The city council of Lithuania capital Vilnius decided to rename the park, located in front of the Russian Embassy. FROM 24 May 2018 Square, the name will be Boris Nemtsov, Russian opposition politician, killed in Moscow.
The decision on renaming was accepted by the majority of members of the city council, with one abstention and one member of the Board, speaking against, According to Lithuanian edition Delfi
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Shimashyus originally proposed to name this park impersonal title, namely a public garden Russian democrats, but changed his mind after meeting with some "prominent Russian opposition", names that the media does not lead. Besides, This solution is supported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
To rename the park have already reacted to the Russian Embassy in Lithuania. Russian Ambassador Alesandr Udaltsov said, that the Vilnius authorities simply sobezyannichali, calling the park near the Russian Embassy in the name of Boris Nemtsov.
This is another manifestation of melkotravchatomu politicking did not surprise us. In Mr. Remigijus Shimashyus long ago there was an itch on the name of the park near the Russian Embassy. Well, when the section of the street in front of the Russian Embassy in Washington was named after Boris Nemtsov, he, of course, already I could not sobezyannichat - Udaltsov wrote in the social network Facebook.
It is worth recalling, that in February, the name came Nemtsov area opposite the main entrance of the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC. The opening of a special plaque with the new name was timed to the third anniversary of the assassination policy.
