Donetsk People’s Republic Square
MOSCOW, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia has renamed the area outside the US Embassy after the pro-Russian breakaway republic in eastern Ukraine.
The new address has been changed to “Donetsk People’s Republic Square,” the Moscow City Hall office announced on Wednesday.
“The US Embassy in Russia has received a new official address,” the statement said. “Now the diplomatic mission is located at the following address: Russian Federation, city of Moscow, the intracity territory of the Presnensky municipal district, the square of the Donetsk People’s Republic, building 1, buildings 1–9.”
The new address was chosen following the results of a public vote with nearly 280,000 participants, according to the city hall.
In May, Moscow councillors proposed to rename one of Moscow’s streets in honor of the “defenders of Donbas.”
The embassy’s previous address was 8 Bolshoi Devyatinsky Lane. — NNN-AGENCIES
