Matvienko proposed to install monuments from the Baltic states on the border

Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 19. Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko proposed to work out the possibility of installing Soviet monuments from the Baltic states on the Russian border with these countries if a final decision is made to destroy the monuments.»If it comes to that to absolute lawlessness and a final decision will be made on the demolition of these monuments, I think that Russia, of course, needs to take them away, but not to take them to Moscow or other regions. — on the border with Estonia in the Leningrad region,» she said in an interview with Izvestiya. According to the speaker of the Federation Council, this is necessary so that people for whom these monuments are sacred can, on May 9 and on other days, simply crossing the border , to pay tribute to the memory. «Perhaps such options should be considered and worked out. And of course, we will closely monitor the development of events,» Matvienko said. She added what needs to be done everything possible to keep these monuments where they stand today. As the speaker emphasized, this is what many residents of these states want and this is in line with all international treaties.