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Latvia removes controversial Soviet monument
It was a rallying point for pro-Kremlin supporters
25 August, 16:46
(ANSA-AFP) - RIGA, AUG 25 - Latvia on Thursday took down a
Soviet-era monument in Riga following Russia's invasion of
Ukraine, despite protests from the Baltic state's ethnic Russian
minority to keep it. Demolition machinery was used to remove the
79-metre (259-foot) World War II memorial, which has become a
rallying point for pro-Kremlin supporters in Latvia, according
to an AFP journalist at the scene. (ANSA-AFP).
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