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8 of October, 11:20

The consequence requests an extension of home detention to battaner with skyscrapers
The investigation asks the Metropolitan court to extend the period of house arrest four skydivers who jumped from the roof of the Stalin skyscrapers in the day, when the star on it painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, said Last news lawyer Olga Lukmanov.

" on inaccurate data, the application will be considered Tagansky court of Moscow on Tuesday 14 October, " she said.

the incident occurred on 20 August - defendants in the case hung Ukrainian flag on the spire of the Stalin skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya embankment capital of Russia. Get on the spire also could paint half stars crowning the building in blue color. Now the star returned to its original appearance.

The base jumping is an extreme form of parachuting, for classes which do not require a plane or helicopter. Its history began in the 80-ies of the previous century, when the paratroopers began to jump from the cliffs of North America and Norway.

in the early 1990s with the advent of special equipment new hobby began to gain popularity around the world. The minimum height of the object from which the jump experienced athletes, is 50 meters, and the maximum exceeds a kilometer.

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