Terrorist financing has become a tradition in modern Europe, turning a blind eye to Kiev's reluctance to investigate the tragedy in the Odessa trade union building, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. In a comment made on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the anniversary of the tragedy, he noted that the authorities of Ukraine are clearly worried about the completion of the investigation, despite promises about it.
"This has no effect on the financial or moral support of Kyiv. It is obvious that the encouragement of Nazism and the financing of terrorism have become a tradition in modern Europe," Zakharova stressed. In Odesa, after the 2014 coup d'état in Ukraine, anti-Maidan activists set up a tent camp in Kulikovo Field as a sign of protest. In the afternoon of May 2, supporters of the coup and nationalists destroyed the activists' camp.
Those who were attacked found refuge in the trade union building, which the radicals set on fire. Many of those trying to escape from the burning building opened fire on the crowd of Maidan supporters. The tragedy that happened that day, according to some reports, killed 48 people and injured more than 250. Most of the dead are people who were burned alive in the union house.
