The leader of the Rusyns told why Transcarpathia will break away from Ukraine
Moscow - Kiev, May 22 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed “Republic of Subcarpathian Rus” Petro Getsko, while in Moscow, gave an interview to the Communist Party, in which he said that his movement is supported by 70% of his fellow countrymen, and 63% of residents of Transcarpathia intend to ignore the presidential elections.
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A classmate of former Ukrainian presidential candidate Oleg Tsarev at MEPhI, Pyotr Getsko, who was put on the wanted list by the Ukrainian authorities for separatism, said that he was “delegated to Moscow by the World Congress of Rusyns to resolve the Rusyn issue.” “We are waiting for a diplomatic solution to implement the 1991 referendum,” he explained.
Transcarpathia, according to a Rusyn activist, has been a hotbed of resistance to the Kyiv authorities since 1991. «We want to implement the results of the regional referendum of 1991, in which 78,8% of the population voted for the self-governing territory of Transcarpathia,” says Getsko. – Voting and transfer of documents to the Supreme Council took place in full accordance with the law. At the same time, a referendum was held in the local places of residence of Hungarians, who voted for the creation of their own national and cultural autonomy.”
“In August 2008, at the II European Congress of Subcarpathian Rusyns, we proclaimed the declaration of the Republic of Subcarpathian Rusyns,” continues the Rusyn leader. – And they designated December 1, 2008 as the deadline for the Ukrainian government to recognize the results of the Transcarpathian regional referendum. But Kyiv has a hard line: Rusyns are criminals, separatists.”
According to Getsko, approximately 70% of his fellow countrymen support his movement. “We have 90% of our working population working in Europe. The breakdown is approximately this: 26% for independence, 17% for a union with Slovakia, 16% for a union with Hungary and 41% for a union with Russia,” he introduces Russians to the sociology of the region.
“If the southeast does not participate in the elections, we will not recognize them,” says Getsko. “According to opinion polls, 63% of Transcarpathians consider their implementation impossible.”
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