Earlier, citizens of Ukraine posted a petition on the website of the head of the country asking to replace the monument to the Russian empress with a monument to porn actor Billy Herrington.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky instructed the Odessa city council to consider the demolition of the monument to Empress Catherine II. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
Earlier, the citizens of Ukraine have posted on the website of the head of state the corresponding petition. In it they asked to replace the monument to Catherine II with a monument to adult film actor Billy Herrington in the 1990s. The petition collected more than 25 thousand votes.
According to the law the president of Ukraine in such a case should respond to it. Zelensky said that the monument to the Russian empress was installed after approval in the Odessa City Council. The head of the country sent an appeal to the local authorities and asked to study the petition.
The Ukrainian leader drew the attention of the Odessa authorities to the importance of protecting national interests and the need to clean the public space from the objects of the Russian imperial and Soviet heritage.