Lenin square in Cherkasy oblast was renamed the Area Savchenko

Lenin square, in Vatutine Cherkasy oblast was renamed the square named after the Ukrainian pilots Hope Savchenko, informs on the last working day of the week, the press service of the Cherkasy regional organization of the party "Batkivshchyna" elected representative of the people of this party in the past year was elected Savchenko.

The pilot, the defendant in the Russian Federation belonging to the deprivation of life 2 correspondents RTR set in a Russian jail since the summer of 2014. The results held in October in Ukraine's parliamentary elections Savchenko was elected representative of the people of the Verkhovna Rada from the party " Batkivshchyna ", elected member of the permanent delegation of the Parliament in PACE.

"DURING the session Vatutine city Council Cherkasy oblast deputies considered the issue of renaming streets and squares of the Soviet era. On the initiative of the Deputy of the "Batkivshchyna" Anna Trostyanskiy Lenin street was renamed the street Heroes of the Celestial hundreds, and Lenin Square - the Square of the Ukrainian pilots Hope Savchenko. The proposal was supported by the vast number of deputies ", - informs the party.

Savchenko more than 2 months on hunger strike, demanding to return to their homeland. The defense asks to translate it home detention. On Thursday, the Federal penitentiary service of Russia said that Savchenko has agreed to make chicken broth to maintain health. Human rights activists estimate her condition remains as moderate, and health - " closer to satisfactory ".


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