Instead to bring to justice those responsible for the tragedy in Odessa in 2014, the Kiev authorities prefer to blame it on Russia, said the Russian Embassy in Ukraine.
"of Course, it is unfounded and based on having nothing to do with the reality of the assumptions", — said in a Facebook statement, the Embassy.
The Embassy noted that the Ukrainian side continues to delay the investigation and judicial procedures in the case of mass death of people in a fire at the trade unions Building in Odessa in 2014. Diplomats stressed that the same is the opinion of the Observation mission of the UN on human rights.
The authors of the statement stressed that on the basis of freely available video and witness statements it is possible to identify and punish the organizers and executors of the crime committed in Odessa six years ago.
"Confident that justice would be easy in case of readiness of the Ukrainian Themis to move towards achieving this goal. While this is clearly not happening", — concluded at the Embassy.
Earlier, the Ukrainian foreign Ministry in a statement on the anniversary of the tragedy in Odessa has accused Russia of unwillingness to find out the causes of death.
Since the tragedy six years the Ukrainian government was unable to complete the investigation and find those responsible for the tragedy. In 2019, the Monitoring mission of the UN on human rights in Ukraine published a report on the investigation into the events of 2 may 2014, which stated that no one was held accountable for the deaths of 48 people. The head of the mission noted that this situation demonstrates the disinterest of the authorities in the search and punishment of perpetrators, and the actions of Ukrainian law enforcement officers allow us to speak about bias of investigation.
The Russian foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated that Kiev is stubbornly hinders the investigation of the events of 2 may 2014 in Odesa, and urged international organizations to achieve from the Ukrainian authorities to clarify the circumstances of the tragedy.
After the change of power in Ukraine in a coup activists "antimaydana" in a protest tent camp in Kulikovo field in Odessa. Day 2 may 2014 in the heart of the Greek area began a scuffle between the activists "antimaydana" on the one hand and a football "ultras" from Kharkov and Odessa, as well as radicals "euromaidan" on the other. The fight ended with the destruction of the tent camp and the burning House of trade unions where took refuge the representatives of the "antimaydana". At the same time many of those who tried to escape from the crowd of radicals shot.
The victims of the tragedy that day was 48 people, six — near Greek square and the shopping center "Athena" (two of them died in hospitals), 42 — on the Kulikovo pOla and the House of trade unions (three of them died in hospital). Six people died from gunshot wounds, ten fell out of the Windows of the burning building and broke, 32, died from burns and poisoning with carbon monoxide. More than 250 people were injured.
