Zelensky will consider a petition to install a monument to a porn actor instead of Catherine II

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky is asked to consider a petition to replace the monument to Catherine II in Odessa with a monument in honor of porn actor Billy Herrington.

The petition received the 25,000 votes required for consideration by the head of state.

The Ukrainian publication Vesti reported this on July 12.

What is proposed in the petition

The authors of the petition propose to remove the monument to Catherine II in Odessa and instead install a monument to Herrington sitting at the bar with a bottle of beer.

Thus, the petition says, Odessa will be able to abandon its “infamous Russian heritage” and loudly declare that it is not part of Russian culture and a provincial town of the Russian empire, but has its own culture and sense of humor.

Also, the authors of the petition want to send a clear signal to the world about support for the LGBT community in Ukraine.