“Our Ukraine” was outraged by the “regional” ideas about resettling residents of Zhytomyr and Volyn oblasts to Siberia and the Far East

Deputy head of the Central Executive Committee of “Our Ukraine” Ihor Zhdanov calls the statements by Party of Regions representative Yuriy Boldyrev about the need to resettle residents of Zhytomyr and Volyn oblasts to Siberia and the Far East shameful and demands an apology from the people's deputy. This was reported by the press service of “Our Ukraine”. \n \n“I demand an apology from Boldyrev and believe that with such a statement the regionalists have shown their true face,” Zhdanov stated. \n \nAs is known, at the World Congress of Compatriots, Party of Regions deputy Yuriy Boldyrev stated that the Russian authorities should stimulate the relocation to Russia not of Russians, but of Ukrainians from the central and western oblasts of Ukraine. \n \nBoldyrev believes that Russia should revive such a practice for developing the sparsely populated parts of Russia. In particular, he proposed resettling residents of Zhytomyr and Volyn oblasts of Ukraine to Siberia. Russian President's Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin, who was present at the World Congress of Compatriots, supported this idea. \n \n