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Another American state, Virginia, recognized Holodomor as a genocide of Ukrainian people.
This was reported Embassy of Ukraine in the United States on Facebook.
«The state of Virginia became the 18th state, which joined the celebration of the 85th anniversary of Holodomor- the genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine», – said in a statement.
In the proclamation issued by the governor of the state Ralph Northam, it is noted that the famine of the 1930s was artificial.
«Soviet leader Stalin and his totalitarian regime committed an act of genocide by artificially creating hunger because of the seizure of land, grain and animals from the Ukrainian people», the document says.
At the same time, White House honored the memory of the victims of the communist totalitarian regimes, including the Ukrainians who died during Holodomor.
This is stated in the White House statement on the occasion of National Day of Victims of Communism.
«We honor the memory of more than 100 million people killed and persecuted by totalitarian communist regimes. Communism subordinates the inalienable human rights to a certain welfare of all, which leads to the destruction of religious freedoms, private property, freedom of speech and quite often life», noted White House.
«Such horrors were experienced by Ukrainians, who were specifically starved during Holodomor», the statement says.
As The «Journalist» reported Poroshenko called on the Serbian Parliament to recognize the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people.
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