Construction of a mosque in Kostomuksha has been suspended

February 28, 2012 Deputy Chairman of the DUM of Karelia Sergei Dyatko said that the construction of a mosque in Kostomuksha has been suspended. IN At the end of 2011, leaflets appeared in the city calling for voting against construction.

The building site was allocated in 2004 . In 2008 with the assistance of United Russia, a building permit was obtained, which was supposed to start in 2011.

According to S. Dyatko, "a certain group of people" in Kostomuksha trying to use the "religious-national moment to achieve their economic or political purposes."

Sources

• The construction of a mosque in Kostomuksha has been suspended // Capital on Onego. February 29, 2012.