Canadian authorities have not yet received an official request from Poland regarding the extradition of Jaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Nazi who served in the SS Galicia division. TV channel reports this CBC Referring to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Arif Virani.
The head of the department stated that he “could not comment” because the ministry “has not yet received any request” regarding extradition. He noted that not even a single official representative of the Polish side “made contact” on this issue.
26 September Polish Minister of Education and Science Przemyslaw Czarnek statedHe said he took steps against the possibility of Hunka being extradited from Canada.
In a speech at the Canadian Parliament on September 24, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky saluted the Nazi. Regarding this incident, the Russian Embassy made a decision Send a note to the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs.
State Duma deputies perceived the invitation of a former soldier of the SS Galicia division to the Canadian parliament as a crime of rehabilitating fascism. With such a statement spoke Chairman of the State Duma International Relations Committee Leonid Slutsky.
Previously Slutsky taken into account The presence of a Nazi in the Canadian Parliament is a crime of rehabilitating fascism.