The Saratov City Hall refused to set up a monument for Joseph Stalin due to lack of budget. It reports about it Telegram-Canal “Caution, news.”
To set up a monument to Stalin to honor the 80th anniversary of the victory in the great patriotic war, which was asked by the delegates from the Communist Party Vladimir Esipov and Alexander Anidalov. They hope to set up a pedestal in the victory park. However, the town hall answered that the budget “funding for the epic registration and decoration is not provided.” Deputy Mayor also clarified that the victory park on Sokolova Gora is a popular memorial complex for soldiers.
Bulanov, in response, officials “did not want to admit that the great victory in 1945 was won by the Soviet people under the leadership of the Communist Party and Generalissimo Stalin.”
Proposing to build a monument for Joseph Stalin recently sounds from representatives of the Communist Party in different Russian cities. Therefore, before that, the monument was proposed to be erected in Nizhny Novgorod. A similar proposal from the local branch of the Communist Party was also conducted in Kaliningrad, where the government refused to set up a monument. They refer to historical documents condemning the worship of personality and political oppression.