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The Party of Regions would like to find out the views of the United States and the United Kingdom on the award of the Hero of Ukraine title to Stepan Bandera, chairman of the Party of Regions faction Borys Kolesnikov said in an interview with the Segodnya newspaper posted on the media outlet's website on Wednesday evening. Asked whether the presidential decrees awarding the Hero of Ukraine title to Bandera and Roman Shukhevych will be canceled, Kolesnikov said: "History must be treated fairly, and foreign sources should also be used in its research."

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko’s "speech about Bandera and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army prompted a huge outrage in Poland," he said.

"I would very much like to hear the opinion of the World War II allies, in particular, the U.S. and the UK," he said.