Volodymyr Navrotsky, deputy head of the Volyn regional organization of the Our Ukraine People's Union, stated this in a comment to ZIK on December 4 regarding the support by Volyn Nashoukrainians of President Viktor Yushchenko's initiative to declare 2008 the Year of Remembrance of Holodomor Victims.\n\n"One cannot fail to remember the Holodomor today, one cannot fail to see that only in the last three years have documents relating to the Holodomor begun to be opened. I don't think this should be compared with Chornobyl or with World War II," commented Volodymyr Navrotsky.\n\nHe also emphasized that many foreign countries have recognized the 1932-1933 Holodomor as an act of genocide. "These millions of victims may be the reason why we live the way we do today. And the President is absolutely right to speak firmly about bringing to justice those who do not recognize this…," emphasized the deputy head of the Volyn regional organization of the Our Ukraine People's Union.\n\nReference.\n\nPresident of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko is going too far in rushing to name 2008 the year of remembrance of Holodomor victims. This was told to ZIK on December 3 by Roman Polishchuk, secretary for mass-political and agitation work of the Volyn regional committee of the Socialist Party of Ukraine.\n\nMr. Polishchuk noted: "Of course, no one denies the fact of the Holodomor, which really happened, and this is a great tragedy in the history of Ukrainian society. It must be remembered and cannot be denied."\n\nBut at the same time, in the opinion of the regional committee secretary, one should not engage in PR on the memory of the deceased: Raising this to such a level as the President is doing seems to be too much already. "In my opinion, he is inflating this problem artificially, because there were many such tragedies. They deserve the same attention from the authorities, in particular those affected by the Chornobyl accident, the victims of World War II. That is, roughly speaking, the President is going too far, and quite strongly," he added.