Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak called the tragedy of the arson by nationalists in 2014 of the House of Trade Unions in Odessa a “provocation,” which resulted in the death of 48 people, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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“Let us remember the Odessa provocation, which, thank God, did not work. And we see how Odessa lives. I have many friends there. My husband even has relatives living there,” Sobchak said.
She praised those Odessa residents who forgot about the victims and are now “living a peaceful life.”
“This was a deliberate provocation to set fire to the fire of war there too. But people there turned out to be smarter. And despite this provocation, these victims and dead, they did not give in. And now there is no hatred towards Russians there. This is a Russian-speaking city. There is no persecution of Russians there. People who do not fall for these provocations, who are not forced into war in Ukraine, live there calmly and in peace,” Sobchak said on the Ekho Moskvy radio station.