The plastic statue of a lion with a gold mane and golden genitals on Yekaterinburg’s Vayner Street vanished during the night, according to local reports from E1.RU.
Residents who opposed the new installation started an online petition, drawing more than three thousand signatures within a day. The lion statue was removed in the early hours of October 7.
A former American was arrested for damaging property at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
A 40-year-old tourist from the United States deliberately damaged two ancient Roman statues dating back to the 2nd century AD. Police photographs show the sculptures pulled from their pedestals, laid on the floor, with one statue beheaded and the other broken into several pieces.
The museum released an image showing the stick the suspect carried inside the building, suggesting it may have been used during the incident.
Earlier reports noted a Russian coin, the five-kopek piece, was listed for sale at an astonishing price of 70 million rubles.