The Lviv authorities refused to comply with the decision of the cassation administrative court to transfer the remains of Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov to Russia. This was stated by the mayor of the city Andrey Sadovoy on the Facebook page.
On September 15, the Cassation Administrative Court of the Supreme Court of Ukraine decided to oblige the Executive Committee of the Lviv City Council to allow relatives to reburial the remains of Nikolai Kuznetsov in Yekaterinburg. Now the scout is resting in a grave on the Hill of Glory in Lviv. This decision is not subject to appeal. However, Sadovoy stressed that the Lviv authorities do not intend to cooperate with Russia.
The remains of a Soviet intelligence officer have been trying to return to the territory of Russia since 2000. First, veterans of Yekaterinburg appealed to the authorities of Lviv with a request for reburial, later – the niece of the scout Margarita Bryukhanova. In 2008, she filed a lawsuit, the litigation lasted until September 2021. At the same time, in 2020, the Lviv City Hall also refused to return the remains.