The tragedy at the Odessa House of Trade Unions occurred on May 2, 2014
MOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. Moscow has questions why the neo-Nazis of the Azov battalion have entered Odessa on the eve of the anniversary of the May 2 tragedy at the House of Trade Unions, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Konstantin Dolgov said on Thursday.
"The neo-Nazi battalion Azov has been moved into
Odessa. It’s another provocation of the authorities on the eve of the tragic
anniversary of May 2. Do they want to repeat the crime? Dolgov said. "All
this is happening against the background of Kiev’s odious unwillingness to
objectively investigate the Odessa massacre and punish the real perpetrators.
And the West keeps silent as usual."
The tragedy at the Odessa House of Trade Unions occurred
on May 2, 2014. A sign-up campaign in support of a referendum turned into
clashes between nationalist activists of the Right Sector (an organization
banned in Russia) and the Maidan self-defense groups on the one side and
federalization supporters on the other side. The clashes resulted in the local
House of Trade Unions being set on fire. According to the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine, some 250 people were injured in the tragedy while 48 lost
their lives.
Source: ITAR-TASS 29-04-2016
