Honorary president of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Vyacheslav Koloskov called on UEFA to publicly explain its decision to allow the shirt: “This decision is absolutely inexplicable, they refer to the rules, but do not quote them,” he told. UEFA ordered the removal of the second phrase on the inside of the shirt, however, given “the specific combination of the two slogans (which) is deemed to be clearly political in nature, having historic and militaristic significance”. In a statement on Thursday UEFA said the map embossed on the front of the shirt was not a concern given it reflected U.N.-recognised borders, nor was the phrase “Glory to Ukraine”. It re-emerged to prominence during the 2014 Euromaidan demonstrations, becoming one of the symbols of the protests.
But it was also a rallying cry of the far-right Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) during the 1930s, whose associated paramilitary groups committed atrocities against Poles and Jews during the Second World War. It is a slogan that does not have a simplistic past, with roots tracing back to the first nationalist movements in the 19th century and the Ukrainian War of Independence in the early 20th century.
The slogan “Glory to Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes” is used as the official greeting within the Ukrainian Army. Explained: Why Ukraine's kit has provoked anger in Russia
0 kommentar(er)
