The argument is usually that WW2 monuments are supposed to be off limits for obvious reasons.
Estonia has removed several.
One might consider the manipulation going on in calling it "Soviet era" instead of "WW2 monuments."
Of course, one might also consider that Estonia was occupied following the Soviet non-aggression pact with Germany and they arrested and deported 60k Estonians themselves within the first year, and Putin is outright declaring an irredentist expansion policy so...
I thought Russia is not the Soviet Union.
Reminds me of this scene from The Simpsons.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Reminds me
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
The argument is usually that WW2 monuments are supposed to be off limits for obvious reasons.
Estonia has removed several.
One might consider the manipulation going on in calling it "Soviet era" instead of "WW2 monuments."
Of course, one might also consider that Estonia was occupied following the Soviet non-aggression pact with Germany and they arrested and deported 60k Estonians themselves within the first year, and Putin is outright declaring an irredentist expansion policy so...
according to Putin they're one and the same.