Yushchenko declares late nationalist leader Hero of Ukraine | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who leaves office soon after losing last week’s presidential elections, has awarded the Hero of Ukraine title to Stepan Bandera, a nationalist leader in 1930-1960.
‘I have signed an order to award the Hero of Ukraine title to Stepan Bandera,’ the president said on Friday.
Stepan Bandera, the son of a clerical family, was a leader of the Ukrainian national movement in Western Ukraine and headed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in 1941-1959.”