While Ukraine is Unitary State Ruthenians Shouldn’t Hope for an Autonomy

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While Ukraine is Unitary State Ruthenians Shouldn’t Hope for an Autonomy

The president of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych and the government of Ukraine will not give an autonomy to Ruthenians. It in interview of «Rosbalt» was declared by the vice-president of committee of the Supreme Rada on foreign affairs, the deputy from Party of Regions Leonid Kozhar who has characterised activity of Ruthenians on self-determination as separatism.

«Ruthenians as special ethnos and Ruthenians as political movement are two big differences. Because political movement of Ruthenians which is directed often on separatism, neither the president, nor the government will not support. And as to development of their originality we support development of their culture and as a whole development as especial ethnos which unites Ukraine with other European countries, with Slovakia, with the countries of the former Yugoslavia etc.», — he has told.

According to Kozhar, «speeches about autonomy of Ruthnians do not go». «It is the constitutional question. Ukraine the unitary state in which structure there is an autonomous republic Crimea. We can tell about a national autonomy as about public institute which is directed on development of originality, cultures of the people, but political movement of Ruthenians and the political autonomy is a question which rests against the Constitution and contradicts it», — the politician considers.

Let’s remind that Carpathian Rus in which lived Ruthenians, after disintegration of Austro-Hungarian republic has been attached to Czechoslovak Republic. According to the Sen-Zhermensky contract signed in 1919, it «the uttermost degree of self-management» has been guaranteed. However, contrary to the contract,Ruthenians’ territories have been divided between subjects of federation. Later, in 1944 Ruthenians have addressed to Joseph Stalin with the request for reunion from the USSR and allocation of Carpathian-Russian Soviet republic by it. However Stalin has signed with Czechoslovakia the contract «About the Zakarpatye Ukraine» according to which the area in structure USSR has been given to Ruthenians.

Rythenians continue to identify themselve with Russian people. At Victor Yushchenko they were exposed to prosecutions from outside the authorities and Security service of Ukraine.

On materials: www.rosbalt.ru

 

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