MOSCOW. (Andrei Marchukov for RIA Novosti) - The Soviet famine
of 1932-33 was an act of genocide against Ukrainians. Kiev has
been forcing this point on the world, the United Nations and
Moscow for several years now, in a vast and aggressive campaign.
The Famine (Holodomor, in Ukrainian) is an all-pervading
ideological concept, a tool of public indoctrination. It is not
only a tribute to the victims' memory but also a pressing
political demonstration by present-day Ukrainian leaders,
spearheaded against Russia as much as against the communist
past. The matter returned to the United Nations on October 15,
2007 when Ukraine submitted to a UNESCO conference a resolution
demanding the greatest possible information about the Great
Famine. In fact, this information is not withheld, even though
the world does not regard the Famine as a deliberate genocidal
act. While fully recognizing the Ukrainian tragedy, there is no
explicit proof that the famine was provoked by the Kremlin and
intended to exterminate the Ukraini