Moscow Mayor’s Office refused to perpetuate the memory of Boris Nemtsov – Ekho Moskvy radio station

«The law does not allow to do it right now,” – he said on the air of “Echo of Moscow” Deputy Mayor Leonid printers.

Let us recall the proposal to memorialize Nemtsov at the site of his murder was made by State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov. He suggested that the Moscow authorities, any method at their discretion – from the installation of a memorial plaque to rename the bridge.

Gudkov said the mayor’s office refusal to be politically motivated.

Gudkov wrote a new letter to the Mayor of Moscow, which says that there is a way to address this issue – an initiative of Sergei Sobyanin. Murder of Boris Nemtsov – an exceptional case, means the perpetuation of his memory is also an exceptional case requiring a decision of the mayor of Moscow, – says Gudkov.

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In Moscow, there are several laws that determine the order of perpetuating the memory of famous citizens. For the appearance of the street Nemtsov or memorial sign in the near future, according to these provisions, it requires the intervention of the Russian president, the mayor, or the Moscow City Duma.

memorialize the person in Moscow in several ways. His name may be called streets, squares, square, bridge and so on. The relevant law introduces a number of Moscow city limits. First, assign names of people permitted only new streets. This can be done not earlier than ten years from the date of the death of a famous person. This general rule, however, since 2008 restrictions do not apply when the initiative to perpetuate the memory of Russian citizen or a foreigner comes from the Russian president or the mayor of Moscow. The appearance of this exception was preceded by at least two high-profile scandal renaming.

In 2004, the South Butovo Street appeared Akhmad Kadyrov – this happened a couple of months after the death of the president of Chechnya in a terrorist attack, that is, the restrictions prescribed by law had not been met. Violation recognized and City Hall. Media then an explanation of the Secretary of the City Commission names of territorial units, streets and metro stations Natalia Keltsevoy, quoted by Gazeta.ru: «This is a special case. There was a decree from above by President Vladimir Putin, so no need to stress this. ” “Yabloko” party tried to appeal the actions of the mayor’s office in the prosecution, but to no avail. Before the advent of the exceptions in the law in 2008, the city authorities took the decision to rename the street in the Great Communist Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The decision led to protests from some local residents. Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Vladimir Platonov justify breaking the law what is already preparing the necessary amendments. The amendments, by the way, stresses that have a retroactive effect – that is, legitimize and Kadyrov street and street Solzhenitsyn. Another way to perpetuate the memory of a person or event – is the installation of a memorial plaque. Here certain provisions adopted by the Moscow government. According to the document, plaques set no earlier than 10 years after the historic event, or after the death of the person. Exception – Installation plaques on building institutions – in this case the term is reduced to two years. Restrictions do not apply to the Heroes of the USSR and Russia, Heroes of Socialist Labor, honorary citizen of Moscow, winner of the “Legend of the Century” and full gentlemen Order “For Merit” and “Labour Glory”. Much more opportunity to provide law on the procedure for the construction works of monumental and decorative art. For him to install a large monument or memorial sign must be an appropriate decision in the Moscow City Duma profile committee that reviews proposals to perpetuate the memory of the citizens, organizations and public authorities.

Last week, asking to memorialize deceased ballerina Maya Plisetskaya to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin asked the deputy Alexander Agayev. He proposed to rename it Theatre of the fare, or give her name one of the streets in the new Moscow.

When approving and installing memorial signs may be an exception if the value of the person to whom is dedicated the memorial is not in doubt – He said on the air of “Echo of Moscow” the head of the Moscow City Duma Commission on monumental art Lev Lavrenov.

According Lavrenova, many monuments in the capital have not been established, despite the fact that they have approved the installation of the Moscow City Duma.