Tearing down Russian monuments in Ukraine

In a Telegram post picked up by Echo, journalist Sergei Parkhomenko comments on the dismantling of monuments, not only in Kyiv but also in Odessa:

“Bulgakov, Akhmatova, Glinka, Pushkin and many others whose names can still be found in the streets of Ukrainian, Russian, French, American, German and Israeli cities can make do without monuments. Monuments are not what defines their legacy or their role in people’s lives. The question is whether people still read Bulgakov, Akhmatova and Pushkin and listen to Glinka. And that applies to every author, irrespective of their nationality or historical origins, at all times.”