European Parliament recognized Holodomor as a crime against humanity and expressed sympathy to the Ukrainian people. It's stated in resolution of European Parliament approved at yesterday's session in Strasbourg. The majority of deputies of European Parliament voted "pro". The resolution consists of two items. In the first item Holodomor is recognized as an awful crime against the Ukrainian people and mankind; such actions, in particular, against the Ukrainian peasantry which were accompanied by mass destructions of people and infringements of the rights and freedom are severely condemned; sympathy is expressed to the Ukrainian people which went through the tragedy of Holodomor and also the respect to those who died as a result of artificial famine of 1932-1933; there's also an appeal to the countries of the former USSR to open archives which had relation to Holodomor for carrying out of researches concerning organization of the tragedy.