[Russia] - Russian City Tears Down War Veterans Park to Include Business Center

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A park dedicated to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine was torn down in order to make way for the construction of a new business center,
media showed dismantled playgrounds and paving tiles piled on the ground.Police said they were looking into a video of a man and woman
loading tree saplings from the park into a car
center, parking lot and a 30-story residential building at the site of the veterans park were first approved in September 2020
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