily.” We have been stating this since the Russian armies entered Ukraine.
The world’s plunge into ever increasing darkness and the fact that the international working class movement has for a long time been in retreat undoubtedly leads people to despair and the tendency to fall for the first “remedy” they come across.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
D. Koutsoumbas: "The people of Ukraine have become a punching bag among ruthless imperialists"
Now they are being told that they must pay the price of Greece’s participation in imperialist war. To pay ‘the price of participation in the war for freedom’, as the Prime Minister, K. Mitsotakis, said.
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Ukraine: Communist Youth Union members beaten badly, remain detained in Kiev
More specifically, a recent post by the WFDY reads:
"Finally, after 6 days without any news, we have received an update on the situation of comrades Kononovich.
-They are arrested in a pre-trial detention centre in Kiev.
Friday, March 11, 2022
Russian communist lawmakers condemn Ukraine war
Oleg Smolin, Mikhail Matveyev, Vyacheslav Markhaev |
Thursday, March 10, 2022
KKE in EU Parliament: Urgent question about the arrest of Kononovich brothers in Ukraine
More specifically the urgent question submitted by the KKE MEP Kostas Papadakis reads:
Monday, March 7, 2022
Alert: Ukrainian authorities arrested Communist Youth leader and his brother
"The First Secretary of our Ukrainian member organisation, the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine, Mikhail Kononovich, and his brother, Aleksander Kononovich, have been arrested by the Ukrainian neo-fascist regime during the last hours.
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Statement by the Cuban Government on Ukraine war
"The U.S. determination to continue NATO’s progressive expansion toward the Russian Federation’s borders has brought about a scenario with implications of unpredictable scope, which could have been avoided.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
KKE leader Koutsoumbas blasts PM Mitsotakis on Greece's involvement in Ukraine war
In his speech, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, GS of the CC of the KKE, stressed, among other things, the following: