Daniel Stewart - Yesterday
The Russian Investigative Committee has reported that it will look into cases of removal and demolition of Soviet monuments in several European countries, especially in recent months after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Statue of Lenin in Grutas Park, in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius -
HANS VAN RHOON / ZUMA PRESS / CONTACTOPHOTO
In the last week, the removal of a Red Army monument in Mariemburg, Denmark; a Soviet-era tank in Narva, Estonia; or a peace monument in Helsinki donated by the Soviet Union to Finland in the late 1980s has been publicized.
Also, the chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrikin, has urged the body to investigate the causes of the desecration of a Soviet military cemetery in Weneuchen, Germany, allegedly by a neo-Nazi fanatic, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
"These illegal actions are directed against Russia's interests in the field of preserving the historical memory of the Soviet Union's activities during World War II and the decisive role in the victory over fascism," the Investigative Committee has stressed.
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine at the end of February, several Soviet monuments and memorials throughout Europe, especially in the former Soviet republics and in Germany, have been vandalized in protest against the invasion or directly removed or demolished by the authorities
In the last week, the removal of a Red Army monument in Mariemburg, Denmark; a Soviet-era tank in Narva, Estonia; or a peace monument in Helsinki donated by the Soviet Union to Finland in the late 1980s has been publicized.
Also, the chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrikin, has urged the body to investigate the causes of the desecration of a Soviet military cemetery in Weneuchen, Germany, allegedly by a neo-Nazi fanatic, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
"These illegal actions are directed against Russia's interests in the field of preserving the historical memory of the Soviet Union's activities during World War II and the decisive role in the victory over fascism," the Investigative Committee has stressed.
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine at the end of February, several Soviet monuments and memorials throughout Europe, especially in the former Soviet republics and in Germany, have been vandalized in protest against the invasion or directly removed or demolished by the authorities
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