The Commission recommended that in St. Petersburg called the bridge in honor of Akhmad Kadyrov – RBC

Bridge over Dudergofsky channel May 28, 2016

Photo: Yevgeny Stepanov / TASS

Toponymy commission of St. Petersburg made for, to name one of the city’s bridges in honor of Akhmad Kadyrov. A recommendation is directed to the governor Georgy Poltavchenko

Toponymy Commission of St. Petersburg recommended the governor Georgy Poltavchenko be named after the first Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov unnamed bridge over Dudergofsky channel transmits

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The decision was made in a secret ballot. In support of naming the object after Kadyrov, made by nine members of the commission, six voted against, two abstained. During the meeting, the St. Petersburg deputy Maxim Reznik suggested postponing the vote and discuss with experts, it was supported by nine people, but at the last moment a member of the Commission Galina Nikitenko said that the vote “under pressure».

Against order to give Kadyrov, the bridge name, made by director Alexander Sokurov. His letter before the meeting passed in a foster Deputy Governor Boris Vishnevsky, reports “Interfax”. “By chance I learned about the plans to name the name of Kadyrov’s one of the bridges in St. Petersburg. Such a decision has caused me extreme anxiety “, – emphasized in treatment Sokurov. Against the initiative was made and directed by Oleg Basilashvili, Wisniewski wrote in his account in Facebook.

Some members of the Toponymy Commission previously stated that several times summoned to Smolny, to ask them to speak in support of granting the bridge named Kadyrov. According to the deputy chairman of the commission Andrey Zonina, he was called to the head of the committee on culture and Konstantin Sukhenko Vice-Governor Vladimir Kirillov, but he refused to visit. The fact that among experts “really being [propaganda] work”, as part of the Commission complained ethnographer Andrei Ryzhkov.

However, some other members of the commission did not confirm the information about the campaign. Thus, the former vice-governor Vladimir Yakovlev said that he was not asked to vote for the initiative, but he himself was not going to vote. At the same time, according to “Fontanka”, some members of the Commission stated that they could get out of it after a conversation with the vice-governor.

According to Tass, the initiative to call the bridge Kadyrov’s name made public organization “Mercy” “Pink Bank” and the sports movement “strong Russia”. The first attempt was made to consider the toponymic commission a week ago, while experts have spoken out against this measure. Previously, the St. Petersburg deputy Vitaly Milon proposed to be named after Kadyrov, one of the city streets. However Poltavchenko opposed this, stressing that could name a street in honor of a person only if he has been associated with the city. He instructed the Committee on Culture to study the possibility to call the name of Kadyrov, one of the sites in St. Petersburg.

The commission, which led Vice Governor Vladimir Kirillov, has 24 members . Solutions Commission , writes « Interfax », adopted by majority vote, a quorum must be present in more than half of the members.