Quote Originally Posted by Xehh II
Why would Russia care about the statue, it's not like they're Soviets anymore.
I mean if I was the leader of Russia I would try to get rid of everything that had anything to do with it.
Just as well you are not, then.
Putin has proclaimed that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a disaster for his
country, has he not? Distancing wouldn't be foremost on the agenda, and rightly
so.

The statue should've stayed; as a memorial it's only right that it remain
undisturbed.