Kyiv City Council deputies at a plenary session on Thursday cancelled the lease of a land parcel to the civil organization Yan Tabachnyk International Creative Center on the banks of the Dnipro river near Berkovshchyna bay.

According to the council's press service, the corresponding land 8.15 hectare land parcel in 2003 was leased to the Center for 25 years. The lease envisioned construction and maintenance of the "I Have the Honor" elite club (Chest' Imeyu).

"The decision did not take into account the conclusions of the state bureau of ecology and natural resources and did not comply with the norms of Water and Land Codes of Ukraine. Thus, the Kyiv City Council in 2005 rescinded permission and ordered the main bureau of land resources of Kyiv City State Administration to void the lease agreement of the land parcel … However, in 2008, according to another Council decision, the land was again leased to Tabachnyk's center.

Kyiv's City Council said the move impeded realization of plans by the territorial Darnytsky district community to create Berkovshchyna park, leading 79 Kyiv City Council deputies to again nullify the lease agreement.