Estonian parliament rejects bill to dismantle Bronze Soldier

This is reported by Postimees.

It is noted that the country's Conservative People's Party previously called for the demolition of the monument as an "ideological symbol of the Soviet occupation regime."

Thus, 14 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of the Bill and 54 voted against. Another 21 deputies did not vote.

"In the explanatory note to the project, EKRE pointed out that the transfer of the Bronze Soldier from the center of Tallinn to the Military Cemetery did not change anything," the article says.

Earlier, the State Duma of Russia during the first plenary session adopted a statement condemning the initiative to dismantle the monument to the Soviet soldier-liberator "Alyosha" in the city of Plovdiv in Bulgaria.