On September 8 round table “Preservation of Historical
Heritage: Public Voice” took place in the Moscow City Duma.
The round table was organised by Eugeni Bunimovich, Chair
of the Moscow City Duma Commission for Education and Science
and member of the YABLOKO faction.
Representatives of different public organisations, Moscow
museums, architects, artists and journalists participated
in the discussion. The discussion evolved around the present
Moscow laws for preservation of historical and cultural
heritage.
Opening the discussion Eugeni Bunimovich asked the audience
to voice their proposals that the YABLOKO faction could
submit as amendments to the law on historical and cultural
heritage.
Eugeni Bunimovich stressed that the problems of preservation
of historical heritage of Moscow are urgent and complex,
and can be solved only by joining the efforts of public
organisations and governments. According to Bunimovich,
the Moscow government began listening to the public voice.
Several frozen construction projects that had to replace
historical sites represent the contribution of the citizens
to the preservation of Moscow.
Several definite proposals prohibiting some types of construction
works in historical buildings (capital construction and
reconstruction works), introducing mandatory insurance of
the cultural heritage and a mechanism of sanctions in case
of violations were worked out during the discussion.
