OREANDA-NEWS The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has protested to the Charge d'affaires of Estonia in Russia, Jan Vanamelder, because of the desire of the authorities to reburial the remains of Soviet soldiers at the Tallinn military Cemetery without the consent of their relatives. The Foreign Ministry announced this on Friday, February 2.

"We strongly protested to her in connection with the plans of the Estonian authorities to reburial the remains of Soviet servicemen at the Tallinn Military Cemetery without the consent of relatives," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in an official statement.

In particular, the diplomat was told that this act would not go unanswered, and "such blasphemous actions go against generally recognized international practice and human morality."

Recall that on the eve of the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bystrykin, instructed to check information about the desecration of the graves of Red Army soldiers in Tallinn. It was stated that the Estonian Military Museum intends to dismantle the tombstones and allegedly reburial the remains of 38 servicemen.

Earlier it became known that in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, it is planned to completely destroy the Soviet memorial at the Antakalnis cemetery. The relevant decision was approved by the city council.