Moscow issues demarche to EU state over WWII memorial ‘vandalism’

Estonia’s envoy has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry over the removal of memorials at a Soviet WWII cemetery

The Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned the demolition of Soviet WWII memorials at the Tallinn military cemetery and lodged a formal protest with Estonia’s acting chargé d’affaires in Moscow over what it described as yet another act of vandalism.   

The ministry said the demarche took place on Monday following...