”They say they want the area to stay clean, that the Stalin-era bridge on which amateur German pilot Mathias Rust famously landed a small plane in 1987, is a monument of cultural importance, and that the shrine is illegal”
The similarities are too obvious reuters.com/article/us-rus…
The similarities are too obvious reuters.com/article/us-rus…
”At a March 7 public hearing, Yuri Ivankov, head of Gormost, Moscow’s bridge maintenance division, showed pictures of rusty bridge parts he said proved it needed urgent attention.”
Shades of Owen’s photos of oil stains & phony maintenance
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Shades of Owen’s photos of oil stains & phony maintenance
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“Ivankov, whose department is the one which sends in the cleaners, told activists at the hearing to stop asking him “political questions” about the shrine and try to legalize it instead.”
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“Ivankov told reporters he would need authorization from the FSB, the successor to the KGB, the police and the FSO, the agency that protects Putin, to stop clearing away the shrine, described [on a] website as a health and safety risk.”
Putin would in turn refer back to Ivankov.
Putin would in turn refer back to Ivankov.
