Prosecutor's office orders police to maintain public order at Hostynny Dvir in Kyiv

Kyiv Prosecutor's Office has submitted a motion demanding that the city's police take proper steps to ensure the protection of public order at Hostynny Dvir (Hospitality Court, a historic building) in Kyiv.

The prosecutor's office demanded that public order be maintained and that possible conflicts at Hostynny Dvir be prevented, the media liaisons department of Kyiv Prosecutor's Office reported on Tuesday.

The prosecutor's office said that the Podilsky district department of police had in the last few days received 14 applications from activists of an organization opposing the reconstruction of the building and representatives of an organization conducting restoration work at Hostynny Dvir.

As reported, on September 20, 2012, Kyiv City Council leased a 1.02-hectare land plot to Ukrrestavratsiya for five years to restore Hostynny Dvir and turn it into an office center with a parking lot for guests.

On August 3, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed a law expelling Hostynny Dvir from the list of monuments of cultural heritage that cannot be privatized.

Before that, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issued resolution No. 1380 dated August 15, 2011 to remove Hostynny Dvir from the list of architectural monuments. According to the document, the building was removed from the list of facilities guarded by the state.