Decommunization in Ukraine

In April 2015 a formal decommunization process started in Ukraine after laws were approved which, among other acts, outlawed communist symbols.

On 15 May 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a set of laws that started a six-month period for the removal of communist monuments (excluding World War II monuments) and renaming of public places named after communist-related themes. At the time this meant that 22 cities and 44 villages were set to get a new name. Until 21 November 2015 municipal governments had the authority to implement this; if they failed to do so, the provincial authorities had until 21 May 2016 to change the names. If after that date the settlement had retained its old name the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will wield authority to assign a new name to the settlement. In 2016 51,493 streets and 987 cities and villages were renamed and 1,320 Lenin monuments and 1,069 monuments to other communist figures removed.

Violation of the law carries a penalty of a potential media ban and prison sentences to five years.

On 24 July 2015 the Ukrainian Interior Ministry stripped the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) and the Communist Party of Workers and Peasants of their right to participate in elections and it stated it was continuing the court actions that started in July 2014 to end the registration of Ukraine’s communist parties. By 16 December 2015, these three parties were banned in Ukraine; however, the Communist Party of Ukraine has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights to have this overturned. This appeal is still pending and the ECHR has not reached a decision.

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