Ruslan Martsinkiv, a member of the right-wing Svoboda party and the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in western Ukraine, apologized for his discriminatory statements with regard to the Roma people, and explained why he demanded their expulsion to the Transcarpathian region – where they are registered residents.
Hromadske: Ukrainian mayor apologizes after calling for Roma expulsion
Roma women and children walk in the village of Pidvynogradiv near the Ukrainian city of Vynogradiv in Transcarpathia on Sept. 8, 2013.