Beginning of the relocation procedure the monument of the Soviet army in the center of Sofia is expected to bring the mayor of the metropolitan area “Sredets” and former Minister of Economy and Energy in the first cabinet “Borisov” – Traicho Traikov. He announced this on the social network Facebook.
After it suddenly turned out that the entire SOC (Sofia Municipal Council – minus) BSP supports and expects such a step, wrote Traikov.
BSP and ABV bow to PSA with Russian ambassador, May 9 was above all Victory Day
Soviet troops shed their blood in the name of freedom and humanity
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At the meeting of the Sofia Municipal Council, the ruling GERB / UDF / IMRO justified their inaction on the report of Democratic Bulgaria on the so-called “Monument to the Soviet Army” in that they did not have a district mayor to implement the 1993 decision, he wrote.
“Let the night of people with bent hearts and tears be light eyes in Ukraine and may the Lord help all men“Traikov wrote on the first day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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“National Union of the Right” opposes by all means the repair of the MOCHA
Such an action was deeply wrong, contrary to democratic values
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For years, the Monument has been the object of expression of all street artists, but it is also an object of expression of political and ideological beliefs.
Apart from that, there is also a movement calling for the removal of the monument. In May this year a group of politicians, citizens and socialists launched an initiative to dismantle the monument. The news was announced by Goran Blagoev from “Republicans for Bulgaria”. Funds to remove it are currently being raised.
Ideas of removal are opposed the Sofia Socialists with a consistently expressed position on the protection of the MOCHA (The monument of the Soviet army)
In 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, the monument dawned painted with the colors of Ukraine’s flag.
