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People hold a torchlight procession to commemorate Stepan Bandera’s birthday

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A man lights a torch as he participates in a torchlight procession held in Kyiv on Jan. 1 to commemorate Stepan Bandera's birthday. (Anastasia Vlasova)

Around 500 people took part in a torchlight procession in downtown Kyiv on Jan. 1 in honor of nationalist leader Stepan Bandera.

Organized by right-wing Svoboda party, the march commemorated Bandera’s 107th birthday.