The Russian cultural center in Lviv was evicted from the building it occupies. On Thursday, May 4, bailiffs described the property of the organization and sealed the premises on the street. Korolenko, who she occupied. Now the building again belongs to the Lviv regional council.
"This is not an action against the Russians, it is an attempt to return the communal property," the deputy chairman of the Lviv regional council Vladimir Girnyak explained this.. According to him, the regional council won an appeal to the Economic Court about the forced eviction of the organization from the premises on the street. Korolenko, writes DW.
"Those structures that were here had time to voluntarily leave this room until last Friday inclusive. They did not comply with this decision, therefore enforcement of the court decision was carried out, "Vladimir Girnyak explained..
Representatives of the center consider eviction illegal The Russian Cultural Center named this action "Russophobic" and stated that eviction from the premises took place in violation of the law. "They came at seven in the morning, tore down the castle, described all the property, sealed it, and all without us," - said the head of the Russian Cultural Center Albert Astakhov. According to him, all the documentation, equipment and furniture belonged to the organization.
According to Astakhov, the bailiffs were in a hurry to issue the eviction specifically for the May 9 holiday, so that the Russian Center could not celebrate Victory Day. Deputy Chairman of the Lviv Regional Council Vladimir Girnyak argues that the actions of the Lviv regional administration since May 9 are not connected in any way, and that the representatives of the center themselves delayed.
Time for eviction was to evict the Russian cultural center from communal premises the regional deputies decided back in October 2016. Then it was decided that the room on the street. Korolenko 1a will be returned to the ownership of the community, and later leased out to public organizations that carry out activities related to ATS.
The management of the Russian Cultural Center was accused of using premises for years, without paying adequate rent for them. In addition, representatives of the organization were accused of spreading anti-Ukrainian propaganda, in this fact, even criminal proceedings were opened. "When I read the literature they were releasing, I was shocked. It was an anti-Ukrainian hotbed, I'm not afraid to say this publicly, "said Vladimir Girnyak. "Although these people who were here, I am convinced, do not reflect the opinion of the entire Russian community in Lviv".
The Regional Council promises to provide a new premises The regional council said that they do not want to aggravate the situation and are ready to provide the Russian community with a new premises. True, what and where - Vladimir Girnyak could not say. "This decision has yet to be considered by the deputies," he said.. - I know the position of the chairman of the regional council and the majority of the deputy corps. They are for giving them a room or two rooms for their statutory purposes ".
In turn, Albert Astakhov says that with their organization of conversations about the new premises nobody led. Although the options, according to Astakhov, they would have considered: "But we need a large room, because now the company's members are 400 people". In the meantime, the new premises have not been allocated, the Russian Cultural Center intends to file a cassation appeal on the fact of eviction.
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