• Sibbo
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    229 months ago

    I thought Russia is not the Soviet Union.

      • @Everythingispenguins
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        19 months ago

        Can we have a Lenin v Putin fight in the red square. We could call it “Tumble in the Kremlin”

        Not really the same flair but let’s face it the fight is going to be pretty shit, we couldn’t afford a good promoter.

    • @[email protected]
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      9 months ago

      The argument is usually that WW2 monuments are supposed to be off limits for obvious reasons.

      Estonia has removed several.

      One might consider the manipulation going on in calling it “Soviet era” instead of “WW2 monuments.”

      Of course, one might also consider that Estonia was occupied following the Soviet non-aggression pact with Germany and they arrested and deported 60k Estonians themselves within the first year, and Putin is outright declaring an irredentist expansion policy so…