“Of course, we must do everything possible to keep these monuments where they stand today.
Because so many residents of these states want.
This is in line with all international treaties, ”she said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.
At the same time, Matvienko proposed to develop an option for placing Soviet monuments on the border if "things reach absolute lawlessness and a final decision is made to demolish these monuments."
In particular, a monument to the liberators of Riga can be erected on the border with Latvia, and the "Bronze Soldier" - on the border with Estonia in the Leningrad region, she suggested.
Matviyenko called the situation around the monuments to Soviet soldiers in the Baltics an attempt to "erase people's memory of respect for those who liberated Europe and these same Baltic republics from fascism."
On April 18, the Postimees newspaper reported that vandals desecrated a monument to the Soldier-Liberator of Tallinn from the Nazis, known as the Bronze Soldier.
The person guilty of desecrating the monument was fined.
Prior to that, it became known that the Riga City Council during the meeting voted for the demolition of the monument to the liberators of Riga.