Swiss Parliament recognizes Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainian people
Illustrative photo: Swiss Parliament recognizes the Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people (Getty Images)
The Swiss Parliament has supported an initiative recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide against the Ukrainian people. This step is significant, according to the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, on Facebook.
"I am grateful to the Swiss Parliament for recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide against the Ukrainian people," Stefanchuk stated.
According to him, the statement adopted by the National Council of Switzerland recognizes systematic actions aimed at mass and targeted killing by starvation with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as an act of genocide.
He emphasized that this decision is historic and extremely important in the pursuit of restoring historical justice and preserving the memory of innocent victims.
What preceded this
Several countries have already recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide against the Ukrainian people.
Last autumn, it became known that another US state recognized the Holodomor as genocide, this time it was Iowa.
For more details on which countries have made this decision regarding the Holodomor, refer to the material by RBC-Ukraine.
