Ivan Petrenko,
civil servant
“Of course I think it’s negative. History should be respected irrespective of your beliefs. We have to remember this. They want to rewrite history for themselves.”
Aleksandr Denysenko,
lawyer
“I don’t think that flowers were put down and then taken away. There are opposition groups in Russia, I think there will be flowers there closer to May 9.”
Alina Mikal,
consultant
“I think it’s some sort of biased attitude towards our country. I don’t think it’s a sign of anything bigger. I just think that the current situation means that we’re enemies, despite the fact we were very close peoples.”
Vitaliy Drozdov,
retired engineer
“The decision they have taken is absolutely improper. Ukraine, like Russia and all other former Soviet countries, participated in the war, and without those countries, the Soviet Union never would have won the war. All the cities should be remembered.”
Alexey Pospelov,
pensioner
“It’s not a friendly action, especially to a kindred people. It’s really very bad that (Vladimir_ Putin did this. I’m not accusing the Russian people. I went to university in Russia and I respect Russians a lot. But Putin is not Russia.”
