Protesters in Kiev’s Bessarabska Square Ukraine toppled the Vladimir Lenin statue as the Ukraine government tries to have closer ties with Russia. After protesters yanked down the Lenin statue, protesters began to pounding it with sledgehammers, leaving pieces of Obama’s hero Lenin scattered all over Bessarabska Square .
| Protesters in Kiev Bessarabska Square pull down statue of Obama’s hero Vladimir Lenin |
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| Protesters pound toppled Vladimir Lenin statue with sledgehammers in Bessarabska Square |
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| Forward – campaign slogans for both Obama and Lenin |
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CNN:
Protesters knocked down a statue of Vladimir Lenin on Sunday as outrage mounted over the Ukrainian government’s push for closer ties with Russia.
A crowd of cheering protesters chanted “Good job” after the statue fell in Kiev’s Bessarabska Square.
Some pounded the monument with hammers, leaving pieces of the statue scattered on the ground. Only parts of the Soviet hero’s legs remained at the base. A man waving a Ukrainian flag stood atop the pedestal beside them.
Police said they were investigating but did not know know who had toppled the monument.
Numerous statues of Lenin, one of the leaders of the 1917 Russian Revolution, have been removed from Kiev in previous years.
Leftists in America and the rest of the world are saddened by today’s events in Kiev.