MOSCOW, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - The ongoing...
Mausoleum foundation and donors," he said. "On top of this, the crisis has struck hard. How can we change his suit in these economic conditions?"Lenin's suits are traditionally ordered from Switzerland and made of the finest materials. A new one is usually purchased every three years.
The Soviet leader's continuing presence in the heart of Moscow has been an ongoing source of controversy since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.
However, a senior Kremlin official recently said that there was no need no move Lenin from his resting place on Red Square, and that any attempt to do so could have serious consequences.
"The recent blast at the Lenin statue in St. Petersburg led, as you know, to protests. Just imagine for a minute what would happen if we were to try to move Lenin's body," Vladimir Kozhin, head of the Kremlin property management department, told the Tribuna paper.
A St. Petersburg monument of the communist leader
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