People's deputy Igor Lutsenko participated in the assault on Desyatinny Monastery?
The editorial board of the UOJ is waiting for comments from the people's deputy about his participation (or non-participation) in the attack on the temple.
On January 29, Igor Lutsenko bailed out "S14" right-wing radicals Alexei Shemotyuk and Alexander Gorban, convicted for the arson of the Desyatinny Monastery of the UOC. He also argued that aggressive young men who threatened the monastery's brethren and shouted: "I'll burn you, wretch! You're a KGB officer. I'll kick you now, okay? You are a bitch that has no place here, I tell you this in Russian. For you, clowns in skirts, there is no respect," are none other than architects, "sensitive to violation of the rules of urban planning, to any dissonance in the city landscape".
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