In Belarus, they offered Poland and Lithuania to take away Soviet monuments from them

Monument to the Liberators in the center of Palanga. File photoMINSK, June 4Vitebsk public organizations appealed to the governments of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia with a proposal to take monuments to Soviet soldiers from these countries to Belarus, Belta reports with reference to the Vitebsk regional executive committee. with a proposal to take away the monuments to Soviet soldiers that are unnecessary in their countries in order to restore and place them in the region,» the message says. “I think we should not expect anything constructive in this matter from governments that indulge in the annual processions through their streets of former SS legionnaires, who allow themselves to trample on memory, demolishing monuments in honor of the soldiers who died for the liberation of their own peoples from the fascist yoke, carelessly taking out with a bulldozer , like garbage, still fragrant flowers from the foot of the monument to the liberators of Riga, ”the publication quotes him as saying. According to Teplyakov,“ memory based on truth is not needed not by the people of these countries themselves. “It is precisely that handful of politicians-satellites who are brought to power by overseas protection, who manages them in their own interests, does not need it. We can only hope that not all the human features of the officials of these countries have gone into oblivion and they will nevertheless come to to our proposal properly,» he said. protection of monuments to Soviet soldiers, which makes it possible to dismantle the monument to the Liberators of Riga. The police closed access to the monument, the municipal services removed the flowers laid by May 9 with a tractor, and later the residents of the city began to bring them again. The Latvian Parliament allowed the demolition of the monument. The Riga City Council voted for the demolition, instructing the specialized agency to ensure the dismantling of the monument. Cases of vandalism against Soviet monuments became more frequent after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the situation with monuments to Soviet soldiers in Latvia and Lithuania, called what is happening «an international outrage.»