UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS STOOD UP FOR AN ODESA'S HISTORICAL PLACE


Recently, the Odesa's activists have revealed the intentions of the city authorities to allocate the teritory of the Summer Theater - which is part of the Odesa City Garden - under building of a mall. In recent years, the public place has been closed for Odesa residents, and now it seems that active phase of preparation for construction work will be started from day to day. What's important, the Odesa City Garden is a part of the city's historical center, that was built in 1803 by Jose de Ribas, and not this place is under the threat to be distorted in favor of big business.

On September 21, 2016, Odesa City Council aproved allocation the territory of the Summer Theater of the Municipal Garden with an area of only 0.42 hectares "for the operation and maintenance of the theatrical-shopping and entertainment center" to the Joint Venture "Soling." Later, in December of the same year, this area was leased for 15 years. Recently the situation has intensified again: a document confirming the 109 healthy trees in the Summer Theater to be eliminated, has attracted the attention of local civic activists. The joint venture "Soling" - which has actually been authorized to conduct preparatory works for this construction, belongs to the business group of  Volodimir Galanternik. This person, according to the media, is local criminal authority and longtime close partner of the Odesa mayor Gennady Trukhanov, known by his pro-Kremlin position. Among other, his business includes the Budova building company and the City Center mall. 

Earlier, there were other cases of arrogant appropriation of Odesa municipal territories by Galanternik's companies. Earlier, there were other cases of arrogant appropriation of Odesa municipal territories by Galanternik's companies. Thus, in October of this year, a group of unknown persons in balaklavas captured a part of the Shkilnij airfield, which borders the "City Center" shopping mall. This area was supposedly needed for construction work on the expansion of the shopping center.

On November 14, members of Odesa nationalist organisations and civil activists came to the Summer Theater protesting against the city authorities plans and  attempting to unblock the place's gates for public. After a while the protest action turned into clashes with unknown armed men who guarded the territory from the inside, being covered by police and the National Guard.


The activists claimed that people, who guarded the Summer Theater territory and the ones, who were involved in capturing of the Shkilnij airfield are one and the same people. Obviously, the people who have reached the power in Odesa, will do absolutely everything to earn easy money on sales of what belongs to the city and its residents. Even if it comes to historical public places.

The nationalists are planning to held another protest action tomorrow, on November 18. They promise to do all best to prevent the corrupt authorities to take away a part of the place that represents the city's historical flavour! Noticible, that despite the gpoups of pro-Russian minded people still gather time after time at the Kulikove Pole squere, noone of them has joined a protest actions, that is a very telling fact.

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