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Momentum to remove Soviet monuments gathers pace during Russia’s war on Ukraine, but issue remains divisive.

Local governments are becoming increasingly interested in the relocation of Soviet era war memorials and monuments, particularly when these are in prominent locations.

Four Estonian municipalities have requested to move Soviet monuments and rebury the remains of Red Army soldiers. Several others are debating the future of theirs.

The fate of a former Soviet-era war memorial in southwestern Estonia hinges on details yet to be clarified.

The Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) military band is to have its annual budget cut in half, with the bulk of its workforce – which itself will be downsized – to work part-time rather than full-time. The announcement follows speculation about the orchestra's future after removing it altogether or placing it under another authority was suggested as an austerity measure. The EDF military band will be placed under the auspices of the Estonian war museum (Eesti sõjamuuseum), ERR reports. War museum director Hellar Lill said that there would be: "A structural change in the way we create the EDF ...