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In Odessa the police set up cordon around Kulikovo Pole activists

18:34, 11.04.2016

The activists tried to block the passage to the Kulikovo Pole and then got to the House of Trade Unions, the police are guarding them.

There broke out a conflict between the activists of the Right Sector and the law enforcement agency. The police used tear gas. One of the members of the Right Sector was detained, the head of the organization Sergey Sternenko tried to intercede for him and was detained, too. However, later he was released.

‘Now there is no conflict. The conflict was 20 minutes ago, when representatives of patriotic organizations were trying to reach the Kulikovo Pole and representatives of law enforcement bodies prevented them from it, using special means. There was a fight. Further the conflict was over,’ said the head of the Right Sector Sergei Sternenko.

According to him, the activists of the Kulikovo Pole provoked the activists of the Right Sector, shouting, ‘Odessa is a Russian city’, ‘Bandera devils, get out of Odessa’ and ‘Glory to the heroes of Novorossia’.

Moreover, on the Walk of Fame in Odessa, during today's ceremony of laying flowers, the main wreath was adorned with a ribbon of the Russian tricolor.

‘The organizers of the event, which were more than a dozen, did not notice this. After some time, some young people rushed forward and quickly removed the ribbon from the wreath. Next, the event continued in the best traditions of the celebration. There were shots of honor, orchestra, laying flowers at the stella Wings of Victory,’ reports the local media.

In addition, the police arrested several people present at the event.

Several dozen young people, representatives of Antimaidan, came to the Walk of Fame, wearing St. George ribbons. The nationalists present there were outraged by this fact. To avoid clashes between protesters the police created a border between them. Later it became known that several protesters were detained, though it was not not specified whether they were nationalists or Antimaidan supporters.

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