The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation called cynical and provocative desecration of the monument to the Soviet Army in Central Sofia in Bulgaria, Moscow urged the authorities of that state to do everything necessary to prevent such atrocities. "Special cynicism and provocative nature of this action is manifested in the fact that it was done in the beginning of the great historical event - the 70th anniversary of the victorious end of world war II, the greatest sacrifice which was suffered by the Soviet Army and the Soviet people ", - reported in circulation on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. the foreign Ministry stressed that " the country's leadership is not for the 1st time shows the connivance relative to the organizers of such actions "." in connection with the incident, demanding a thorough investigation of the conflict and bringing to justice those responsible for the desecration of the monument. We expect that the official Bulgarian authorities finally will do everything necessary to prevent future similar atrocities that have nothing to do with the principles of democracy and freedom ", - stressed in the Russian international Ministry. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation recalled that another act of vandalism in Bulgaria was perpetrated on the night of April 14, relatively well-known war memorial in the center of Sofia - the monument of the Soviet Army, symbolizing eternal grateful memory of the Bulgarian people to Soviet soldiers who liberated Europe from Nazi enslavement. Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia for the last period of time, have been desecrated. So, on the night of August 18 last year, the Monument was covered with red paint, and on the eve of the March, he painted in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag. Later in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation highly considered the initiative of the Bulgarian public organizations that have formed an initiative Committee to raise funds for the restoration of the monument of the Soviet Army in Central Sofia.