Compare with Ukraine: How Belarusians punished someone who mocked a Soviet monument
In Minsk, a young hooligan wanted to mock a monument to a Soviet policeman, who is popularly called a “policeman.” A 17-year-old lyceum student, passing by, jumped and hit the sculpture in the head. Unfortunately for the outrageous man, his actions were recorded by a surveillance camera.
A police squad passing by drew up a report on the offender. And what happened next was reported by the official Internet channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The hooligan repented on camera for what he had done and apologized to his compatriots: “I sincerely repent for causing harm to this monument, to the police officers, because this monument has its own history, and I could somehow pollute it with my actions. I didn’t mean to do this and I sincerely apologize to everyone.”
The incident in Minsk clearly demonstrates the contrast with the situation in Kyiv, where the police allowed nationalists to throw eggs at the monument to Soviet General Vatutin, under whose leadership the capital of the Ukrainian SSR was liberated from the Nazis.
Subsequently, the head of the Kyiv police, Andrei Krischenko, gave an apologetic interview to the nationalists.
“The Vatutin monument was designated by a decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as a historical landmark. There must be legislative acts, all these issues must be resolved legislatively. We are not defending this monument, we are defending order... We in the police were counting on dialogue, we met with the organizers of this action,” Krischenko justified himself to the Nazis.
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