27 Feb 2021 / 02:53 H. MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Moscow authorities have scrapped plans to erect a statue on the central Lubyanka Square because a city-wide vote to pick one of two possible candidates from Russian history has proven too divisive, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday. Voters were asked if they wanted to reinstate the original statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, one of the Soviet Union's most feared secret policemen, or erect one of Alexander Nevsky, a 13th century prince and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church revered for his military victories over foreign invaders. Although almost 320,000 people participated in the online poll, which began on Thursday morning, the result will not be taken into account and no statue will be erected, Sobyanin said.