The governor of Russia's Oryol region, some 335 kilometres (200 miles) south of Moscow, has nonetheless backed the first-ever monument to the tsar, saying during its inauguration Friday that Ivan the Terrible "was a defender of our land, a tsar who expanded its frontiers ."
Tomēr Orlas apgabala gubernators Vadims Potomskis atbalstīja pieminekļa uzstādīšanu un atklāšanas ceremonijā piektdien sacīja, ka Ivans Bargais "bija mūsu zemes aizstāvis, cars, kurš paplašināja tās robežas".