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The Security Service of Ukraine is waiting for declassified documents related to the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine from the Russian prosecutor's office The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has decided to separate 17 criminal cases out of the criminal case it filed on suspicion that genocide was committed against the people of Ukraine during the period of 1932-1933.

The Security Service's Chairman Valentyn Nalyvaichenko announced this during the "Big Politics" program on the Inter television channel on November 27.

"In accordance with a presidential decision after investigation of this criminal case (on suspicion that genocide was committed against the people in 1932-1933) an additional 17 criminal cases will be separated in 17 regions - from the Poltava region to the Odesa region - and they will continue until the last burial place [of the victims of the famine] is established," Nalyvaichenko said.

According to him, the cases will be sent to court after the investigations in these regions are completed.

Nalyvaichenko said it was necessary to submit to the parliament a proposal on social welfare of the victims of the 1932-1933 famine and the witnesses that survived the famine.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the SBU has declassified all the documents in its possession that are related to the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine.

The SBU is waiting for declassified documents related to the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine from the Russian prosecutor's office.

President Viktor Yuschenko has said that the declaration of the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine as a genocide against Ukrainians was not aimed at Russia.

The SBU filed a criminal case on suspicion of genocide against the people of Ukraine in May.

The Ukrainian parliament declared the 1932-1933 famine as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people in 2006.

Between 3 million and 7 million people died in the famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, according to various estimates.