Work on the construction of the Church of St. Catherine in the Park near Sverdlovsk drama theater stopped to summarize the results of the social study of citizens, said the Head of Ekaterinburg Alexander Vysokinskiy.
before Vladimir Putin made the initiative to interview the townspeople, as they relate to the construction of a temple on the site of one of the squares. City officials told that the survey is expected to start in the near future and summing up is expected by the end of next week. The chief of the Saint Catherine Foundation, which is the initiator of the project, said Last news that preparations for the construction of the temple suspended during social studies.
"The construction site today we have stopped. On the question of the referendum and construction we said that the building will have to wait. Until no decision is made to search the opinions of a large number of citizens ", - said the mayor during a protest against the construction of the temple.
according to his statement, is expected to interview more than a thousand people. Then dialogue with the residents will continue, promised the Mayor.
The first protests against the construction of the Church of St. Catherine on the site of the square in the center of Yekaterinburg were held in the first day of the week. Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev said that " citizens clashed with security platforms, dropped the rail, refused to leave and wanted to keep the square ". The head of the region tried to convince the conflicting parties to dialogue and invited the commissioners to meet as opponents and supporters of the construction. The results of the talks between the authorities told that they do not see legal grounds to stop construction.
Tuesday night was the second action against the construction of the temple. According to the regional Central Board of the Ministry of internal Affairs, protocols on hooliganism compiled concerning the 26 participants of the protests, three more active members prosecuted for infraction of the traffic. On Wednesday at the construction site of the temple was the third protest, which was caught, according to the regional Central Directorate of interior Ministry, 70 people.
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