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German parliament set to label 1930s Ukraine famine genocide

FILE - Lawmakers attend a debate at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 26, 2022. Germany's parliament is expected to approve on Wednesday a resolution labeling as genocide Ukraine's "Holodomor" of the 1930s, a famine believed to have killed more than 3 million Ukrainians under the repressive rule of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The resolution is being brought to the lower house, or Bundestag, by the three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition and the main opposition bloc. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 15, 2021.Germany's parliament is expected to approve on Wednesday a resolution labeling as genocide Ukraine's "Holodomor" of the 1930s, a famine believed to have killed more than 3 million Ukrainians under the repressive rule of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The resolution is being brought to the lower house, or Bundestag, by the three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition and the main opposition bloc. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
German parliament set to label 1930s Ukraine famine genocide