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The letter of Sergey Mironov to Luis Ayala 12 декабря 2014 L. Ayala Dear Friend, I would like to share with you my vision of the current international situation that developed in the result of the internal political crisis that broke out in Ukraine last year, in particular, November 2013 when the so-called Maidan appeared in Kiev. A question may arise: what does the internal political crisis in one of the countries have to do with Socintern ? I think the events in Ukraine provoked an acute international crisis that may lead to disruption of the situation not only in Europe but also in the world in general. They have highlighted a number of political, diplomatic, military, economic and humanitarian problems available to a greater or lesser degree in a lot of countries and various regions. All this, in its turn, calls for the need of urgent measures aimed at enhancement of norms of international law, possible formation of additional institutions meeting the contemporary requirements. What have Maidan and its tragic consequences shown? First of all, they demonstrated that the authorities must take timely measures to prevent escalation of violence and disorders. Maidan aroused extremely radical spirits in the Ukrainian society. In my opinion, the tendencies of revival of the nationalist flows and the organizations with Nazi ideology and the positions based on Fascism must cause concerns of all of us, Socintern members. The situation is aggravated by the fact that such forces, in particular, the odious "Right Sector" have already occupied an official niche at the legislative and executive bodies. All of us must remember the lessons of history. It is the actions of such small but extremely radical nationalist groups in the 20s of the twentieth century that the German Fascism started with. For some reason, now in Europe nobody wants to acknowledge the fact that these forces are representatives and successors of some West Ukrainian organizations that closely cooperated with Hitler’s Germany during World War II, were parts of the SS divisions, and therefore, they get under a ban according to the verdict of the Nurnberg international tribunal. Wide use of the regular military forces against the citizens of someone’s own country appears worthy of discussion at Socintern. I think Socintern might voice its solid opinion regarding these issues. In my opinion, all of them (due to their global significance) deserve serious attention on the part of Socintern. In particular, it might be possible to talk about call of an emergency meeting of Socintern for a detailed discussion of the international consequences of the Ukrainian crisis and probable ways for its resolution. It would be appropriate to include the following in issues in the agenda of this forum:
I hope that you will pay proper attention to my considerations and proposals. S. MIRONOV
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