Protesters near the Parliament require the investigation of the tragedy in Odessa

Immigrants from Russia and Ukraine on the first day of the week staged a protest outside the European Parliament building in Brussels to attract the attention of European institutions to the investigation progresses, the incident a year before the tragedy in Odessa, reports journalist Last news .

The campaign, which organizes monthly the office of the parliamentarian from Latvia Tatyana Zhdanok, this time was timed to the anniversary of the events in Odessa. She passed 3 days later, after another demonstration, convened on the initiative of the Belgian public active participants. Anniversary - may 2, fell on a day off, and on the first day of the week was carried out a new Campaign to attract the attention of the staff of the European institutions.

The demonstrators, who live in Belgium, Immigrants from Ukraine and Russia, as well as the Belgians showed pictures from Odessa and Donbass. The campaign attracted the attention of passers-by, which the activists explained the purpose of the event and told about the events that took place in Odessa a year earlier.

"As far as we are aware, the only way to influence the Ukrainian authorities in order to be brought to justice the perpetrators of the Odessa tragedy, it act on them from Brussels. For this reason, we spoke about it today, " said Zhdanok.

She said that on the need of influence on Kiev pronounced and the opposition people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, who raised the issue at organized last week in Strasbourg conference.

"Our goal is to attract the attention of European institutions, decision makers, to influence from Brussels on the Ukrainian authorities to Express concern at the lack of results of the investigation," said Zhdanok.

The second of may 2014 held on the Kulikovo field in Odessa anti-Maidan activists Rally turned into a tragedy after their opponents were the radicals of the " Right sector ". Several dozen supporters of federalization of Ukraine lost his life during a fire in the House of trade unions, which they tried to hide. According to official data, the fire has killed 42 people, four were shot dead, have received damages of more than 250.

Moscow agitating Kiev to thoroughly and impartially investigate the tragedy and bring the perpetrators to justice and informs that as long as the Ukrainian authorities did not take "tangible steps" in this direction.


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