Russian Jewish organizations in the US are indignant about the conduct of Senator John McCain. The support which he offered to a Ukrainian opposition leader, Oleg Tyagnibok, has served as a reason for their criticism. The point is that the Ukrainian opposition leader is well known for his nationalist, to be more exact, anti-Semitic views.
In
both Ukraine and abroad he has gained renown for his politically
incorrect statements. Admiring the fighters of the Ukrainian Insurgent
Army (UPA), he said that they had fought against the "moskali"
(Russians), the Germans, the Yids, and other scum of the earth. In many
countries the use of such words by a politician would mean the end of
his (her) career, and he (she) would be jailed. However, as it appears,
John McCain found nothing insulting in these words.
