The letter sent at the end of the week to the rector of the Russian cathedral Saint-Nicolas, in Nice, is unequivocal. Andrey Eliseev and his “friends” are clearly threatened with death there if they do not leave for Russia within a month. A complaint has been filed. And an investigation has been entrusted to the Departmental Security, indicates this Sunday to 20 minutes the public prosecutor of Nice, confirming information from Nice morning.
The war in Ukraine triggered by the head of the Kremlin ignites the powder 2,000 km away. “You are Mr. Putin’s friends [sic]. Go to Russia soon, otherwise you and your friends will be murdered. You have a month”, writes a “friend” in this letter, the content of which was published by the regional daily.
Pro-Ukraine rally postponed
The tension is such that the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes has finally decided to postpone a pro Ukraine demonstration which was to be held this Sunday morning in front of the Orthodox place of worship. A measure that the lawyer for the Archpriest Andrey Eliseev had demanded, according to Nice-Matin. Especially since parishioners have also received similar threats.
At the beginning of March, certain representatives of the Russian community, which would represent some 100,000 people on the Côte d’Azur, were already explaining to 20 minutes, suffer discrimination and suffer from “Russophobia”. “We are two peoples who suffer from this conflict,” whispered a mother. An expatriate student, she noted that ” [sa] nation never wanted this war”.