Russia’s Ambassador to Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, said that Moscow could file a criminal case and request his extradition after the incident commemorating SS veteran Jaroslav Hunka in the Canadian Parliament. This has been reported excitement Russian diplomatic mission.
“Russia is studying history with Hunka. It is possible to file a criminal case and subsequently submit a request for extradition,” the publication said.
On the evening of September 27, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov statedCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology for the presence of an SS veteran in the country’s parliament is a welcome development.
Trudeau made a special statement in which he called the honoring of Ukrainian Nazi Yaroslav Hunka, who served in the SS Galicia division, in the country’s parliament a terrible insult to the memory of the victims of fascism.
The other day, Canadian Parliament Speaker Anthony Rota announced that he was resigning following a Nazi invitation scandal. He admitted that he left “with a heavy heart.” Rota will officially leave his post on September 27.
Previously in Germany approved The presence of the ambassador at the honoring of the Ukrainian SS man.