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They have a russian majority -

Not according to this article. This article states that: Ethnic Russians make up about one-fourth of the Estonia's population of 1.3 million.

They should make a difference between a memorial for those who fought a war in defense of their home country and the memories of beeing opressed by the same.

They did not destroy the Russian Soldier memorial. They moved it to a cemetery in a more out of the way location. IMO, they handled it respectfully. It is hard for me to understand why the Russian expect the Estonians to be grateful for occupying their country for 50 years. If I were Estonian, I would be far more resentful of the Russian occupation than the Nazi one. After all, the Nazi occupation was brief in comparison.

Sorry - I ment to say minority.

“It is hard for me to understand why the Russian expect the Estonians to be grateful for occupying their country for 50 years.”

Noone could expect that and the memorial is not about russian occupation. It’s important for the russians in estonia that they have something to think of their WWII deads.

You are right to say that the replacement doesn’t necessarily mean that it isn’t handled with respect. Certainly the russian minority is a bit nervous because they are not treated like best friends (as you can imagine).