Ukrain - lawmaker calls for purging Jews

Oleg Tyagnybok

Oleg Tyagnybok, a former member of President Viktor Yushchenko's parliament faction Our Ukraine, in a speech called for "merciless" action against Jews and Russians who have seized power in Ukraine.

Tyagnybok heads the Nationalistic Freedom Party, which holds several seats in the Lvov regional parliament.

Tyagnybok habitually labels Jews and Russians with the pejorative terms "kikes" and "moskali."

In a speech, Tyagnybok reportedly lashed out at Yushchenko by claiming that his surrogates are beginning to use the words such as "kike" and "moskali" in their speeches - words that four years ago got him expelled from the president's parliament faction.

"So now it's OK to use those words?" Tyagnybok asked. "But it's too late now! The kikes and moskali and their minions have seized power, and without a tough, merciless purge, there is nothing we can do about it."

Source: http://www.jta.org/

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