The Russians obviously are trying to bully Estonia. That is wrong and should be resisted. But I don’t think it was a good idea for Estonia to destroy a monument to World War II war dead. That was for Estonians who died in World War II too. And the Russians who were honored by the memorial had nothing to do with the war with Ukraine. While Russia is wrong to issue these charges, Estonia was wrong in pulling down the World War II monument.
Estonia doesn’t belong to Russia. They can do whatever the hell they want with the statues. It’s their country.
“Estonia was wrong in pulling down the World War II monument.”
Not at all. The four hundred monuments to the USSR in Estonia were placed there by the Soviets as part of their ‘Russification’ efforts and Putin has often cited such monuments as establishing Estonia as Russian territory.
Removing the monuments is part of de-Russification and de-Sovietizing and part of establishing Estonia for Estonia.
If Russia wants to build monuments to the glories of the USSR then do so. But no other country should have to tolerate that crap on their sovereign soil.