Torchlight procession in honor of the birthday of Stepan Bandera was held in Kiev In Kiev, nationalists staged a March in honor of birthday of Stepan Bandera. According to the Ukrainian media, people burn torches and sparklers, shouting “Glory to Ukraine!” and hand out holiday cards. Among the radicals can be seen as animators in costumes of snowmen. On the Maidan the leaders of nationalist movements utter political speech, and I congratulate Ukrainians with the New year and the birthday of Bandera. In Kiev, the nationalists hold a torchlight procession in honor of the 110th birthday of Stepan Bandera, the leader of “the organization of Ukrainian nationalists” (OUN, is prohibited in Russia). The festive event began near the Opera house in the city centre. Representatives of various Ukrainian nationalist movements are systems in camouflage uniforms and hats. Participants of the rally carried placards and banners with pictures of Bandera, burn
