In the Russian St. Petersburg, the anti-war campaign "Children Draw the World", which was held in the city on May 2.

This is reported by Radio Liberty.

The publication notes that on the morning of May 5, activists who installed a cube with children's drawings near the metro station "Pionerskaya" were subjected to a series of attacks by representatives of the pro-Kremlin "National Liberation Movement" (NOD) and local traders.

The activists called the police, but the attackers broke the cube, took all its parts and took it to an unknown destination.

The organizers of the action appealed to law enforcement agencies with a demand to return their property to them, including through the court.

"According to one of the organizers - an activist of the St. Petersburg branch of the movement" Solidarity "Olga Smirnova - on the eve of the action came a representative of the administration of Primorsky district. According to the official, he did not expect that among the requisite of the action will be children's drawings against the war in Ukraine.

According to Smirnova, it is the district administration that stands behind the attacks of the NCD, ".

According to the activist, the main factor of irritation was the inscription on one of the sides of the cube: "Forgive us, Ukraine!", Which was to remind the Russians of the responsibility for the conflict in Ukraine.

As reported by the "Observer", earlier Russia accused the activist of extremism and deprived of pension for the post "Crimea is Ukraine".

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