Russia summons Estonian charge d'affairs over plans to remove tombs of Soviet soldiers
Russian Foreign Ministry warns Estonia's senior diplomat that response to these actions will follow
The general view from the building of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, Russia on April 05, 2022.
MOSCOW
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Estonian charge d'affaires in Russia Jana Vanamolder over Tallinn's plans to move tombs of Soviet servicemen from the Tallinn Military Cemetery without the consent of relatives.
The ministry told the Estonian diplomat that "such blasphemous actions run counter to generally accepted international practice and human morality, which Tallinn lost long ago," according to a statement by the ministry.
The ministry warned that such actions would not remain without a response.
On Jan. 31, the Russian Embassy in Estonia said Estonia planned "to desecrate the graves of Red Army soldiers at the military cemetery in Tallinn."
The Estonian Military Museum is going to dismantle the tombstones to allegedly rebury the remains of servicemen, it said, questioning why everything is being done secretly without any media coverage, and called these actions by Tallinn "an act of vandalism."
