Quotable notes

"Since communism is a threat for the whole world, not just for Ukraine ... I was astonished and shocked to see that communist statues and emblems still stand, on I don't know what historical or aesthetic pretexts. A Lenin statue ... in Kyiv to me seems as shocking as having a statue of Adolf Hitler in Tel Aviv."

- French nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen at a news conference in Kyiv on May 23, as quoted by Reuters and cited by RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 2, 2000, No. 27, Vol. LXVIII

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