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Ukrainian Jewish leaders are asking that the mayor of a major Ukrainian city be charged for assault and making anti-Semitic statements. In a request to the prosecutor general , the Jewish Forum of Ukraine on Sunday asked that Uzhgorod Mayor Sergey Ratushniak’s conduct be examined in accordance with the Criminal Code of Ukraine on inciting interethnic hatred.

Ukrainian Jews want mayor charged for slurs