Accessibility links

Breaking News

Three Detained After Ukraine Flag Attached To Moscow Skyscraper


Police in Moscow have detained three people after they attached Ukraine's national flag to scaffolding on a Stalin-era skyscraper.

The stunt took place on November 23, two years after the start of the Euromaidan protests that ousted former President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014.

In August last year, five Russian men and women held a similar stunt in which a Soviet red star atop the same building was painted in the yellow-and-blue colors of the Ukrainian flag.

A Moscow court found one of the activists guilty of hooliganism and vandalism, and sentenced him to 27 months in prison.

The other four were acquitted.

Based on reporting by ovdinfo.org and Interfax

RFE/RL has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian government.

If you are in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine and hold a Russian passport or are a stateless person residing permanently in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine, please note that you could face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us.

To find out more, click here.

XS
SM
MD
LG