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A Sorry Sight 

03 November, 00:00
Thursday marked the eightieth jubilee of the Dnipro Flotilla which fought heroically during World War II. The memorial on Poshtova Ploshcha Square by the river was visited by seven persons: two press photographers, two surviving veterans, two sympathizers, and Vasyl Arestov, head of the city Socialist committee. According to The Day's photographer Viktor Marushchenko, the ceremony lasted exactly four minutes.

The Socialist dignitary brought a small basket of flowers and placed it at the foot of the monument. No rally or speeches followed, except a red placard reading "Socialist Party of Ukraine" which was unfolded and folded up in a minute, leaving several passers-by mystified as to what it was all about.

 

 

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