Member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Adalbi Shkhagoshev assessed on Monday, July 4, the results of the vote, according to which it was decided to name the territory near the British Embassy in Moscow in honor of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).
The MP stressed in an interview with RTwhat such a decision says about the “consolidation of Russian society”.
The parliamentarian also admitted that the staff of the British embassy could do the same as the representatives of the US embassy in Moscow, who removed the address from their website after renaming the territory near the diplomatic mission to the square of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
“But the most important thing is that this square exists, there is a name, and Moscow is a huge city, where there are a lot, including foreigners, they will see it,” he said.
In addition, Shkhagoshev called symbolic the appearance of news with the results of the vote on the day when Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented a report on the liberation of the LPR to President Vladimir Putin.
Earlier on July 4, it was reported that users of the Active Citizen portal voted to rename the territory along the Smolenskaya embankment between Protochny Lane and the exit to Novy Arbat Street in honor of the LPR, the TV channel reports.Star“.
The fact that the Active Citizen project invited Muscovites to choose a place in the capital for a name in honor of the LPR became known on July 1.
On June 22, thanks to the participation of Muscovites, the Square of the Donetsk People’s Republic appeared in the capital. That was the name of the territory at the intersection of Konyushkovskaya Street and Bolshoy Devyatinsky Lane in the Presnensky District near the US Embassy. This option was supported by 44.69% of participants (124,536 people). Among other names, “Square of the Defenders of Donbass” and “Square of the Hero of Russia Vladimir Zhoga” were proposed.
Since 2014, the Ukrainian authorities have been conducting a military operation against the inhabitants of Donbass, who refused to recognize the results of the coup d’état in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a special operation to protect the civilian population of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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