Locals in a small Italian town want a statue of Vladimir Putin pulled down because of the horrific war in Ukraine.
The marble statue of the Russian President was erected in a park in the town of Vagli di Sotto in Lucca, Tuscany, in 2019.
It is part of a group of monuments to prominent people in our century which form a pathway of ‘honour’ and ‘dishonour’ without explicitly saying who represents what.
The group also includes a statue of Donald Trump.
But now, some residents and local mayor Bruno Murzi are calling for Putin’s statue to be pulled down ‘immediately’.
Mr Murzi said he never supported ‘wasting’ taxpayer money on the statues in the first place but said it needs to be addressed ‘now more than ever’.
He told locals: ‘We cannot bear to have a monument on the municipal territory to the one who is waging a war in order to “annex” a country with the own independence, because that’s what it is.
‘It would be a bit like Germany wanted to annex Italy because she was part of it in times of war.’
Mr Murzi went on to speak about how Italy had already joined other western nations in condemning Russia and sanctioning the nation.
He argued it was important to ‘show closeness’ to the people of Ukraine with ‘condemning certain gestures’.
Multiple high-profile companies – such as Spotify, Starbucks, Coca Cola and Pepsi – have pulled out of Russia in the wake of the devastation the Kremlin had wreaked on Ukraine.
Just destroy it
BREAK IT! BREAK IT! BREAK IT! You have my blessings!
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Locals in a small Italian town want a statue of Vladimir Putin pulled down because of the horrific war in Ukraine.
The marble statue of the Russian President was erected in a park in the town of Vagli di Sotto in Lucca, Tuscany, in 2019.
It is part of a group of monuments to prominent people in our century which form a pathway of ‘honour’ and ‘dishonour’ without explicitly saying who represents what.
The group also includes a statue of Donald Trump.
But now, some residents and local mayor Bruno Murzi are calling for Putin’s statue to be pulled down ‘immediately’.
Mr Murzi said he never supported ‘wasting’ taxpayer money on the statues in the first place but said it needs to be addressed ‘now more than ever’.
He told locals: ‘We cannot bear to have a monument on the municipal territory to the one who is waging a war in order to “annex” a country with the own independence, because that’s what it is.
‘It would be a bit like Germany wanted to annex Italy because she was part of it in times of war.’
Mr Murzi went on to speak about how Italy had already joined other western nations in condemning Russia and sanctioning the nation.
He argued it was important to ‘show closeness’ to the people of Ukraine with ‘condemning certain gestures’.
Multiple high-profile companies – such as Spotify, Starbucks, Coca Cola and Pepsi – have pulled out of Russia in the wake of the devastation the Kremlin had wreaked on Ukraine.
Just destroy it
BREAK IT! BREAK IT! BREAK IT! You have my blessings!