In Krasnoyarsk, set fire to a monument to the heroes of World War II

This is stated on the website of the city administration.

It is specified that the incident occurred near the memorial on the square of the 50th anniversary of the Victory.

“Due to the fire, the surface of the memorial was partially destroyed, the names of the heroes and the star of the Eternal Flame suffered. The memorial will be restored by the district’s administration, ”said Olesya Efimova, deputy head of the Kirovsky district’s administration.

It is noted that the police have already filed a statement on the fact of the incident.

And in April in Nefteyugansk, law enforcement officers detained a man who threw a wreath at the Eternal Flame near the monument to the “Liberator Soldier”.

In November 2018, the FAN reported that a criminal case was opened in St. Petersburg against a vandal who painted a memorial plaque of the Great Patriotic War, placed on the facade of the building on Nevsky Prospekt.