Image copyright Prodvizheniye TV Image caption The not-so-eternal flame wasn`t burning when a local TV crew visitedOfficials in the Russian city of Omsk have backed down on plans to turn off the eternal flame at the local war memorial after a public outcry.
According to the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, the local authorities promised at the inaugural ceremony that the eternal flame would burn constantly.
On Tuesday, an official announced it would only be lit on 17 military public holidays, which led to an outcry from the public, local Prodvizheniye TV channel reports.
Veterans association leader Yevgeny Belov said he was "profoundly offended" by the decision, as honouring the memory of the war dead at the eternal flame was "sacred".
It was financed by the Omsk veterans association, and the flame was lit with a torch flown directly from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.
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