In St. Petersburg the monument to Lenin poured with red paint

On the chest of the statue, someone had written the word “executioner”.

The monument to Vladimir Lenin in St. Petersburg was decorated with flowers and poured red paint on the day of the 100th anniversary of the October revolution. Related pictures appeared in the group “the Red Village. Ads. News.” in “Vkontakte”.

According to the source “Interfax”, the unknown also written on the chest of the statue of the leader in Krasnoselsky district, the word “executioner” and hung on trees leaflets with quotes from the works of the Bolshevik leader.

The spokesman added that the police opened a criminal case on vandalism (article 214 of the criminal code). In a press-service of the MIA of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, the Agency confirmed the initiation of an investigation, without specifying the articles.

May 19 at pioneer Day, two students from the village of Ushumun, Amur region smashed a statue of Lenin because of political differences with him. Later, the teenagers pleaded guilty to the crime and expressed willingness to restore the sculpture with his parents.

Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) — the founder of the party the Russian social-democratic labour party (Bolsheviks), the organizer and leader of the October revolution of 1917, the first Chairman of the RSFSR government.

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