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Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (view source)
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When the Ukrainian [[parliament]] declared independence from the [[U.S.S.R.]] in 1991, among its first acts was to terminate the state of war which the OUN had declared against the Soviet Union since its earliest days.<ref>Pavel Sudaplatov, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080209185844/http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/sudoplat.html Special tasks]'', 1994, page 430.</ref> The founding parties of the new independent Ukrainian state received funding from the OUN.<ref>http://thesaker.is/ukraine-was-right-why-russia-is-the-biggest-threat-in-the-world/</ref>
When the Ukrainian [[parliament]] declared independence from the [[U.S.S.R.]] in 1991, among its first acts was to terminate the state of war which the OUN had declared against the Soviet Union since its earliest days.<ref>Pavel Sudaplatov, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080209185844/http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/sudoplat.html Special tasks]'', 1994, page 430.</ref> The founding parties of the new independent Ukrainian state received funding from the OUN.<ref>http://thesaker.is/ukraine-was-right-why-russia-is-the-biggest-threat-in-the-world/</ref>
The OUNb reorganized itself within Ukraine as the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (KUN) and registered as a political party in January 1993.<ref> [http://www.da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/815.htm Конгресс Українських Націоналістів], Database DATA</ref>. Its conspirational leaders within the diaspora did not want to openly enter Ukrainian politics, and attempted to imbue this party with a democratic, moderate facade.<ref>Andrew Wilson. (1997). ''Ukrainian Nationalism in the 1990s: a Minority Faith. Cambridge University Press.</ref> Until her death in 2003, KUN was headed by Slava Stetsko, widow of Yaroslav Stetsko. On March 9, 2010 the OUN rejected calls to unite "all of the national patriotic forces" led the [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] bloc against [[President Viktor Yanukovych]]. OUN demanded that Yanukovych reject the idea of cancelling the Hero of Ukraine status given to Stepan Bandera.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61306/ OUN rejects Tymoshenko's calls to form united opposition], Kyiv Post (March 9, 2010)</ref>
==Banderists==
==Banderists==