United Marxist Nations wrote:So, the fact that the Communist Party of Ukraine, which has clearly shown to be a puppet of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, is almost being banned by the government of Ukraine, is suddenly A Bad Thing (TM)?
Yeah, what could possibly be wrong with banning political parties for the sole reason that you don't like their ideology, while at the same time claiming to be a totally spotless liberal democracy with no fascist tendencies whatsoever?
And regarding the "puppet of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation" claim - do you think Sinn Fein should be banned in the United Kingdom? Because, you know, it advocates loss of national territory, and is
Or what about Bloc Québécois in Canada? A bunch of traitors to the fatherland, amirite? Lock them all up in the name of freedom and democracy!
The point being, actual democratic countries allow even OPEN SEPARATIST PARTIES to operate freely. Sometimes even parties that supported armed insurrection in the past (such as Sinn Fein). So no, Ukraine doesn't get to ban a party on suspicion that it may sympathize with Russia and call itself democratic.