Estonia removes Soviet-era monument, citing public order - The Associated Press - en Español

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonia’s government started removing a Soviet World War II monument Tuesday from near a city on the Russian border as part of a wider effort, prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to dismantle remaining Soviet-era symbols.

Crews removed a replica of a T-34 tank that sat atop the monument outside the city of Narva in Estonia’s Russian-speaking east and placed it on a truck that took it to the Estonian War Museum in Viimsi, a town north of the capital, Tallinn.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said a neutral grave marker would replace the tank replica and the memorial outside Narva would “remain a dignified site for commemorating the dead.”.

After the city council in Narva decided the replica tank should go, a crowd gathered around the monument to protest the plan.