Moscow, May 10 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian authorities should punish the nationalists who took part in provocations during the celebrations of the Victory Day in Lviv, Alexander Ostrovsky, the head of the State Duma CIS affairs committee, said.
"No doubt, such things have nothing to do with state policy and are not backed by the official Kyiv. I believe that such actions should be followed by uncompromising actions taken by Ukrainian law enforcement officials and judicial authorities. I would very much like to believe that all mechanisms the state now has will be used to punish these scoundrels," Ostrovsky told Ekho Moskvy on Monday.
The Lviv District Administrative Court earlier prohibited rallies in Lviv on May 9. On Monday, members of the Svoboda nationalist organization carried out a series of attacks against people who intended to visit the Hill of Glory. In particular, they took and destroyed a wreath of flowers from Russian diplomats that the Russian general consul intended to lay on the military cemetery. The nationalists also clashed with police.
