The Moscow City Council decided that a kindergarten should be built in Mantulinskaya St. in the Moscow center instead of a Sephardic synagogue. The decree has already been signed by Mayor Yury Luzhkov, a spokesperson for the City Council said today. �According to the mayor�s decree, the earlier document booking the land plot in the Mantulinskaya St. for the Moscow Sephardic community is declared null and void,� he said.

According to the spokesperson, Mayor Luzhkov has also ordered a new land plot for the Sephardic synagogue and cultural center to be found, but not in the city center.

(Source: Interfax)