Clarification

In a news item headlined "Clarification," RFE/RL Newsline this week noted that the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists mentioned in an "RFE/RL Newsline" item filed on March 27 was registered by Ukraine's Ministry of Justice in 1993 under the legal name of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine. The group should not, however, be associated with the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists founded in 1929.

In addition, The Weekly on April 4 received a statement from the Kyiv-based leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Mykola Plawiuk, in which he underscores that his organization has no relation to the OUN referred to in the RFE/RL item published last week. In fact, Mr. Plawiuk writes, the name of the OUN has been abused by various political circles, especially by Communist and pro-Russian forces, as they conduct anti-American campaigns. Mr. Plawiuk went on to suggest that, in fact, there is no such thing as an Anti-American Front in Ukraine, but that this is just another aspect of the rampant disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting Ukraine.

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