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People who walked from Khreschatyk Street to Leo Tolstoy Square amid an outbreak of violence in Kyiv on Monday, November 21, targeted a beauty and sun tanning parlor in mistake for an office that is thought to be owned by Ukrainian politician, chairman of the pro-Russian political organization Ukrainian Choice Viktor Medvedchuk, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Alleged activists damaged a building at 23b Velyka Vasylkivska Street, having broken the windows and thrown flares into the Sun Light sun parlor's premises.
According to Hromadske.TV, the building at 23b Velyka Vasylkivska Street houses six companies. One of them is B.I.M. International Law Offices, a law firm headed by Medvedchuk since 1991.
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A man asked by Hromadske.TV journalists whether it was his office with the broken windows, confirmed the information, by saying: "Yes, this is my office. There is no Medvedchuk here. The salon is beside my office, and I work here."
A branch of a Russian bank, Sberbank, was attacked by protesters on the same day.