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"Evraz" demolished the only Buddhist monastery in the Urals
The company "Evraz" demolished the only Buddhist monastery in the Sverdlovsk region, leaving only a statue of Buddha and a step. About this writes E1.ru.
The complex "SHADRUB LING" began to demolish the complex on March 18. “Only the statue of the Buddha and the stupa remained. We are not allowed there. There is no more equipment there, ”Vasily Abuzarov told the publication a member of the Buddhist community. “People who support us just came there and took a photo.” The Evraz itself emphasized that the stages do not plan to dismantle, it is only about the demolition of household buildings.
The members of the community posted photos and videos of the demolished complex in the community in VKontakte, drew the attention of Mediazona*. “They turned all the buildings into trash. It is not clear when everyone will be taken out, ”says the author of one of the records.
“Due to the fact that the specified site is leased by Kachkanar GOK, forced execution of the decision [of the court] on the demolition of illegal buildings, which are dangerous for people, the court ruling of January 18, 2021 is prescribed to the enterprise,” E1.ru was told in the public relations of the Urals Division of Evraz.
We are talking about the decision of the Kachkanarsky City Court of January 25, 2014, its ruling of January 18, 2021, as well as a tripartite agreement between the Buddhist community, Euraz and the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region of October 18, 2019. The latter was concluded in October 2019. According to him, by the end of 2020, Buddhists had to move to a new place, but in November 2020 the community announced that she was breaking an agreement with Euraz.
The mayor of Kachkanara Andrei Yaroslavtsev previously assured that tourists would be allowed to be sacred stupids. “Evraz” is ready to create the necessary household infrastructure for tourists, ”he said.