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In St. Petersburg, two defenders of the Basevich house were detained. The builders drove them to the roof
In St. Petersburg, two activists protesting against the demolition of Basevich’s house were detained. They launched the flag of the living city on the roof of the historical building. This was told by the North. Reali was told by the activist, director of the Fund for the preservation of the cultural and historical heritage "Hungry" Oleg Mukhin.
Before the detention of activists, the names of which are not specified, the builders and security literally drove to the roof. The Demo Demo Telegram channel reports that the dismantling threatened the protesting reprisal.
According to Mukhin, the protests at the Basevich house continue, and their participants replace each other. The activist has no information whether the picketers remained inside the building.
Earlier, the St. Petersburg residents living next to the historical building turned to President Vladimir Putin and the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin with a request to stop the destruction of Basevich’s house. The demolition of the building inevitably affected their houses: large cracks are already going on the walls and ceilings of one.
The demolition of the house of Basevich began on May 18 - by a court decision issued in January.
- Basevich’s house is located on Bolshaya Pushkarskaya Street in St. Petersburg. In 2007, he was recognized as emergency and resettled the residents. Initially, they wanted to restore the house and transfer to the program "Youth - Affordable Housing". But in the end, the building was given the dance theater Boris Eifman for the arrangement of apartments for artists.
- Near Basevich’s house there is a playground, which should be demolished by the project, and in its place to build a hostel for artists of the theater. The reconstruction project was developed by LLC "Project Culture" by order of the Setl Group holding. According to the plan from the house, only a small fragment of the front side of the facade will remain.
- The city defenders called to transfer the building to the St. Petersburg authorities and preserve it as a monument of architecture. After the start of demolition at the Basevich house, shares in defense of the historical building are held.