Novinsky with colleagues met with families of victims in Odessa on may 2

Vadim Novinsky

KIEV. May 1. UNN. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Odessa tragedy, the head of the parliamentary faction “the Opposition bloc” Vadim Novinsky arrived to Odessa to meet with family members of those killed on may 2, 2014. About this on his page in Facebook said the faction of political party “Opposition bloc” in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Odessa tragedy, the head of the parliamentary faction “the Opposition bloc” Vadim Novinsky arrived to Odessa to meet with family members of those killed on may 2, 2014.

Also at the meeting with relatives has arrived the head of the party “Our” Eugene Moore and people’s Deputy of Ukraine Tatiana Bakhteyeva. The families of the victims of those terrible events still do not know the true causes of death of their loved ones and the perpetrators of the incident have not been punished.

According to relatives, the investigative and judicial authorities deliberately shattered the episodes of the tragedy that divided the participants in the events of the 2nd of may, on political grounds, the result of the investigation was not impartial and fair.

According to people’s Deputy of Ukraine, head of the faction “Opposition bloc” in the Verkhovna Rada Vadim Novinsky, numerous attempts by the opposition to initiate the creation of Temporary Commission of inquiry on the objective investigation of the Odessa tragedy were enormous resistance to the ruling coalition.

“The current government is blind and deaf to the investigation of the Odessa tragedy. She’s not interested in the fact that Odessa and Ukraine found out the truth, because if the investigation would be honest, it would have resulted in the highest offices of this government. We have not forgotten anything, and we will do everything that the investigation of the Odessa tragedy was completed. Need it not those who died. It is necessary for us, the living to learn lessons from this terrible tragedy and be sure to punish those who were guilty”, — said the head of the faction “Opposition bloc” in the Verkhovna Rada Vadim Novinsky.

In 2014 year, the deputies of the Odessa region in the previous composition of the Verkhovna Rada managed to achieve the creation of the Temporary investigative Commission on may 2, which included Svetlana Fabrikant. However, according to her, the Commission was consolidated government and law enforcement to the criminal formalities, the reason Svetlana Fabrikant even withdrew its signature under the final report on the work of the Commission.

“The current Parliament is not interested in disclosing the truth about the Odessa tragedy and, most importantly, to punish those responsible for organizing the events on may 2, 2014. Today a new government must demonstrate openness in the investigation and to prevent speculation. Misunderstandings, innuendo, insults and lynching the end will believe only the truth,” stressed the people’s Deputy of Ukraine of VII convocation Svetlana Fabrikant.

“The Opposition bloc” claim that the families who lost their breadwinners, are completely deprived of social support from the state.

In the absence of social support from the state towards the families of the victims of the tragedy of Odessa Charity Fund of Vadim Novinsky took on the issues of financial assistance for rehabilitation of families with children. In addition, the necessary financial support in the beginning of may will receive 45 families whose relatives are in jail Odessa, Nikolaev and Kherson.

Vadim Novinsky repeatedly demanded from city authorities of Odessa to do this earlier its promise to permit the establishment of two memorial plaques in the Greek area and on the facade of the House of trade Unions. In addition, the leader of the parliamentary faction has declared its intention to Finance the development of the project and the construction of a memorial chapel on the Kulikovo field in memory of all the victims of the Odessa tragedy.