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KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian nationalists hurled red paint at a restored monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin moments after it was unveiled Friday, sparking a street brawl.
The nationalist group, Freedom, said the protest was inspired by persistent debate over the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33, a major irritant in Kiev’s relationship with its former Soviet overlord, Moscow.
It was the second time this year that vandals have targeted the more than 11-foot-tall granite statue of the Russian revolutionary on Kiev’s central Shevchenko boulevard. In July, it was taken down for restoration after nationalists smashed its face with a hammer and tore off an arm.
