A former member of President Yushchenko's "Our Ukraine" party has called for "tough, merciless" action against Jews and Russians who have supposedly seized power in Ukraine, according to UCSJ's Lviv monitor. Oleg Tyagnybok, the former head of the National Socialist Party of Ukraine whose "Freedom" party holds several seats in the Lviv regional parliament, was expelled from "Our Ukraine" in 2004 after a speech that strongly implied the need for violence against Jews and Russians, whom he habitually labels with the pejorative terms "kikes" and "moskali." In a July 1 speech, the former member of the Ukrainian parliament lashed out at his former ally by claiming that President Yushchenko's surrogates are beginning to use the words "kike" and "moskali" in their speeches, words that four years ago got him expelled from the president's party. "So now it's OK [to use those words?" Mr. Tyagnybok asked in his speech. "But it's too late now! The kikes and moskali and their minions have seized power, and without a tough, merciless purge, there is nothing we can do about it."

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