Estonia to remove Soviet monument which is ‘public order risk’

Workers remove the tank (Sergei Stepanov/AP)

A Soviet monument in a Russian-speaking Estonian border town will be removed because it represents a public order risk, the prime minister has said.

Prime minister Kaja Kallas said: “No-one wants to see our militant and hostile neighbour foment tensions in our home,” adding that the move came following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.