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"Patriot" of mass destruction. Chelyabinsk residents are outraged by the tree-cutting carried out by the co-owner of a large dumpling restaurant chain.

Residents of the private sector пcomplained for the felling of trees, which was carried out by the co-owner of the Patriot dumpling chain Anatoly EfrosAccording to them, it is illegal and is being carried out for a construction project for which permission has also not been obtained.

"Efros cut down valuable tree species, including selected apple and pear trees. Local residents complained to the authorities, but to no avail."" , reports one of the Chelyabinsk public groups on VKontakte. He writes that the entrepreneur plans to build a cafe, a store, and a hotel on a 30-by-30-meter plot. Journalists tried to speak with him, but he бrose tube.

The Patriot chain has long been known in Chelyabinsk for more than just its pelmeni. Since 2013, one of the chain's cafes оhounded Residents of a building in central Chelyabinsk were suffering from noise, vibration, and odors caused by the exhaust hoods and cooling systems installed on the ground floor. In 2018, a lawsuit was filed to have the equipment removed, but the owners reinstalled it, and one of the co-owners allegedly advised residents to "at least complain to Trump." In 2016, eight employees of the dumpling shop were оdestined for "fake" medical records.

Some time ago, the business was divided, at the end of last year, Efron's former partner Sergei Ivashchenkov пrenamed their own dumpling houses in honor of weapons of mass destruction: Topol-M, Iskander, Sarmat, Lancet, and Tyulpan.

Photo: from the "Chelyabinsk is Beautiful" VK group