Kharkiv city Council asked to investigate the destruction of the monument to Lenin

The city government asked the law enforcement agencies of the city of Kharkov to investigate illegal, in their vision, the demolition of the monument to Lenin in Liberty square on September 28, informs the press service of the Kharkiv city Council.

says the Director of the enterprise " Kharkovzelenstroy " Nicholas Fornication sent to the Prosecutor of Kharkiv Eugene Popovich message about the crime, which was requested to start a pre-trial hearing on this fact. As Reported in circulation, the monument to Lenin is placed on the balance sheet since 1995, and pursuant to article 298 of the Criminal code of Ukraine for the intentional unlawful destruction and damage to cultural heritage provides criminal penalties.

in addition, Kharkiv mayor Gennadiy Kernes was sent to the chief of the main Directorate of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv region Anatoli Dmitriev a letter in which he asks to check the legality of the demolition of monuments of art of the local value, the decision of the regional Department of militia of the closure of Criminal proceedings on the fact of destruction of the monument to Lenin As an object of cultural heritage and of the fact of inactivity of the police during the demolition of the monument on September 28.

Also the mayor sent a letter to the Prosecutor of the Kharkiv oblast Yuri Danilchenko, in which he outlined a similar pleas, and was asked to test the legality of the orders of the head of Kharkiv regional state administration Igor Baluty, which he single-handedly took the decision to expel a monument to Lenin from the State register of monuments of Ukraine and gave permission for the immediate dismantling, thus violating the Constitution and other laws of the country ", - informs the press-service.

during the last period of time in Kharkov restless - last week, dispersed organized by the Communists rally against the war. Along with this, carry out the action of the radical forces that last Sunday was demolished most powerful monument to Lenin. This event caused a very quick negative reaction from the defenders of the monument. On the first day of the week they came to the rally, but in the evening they broke up football fans. Police first opened, and immediately after closed the case under the criminal code in connection with the demolition of the monument.


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