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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>

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The OUNb reorganized itself within Ukraine as the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (CUN) 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>. Until her death in 2003, CUN was headed by Slava Stetsko, widow of Yaroslav Stetsko. According to Ukrainian nationalist scholar Taraz Kuzio, in 1945, Yaroslav Stetsko was still asking [[Adolf Hitler]] for armies to continue the fight on the Eastern front against the [[Allied Powers of World War II]].<ref>https://www.opednews.com/articles/Russian-Hacking-the-Electi-by-George-Eliason-Coup_Euromaidan_Russian-Influence_Ukraine-161219-878.html</ref>  

The OUNb reorganized itself within Ukraine as the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (CUN) 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>. Until her death in 2003, CUN was headed by Slava Stetsko, widow of Yaroslav Stetsko. In 1939, Yaroslav Stetsko published an article in which he claimed that Jews were "nomads and parasites", a nation of "swindlers" and "egotists" whose aim was to "corrupt the heroic culture of warrior nations". Stetsko also railed against the supposed conspiracy between Jewish capitalists and Jewish Communists.  According to Ukrainian nationalist scholar Taraz Kuzio, in 1945, Yaroslav Stetsko was still asking [[Adolf Hitler]] for armies to continue the fight on the Eastern front against the [[Allied Powers of World War II]].<ref>https://www.opednews.com/articles/Russian-Hacking-the-Electi-by-George-Eliason-Coup_Euromaidan_Russian-Influence_Ukraine-161219-878.html</ref>  

OUN's leaders living abroad, including in the [[United States]], 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>  On March 9, 2010 the OUN rejected [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]'s call to unite "all of the national patriotic forces" against [[President Viktor Yanukovych]]. OUN demanded that Yanukovych reject calls to annul the Hero of Ukraine award 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>

OUN's leaders living abroad, including in the [[United States]], 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>  On March 9, 2010 the OUN rejected [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]'s call to unite "all of the national patriotic forces" against [[President Viktor Yanukovych]]. OUN demanded that Yanukovych reject calls to annul the Hero of Ukraine award 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>