Moving away from Russia's interference: the EU as a significant "other" in the Bronze Soldier conflict?

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From the Bronze Soldier to the “Bloody Marshal”: Monument Wars and Russia’s Aesthetic Vulnerability in Estonia and the Czech Republic

“…31 In other words, "if Nazi symbols were forbidden in the eU because they glorified a totalitarian regime, then Communist symbols should also be banned." 32 Needless to say that the debate unfolded under the condition of "diametrically opposite" 33 opinions on that matter expressed and advocated for in the estonian national discourse and among estonian Russophones.…”