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Latvia tears down a controversial Soviet-era monument in its capital.

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A 260-foot-tall obelisk erected in 1985 to honor Soviet soldiers who ended the country’s World War II Nazi occupation was toppled on Thursday. By BY ISABELLA KWAI from NYT https://ift.tt/cu13k2M

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