MOSCOW, November 7 – Novosti. Vandals have desecrated a monument to Russian commander Alexander Suvorov in Odessa, the Ukrainian online edition Strana.ua reported .
“In Odessa, attacks continue on monuments (of the era. – Approx. ed.) of the Russian Empire . Today they threw a noose on the monument to commander Alexander Suvorov,” the publication says.
Attackers do not stop trying to desecrate the monument to the founder of Odessa, the Russian Empress Catherine II . Last week, unknown people put a red cap on the head of the monument, and put a noose in her hand. On Sunday, after a series of acts of vandalism, the monument was fenced off with a wooden fence. Later, according to the Ukrainian media, he was covered with a black bag.
After the start of the Russian special military operation, the monument to the Russian Empress was doused with paint, insulting inscriptions were applied to it.
In 2015, Ukraine adopted a law on decommunization, which marked the beginning of the dismantling of monuments associated with Soviet history and the renaming of streets in the country’s cities. Recently, the authorities have begun to fight not only with Soviet history, but with everything connected with Russia .
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasized that Kiev had been pursuing a policy of aggressive de-Russification and forced assimilation for many years. According to him, Russia wants to see Ukraine as a friendly state that does not try to ban the Russian language and culture.
