At Andriyivsky Uzviz, one of Kyiv’s most popular tourist destinations, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin stares out at tourists from T-shirts, badges, hats and even kitchen magnets. However, if Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signs a package of laws meant to dismantle the dark legacy of the Soviet Union, one could conceivably get up to five years in prison for selling or buying communist-related souvenirs.Parliament passed a number of decommunization laws on April 9. These include the law that bans Nazi and Communist symbols and replaces the Soviet term “Great Patriotic War” with the more common “Second World War.”

The law bans the display of images of Soviet leaders, which also includes monuments, quotes, flags, badges and emblems with the communist insignia. According to the law, public performances of the Nazi and Soviet national anthems are also prohibited. However, the law doesn’t specify if the Russian national anthem, which uses the Soviet music with different lyrics, is subject to the law.