St. George's ribbon today is a symbol of separatism, aggression and aggressive Ukrainophobia; People who put this sign on themselves, thus show that they will at the first opportunity take up arms against the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people.

This statement was made to the "Observer" by the historian Andrei Kholyavka.

According to him, "the St. George ribbon as a symbol of the victory of the" Soviet people "in the Great Patriotic War began to be boosted by the Putin regime since 2005 as a kind of symbolic response to orange bands during the Orange Revolution, as a visible sign that carries a certain ideological charge. This tape was introduced with colossal media support, political and financial for several years ".

At the same time, "after it smoothly flowed into one of the symbols of separatism, aggression, aggressive Ukrainophobia, I believe that this tape has no future in Ukraine and nowhere outside the actual Russian Federation," the historian is sure.

In his opinion, "people who put on this sign, thereby show that they will at the first opportunity take up arms against the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people".

"After 2014, this symbol, itself very controversial, has also become quite dirty in the blood of tens of thousands of Ukrainians. I regard this public demonstration as an agreement with Putin's aggression and at the same time as trampling on the graves of those young men and women who died defending Ukraine.

Accordingly, people who cling to this symbol carry out an act of challenge and an act of outrage over the feelings of millions of Ukrainians. And they need to realize that there can be a definite response, because a lot of people perceive it just like a spit in the face. They must realize that they are provoking, "the historian stressed..

As the "Observer" wrote, it became known that the Kremlin "infected" the St. George ribbon of Syria.

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