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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Philip Oltermann

Germany set to declare starvation of Ukrainians under Stalin a genocide

Ukrainians remember the victims of Holomodor in Kyiv in November 2021
Ukrainians remember the victims of Holomodor in Kyiv in November 2021. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images

Germany’s Bundestag is planning to pass a resolution declaring the starvation of millions of Ukrainians under Joseph Stalin a genocide, a move that parliamentarians hope will serve as a “warning” to Moscow as Ukraine faces a potential hunger crisis this winter.

The resolution, which will be jointly brought to the vote next week by the three governing parties and conservative opposition leaders, will describe the 1932-33 Holodomor as part of “a list of inhuman crimes by totalitarian systems that extinguished millions of human lives in Europe in the first half of the 20th century”.

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