In the state Duma has developed the bill for the burial of Lenin’s body
Moscow. April 20. INTERFAX.RU IN the state Duma on Thursday introduced a bill with the proposal of the legal framework for burial of the remains of Vladimir Lenin, reported “Interfax” one of the initiators of the draft law, Vladimir Sysoev (LDPR).
“The relevant amendments we propose to the current law about burial and funeral business”, — said Sysoev Thursday “Interfax”.
“Our bill contains a legal framework for the reburial of the remains of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The procedure and terms, as well as the place of burial shall be installed by the government based on decisions of the interdepartmental Commission”, — said the MP.
As shown by a recent survey of “Levada-Centre”, more than half of Russians believe that Lenin’s body should be buried: 32% propose to do that at the Kremlin wall, and 26% at the Volkov cemetery in St. Petersburg. About a third of respondents (31%) believe that his remains should be left in the mausoleum.
22 April 2017 will mark the 147th anniversary of the birth of Lenin.