MOSCOW (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced two young men to prison sentences for painting Soviet statues in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and daubing pro-Kiev graffiti.The pair — Kirill Korzhavin and Vladislav Shipovalov — were among four men found guilty of smearing a statue of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin in the Siberian city Novosibirsk with Ukraines national blue and yellow colours and writing the sign Glory to Ukraine on it.Novosibirsks Leninsky District Court said in a statement that the men also vandalised the local offices of the pro-Kremlin United Russia and Communist parties, along with a …read more
Source: Dunya TV
