The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Boris Filatov, received a letter from the Kaluga region: in it, the Russians offered to exchange the demolished monuments for firewood for the Ukrainians.
The answer was not long in coming. The head of the Dnieper himself told about this story on Facebook.
The message of the head of the administration of the Russian city of Kremenko in the Kaluga region, Sergei Gusev, says that Kremenets will provide firewood for the civilian population of Ukraine. Muscovites asked to give them the demolished monuments to Lomonosov, Gorky, Chkalov and Pushkin. The goal is to “awaken in the younger generation love for their homeland, respect for its history and culture.”
At the same time, the Dnieper in an open letter is named in the old manner “Dnepropetrovsk”, despite the fact that it was renamed back in 2016.
The Dnipro City Hall decided to ironically answer the letter. They rejoiced for the inhabitants of Kremenko in connection with the advent of the Internet, since the letter to Ukraine was received by e-mail. However, it was suggested that the administration of the Russian city was “stuck in the past,” since Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine “has not existed for eight years now.”
Also, we are talking about the fact that the information about the demolition of the monuments is not entirely correct (“They were deposited to resolve the issue of their status as a cultural heritage”), but the Ukrainian side may consider the proposal of the Russians on Gorky.
Taking into account the fact that this monument is dear to the heart of every resident of the city [Дніпра] and received the popular name “Gorky on the toilet”, we are ready to start negotiations at a PGR / DRV rate of at least 1/1000, that is, a thousand kilograms of firewood for every kilogram of Gorky’s statue. The toilet bowl can be considered at a rate of at least 1/1500, since together we understand how valuable toilet bowls are for every Russian, the letter says.
Source: Racurs
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