Despite protests from residents, Krasnodar City Hall approved the construction of a church on the embankment.

The mayor of Krasnodar approved the planning plan for the Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment in the Yubileiny microdistrict, where a church is planned to be built, which residents had been protesting.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on December 15, 2025, residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict of Krasnodar, protesting against the embankment development, recorded a video message to Vladimir Putin. According to City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov, more than 1,000 people participated in the protest. The issue was not raised during the president's direct line. On December 17, 2025, Safronov was summoned to the police due to his video message to Putin. Safronov reported that a Krasnodar official had filed a denunciation against him.

The head of the Krasnodar administration approved the development of a green zone on the embankment in the Yubileiny microdistrict. In accordance with the adopted territory planning documents, a church will be built there, according to Yevgeny Naumov's decree "On approval of the territory planning documentation (the territory planning project and the territory surveying project as part of the territory planning project) located between Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment Street and the right bank of the Kuban River in the Western Intracity District of the city of Krasnodar", which was published on the mayor's office website.

"The territory planning documentation provides for the allocation of elements of the planning structure, the placement of the capital construction project of the temple complex in honor of the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God, the placement of local facilities (pedestrian street and squares, bicycle path), as well as landscaping and improvement of the territory, and the formation of land plots," the document states.

The resolution mentions that public discussions were held on the territory planning project.

The Krasnodar administration held public discussions on the construction of the church. "About two thousand people participated in the protests, ninety percent of whom spoke out against the construction of a church on the embankment, but the city administration ignored 1,500 objections," activist Yana Antonova wrote on her Telegram channel.

As a reminder, despite numerous protests, Krasnodar authorities rejected all objections from Yubileyny residents to the embankment development, but took into account the position of those supporting the church construction. Residents are confident that only the attention of federal authorities will help prevent the development of the green recreation area. Together with representatives of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, they began collecting signatures demanding the resignation of Mayor Yevgeny Naumov.

In September 2024, residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict of Krasnodar protested against the development of Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment, where, according to the new general plan of the city, the construction of a church was planned. They explained that this is the only large recreation area in the microdistrict. Activists collected signatures for a petition to GovernorVeniamin Kondratyev against the development of Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment. more than 3,000 signatures were collected. Activist Vitaly Cherkasov and City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov were detained while collecting signatures and fined by the court. However, in In November, city council deputies adopted a new general plan despite protests from residents.

Residents of the microdistrict actively protested against the development of the embankment, explaining that this is the only large recreation area in the microdistrict. However, in November 2024, city council deputies adopted a new general plan despite their protests.

Back in December 2021, activists spoke out against the construction of a new church on the embankment in Krasnodar, and residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict also protested against it. Embankment defenders believe it is necessary to build educational and leisure facilities for children in the microdistrict. In January 2022, activist Yana Antonova held a solo picket against Transfer of a plot of land on the embankment to the Russian Orthodox Church for the construction of a church.