On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the ABN, a special anniversary award of the Anti-Imperial Block of Nations was introduced.
On April 16, in Kyiv, at the Stepan Bandera Center for National Revival, the awarding of the first laureates of the anniversary award took place.
For their significant contribution to the decolonization and deimperialization of Muscovy, the implementation of the program tasks and goals of the ABN, research into the history of the national liberation movement, and for their active public position, the following were awarded the ABN anniversary award: Yaroslav Yurchyshyn – People’s Deputy of Ukraine; Andriy Yusov – Spokesperson of the State Administration of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine; Hanna Hopko – People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation; Viktor Roh – Director of the Ukrainian Publishing House, Sergeant of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine; Lydia Smola – Professor, Doctor of Sciences, Lecturer at the University of Free Nations; Leontiy Shypilov – Vice-President of the Anti-Imperial Block of Nations, Head of the ABN Educational Project “University of Free Nations”; Hrygoriy Riy – Historian, Researcher of the History of the ABN, Lecturer at the University of Free Nations.
Presenting the awards, the President of the Anti-Imperial Block of Nations, Oleh Medunytsya, congratulated the laureates, noting their significant contribution to the activities of the Anti-Imperial Block of Nations and the anti-imperial struggle. Oleg Medunytsia emphasised the continuity of the ABN’s history and the relevance of the ABN’s structures’ work in our time. The President of the ABN invited those present to be more actively involved in the work of all key areas of the ABN’s activities: socio-political, informational, educational and human rights.
The awarded laureates expressed gratitude for the recognition of their work, assuring that the anniversary award would add encouragement and motivation for even more active work on the anti-imperial front.
Executive Director of the ABN Oleh Vitvitskyi informed those present that jubilee awards were also awarded to the Vice-President of the ABN, the Chief Sergeant of the Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 5th Separate Assault Kyiv Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Director of the Non-State Analytical Centre “Ukrainian Strategic Studies Studios” Yuriy Syrotyuk, and the well-known political scientist, serviceman of the Defence Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Basarab, who will be awarded separately during their stay in Kyiv.
