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19 of May, 09:20

Europe buys Soviet monuments of Ukraine The adepts of the European left said I wanted to rescue a world heritage site, caught in the hands of the vandals. To achieve the desired result, they plan to buy from the Ukrainian part of the Russian government monuments, destined for demolition.

Ukraine in their own desire to be closer to Europe sometimes makes such wild and illogical steps that only postpones the implementation of the "European dream". Dislike that the new Ukrainian authorities have for the past own power, creates in the European Union condemnation. And if Ukraine does not want to worry about the preservation of historical memory, this bothered the Europeans.

It became known that leftist militants political movements from the EU intend to buy a number of monuments of Russian era, which in Ukraine are intended for demolition. "We will succeed and will definitely save at least a part of a world heritage site, fell into the hands of vandals," he said, adept of the "European left" Anna Kelman TASS.

She told that the activists special "protection Programme" addressed to the fundraiser, adding that "it is planned to acquire the remaining monuments to Lenin and monuments to the heroes of the great Patriotic war". How much money has managed to assemble the organization and how to negotiate a deal, Kelman not specified.

Aggressive position in relation to its history, the Ukrainian authorities scare away potential partners. "If the new government in Ukraine don't need her past - whatever it was in the Soviet Union, so she did not have a future in the European Union", - convinced Kelman.

News of a possible buyout of Russian monuments of the European left began to appear in the background of a number of laws signed by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. According to the accepted documents about the condemnation of the Communist and national socialist totalitarian regimes", in the country it is forbidden Russian symbolism, condemned the Communist regime opened the archives of the Russian secret services and are recognized as fighters for Ukraine's autonomy UPA and other organizations. Besides all this, the authorities plan to demolish a number of monuments of the Soviet era and to rename the town, whose names are associated with the Soviet period.
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