Blue and yellow paint splashed on door of Vancouver's Russian Community Centre, police investigating
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Vancouver police are investigating after an apparent act of vandalism at the Russian Community Centre in the city's Kitsilano neighbourhood.
Vancouver police are investigating after an apparent act of vandalism at the Russian Community Centre in the city's Kitsilano neighbourhood overnight.
The Vancouver Police Department said in a news release Saturday that it had sent investigators to the community centre near Arbutus Street and West 4th Avenue after receiving reports that the building had been defaced with blue and yellow paint.
Images from the scene show the paint splattered on the door and the sidewalk, as well as on some of the posters outside the building's entrance.
There were no written messages visible with the vandalism, but the choice of colours is almost certainly an allusion to the Ukrainian flag.
Russia invaded Ukraine late last month, drawing condemnation from most of the world and prompting significant sanctions from NATO countries, including Canada.
Natasha Lozovsky-Burns is the vice president of Vancouver's Russian Community Centre. She told CTV News the centre has been around since 1956, when it was founded by Russian immigrants who came to Vancouver via China.
Today, the organization offers classes in Russian language, history and culture, including a full Russian immersion school on Saturdays.
