Ekaterinburg Diocese still has not commented on the scandal with the demolition of the Assumption Church. To receive an official response from the Department of State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sverdlovsk region JustMedia. Ru it was possible only by the evening. The position of the people responsible for the preservation of the monument is striking by the absurdity. The editors decided to publish both the transcript of the conversation with Yevgenia Ignatova, the head of the legal and organizational work department, and her official comment.

-Good afternoon! I call for a comment about the Assumption Church. My colleagues today, for sure, have already asked about this many times.

- Yes.

- I would like to hear an official comment. As far as I understand, the object is a cultural heritage and is under protection. How did it happen that it was demolished?.

- To declare a demolition prematurely. Because no one ever went to the site and did not check. And to judge from the photographs that they really refer to this object a little prematurely.

(We interrupt and discuss the official comment and send it by e-mail).

Identify those photos that you saw on the Internet, as well as we say that the pictures refer to this object, that there really happened a demolition - a little prematurely. Therefore, we, of course, reacted to all these statements, we received an official request from the Fronde. We prepared an appeal to the prosecutor's office for approval of an unscheduled audit. A planned inspection was planned for the fall of 2017, now we agree on an unscheduled. If the prosecutor's office agrees, then in April we will go out and see if the monument was actually demolished. Or, perhaps, the analysis of the wall, because, for example, there was some sort of emergency situation. And only after that it will be possible to draw some conclusions and official statements. Now we are holding the necessary events.

- I saw on the web that journalists went to the site of the demolition. They confirm the fact that the church is no more.

- Wait, but the women's Novo-Tikhvinsky monastery is closed from visitors and it's so easy not to get there.

- But after all, we see pictures, so you can get. Of course, I was not present on the spot, but my colleagues made conclusions based on the same conclusions.

- And who can see the pictures?.

- The information flashed in the FB tape, now I will not name specific media.

- In the facebook flashed information, which Sakharov posted, nothing more.

- No, there were still data. But, wait, I correctly understand that if the prosecutor's office does not agree with the unscheduled verification, you will not go to the site that way. And there is a church there or not, to no one, as I understand it, there will be no cases until the fall, when there you have an official inspection declared.

- Without coordination with the prosecutor's office, we can not go on an unscheduled inspection.

- And if you come and see that there is no church. What will be in that case? Who there conducted works so that the monument was demolished?.

- Owner or user.

- And this is the ROC, in our case the diocese, as I understand it.

- As far as I know, and they are ready to comment.

- Apparently not ready, I expect a comment from them in the morning. Thank you!.

Below we present an official statement, which, for sure, was sent to all media:.

"The Office of State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sverdlovsk region (hereinafter - the Office) task and permission to carry out conservation of the object of cultural heritage on this monument were not issued. Scientific and design documentation for the work on the monument by the Office was not coordinated.

The applications from the owners (other legal owners) of the monument for the provision of public services for the issuance of the assignment and permission to carry out works for the preservation of the cultural heritage site on the monument, as well as for the coordination of the design documentation,.

The Office implements the powers granted to it for the state supervision of the state, content, conservation, use, promotion and state protection of cultural heritage objects within and in the manner established by federal legislation.

In 2017, the Office plans to conduct a routine check on the Orthodox religious organization "Alexander Nevsky Novo-Tikhvinsky Monastery". This organization is the owner and other legal owner of several objects of cultural heritage of religious purpose, including the monument indicated in your appeal. The plan for carrying out planned inspections of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs by the Office has been coordinated by the prosecutor's office and published on the official website of the Office on the Internet.

However, guided by paragraph 2 of part 2 of Article 10 of the Federal Law of 26. 12. 2008 № 294-FZ "On Protection of Rights of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs in the Implementation of State Control (Supervision) and Municipal Control" (hereinafter - Federal Law No. 294-FZ), the Office decided to initiate an Orthodox religious organization "Aleksandro-Nevsky" Novo-Tikhvinsky Women's Monastery "of an off-site exit check for compliance with the mandatory requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of state protection of cultural heritage objects under the law Use of the object of cultural heritage of federal significance "Complex of buildings of the Novo-Tikhvin Monastery. Cathedral (Assumption Church) ».

In accordance with Part 5 of Article 10 of the Federal Law No. 294-FZ, this type of inspections is conducted in consultation with the prosecutor's office.

In case of detection of violations of mandatory requirements by the Office, within the limits of its competence, the measures envisaged by law will be taken to curb the violations identified and bring the responsible persons to justice ".