Prague to take away monument to WWII Soviet commander

A district in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is ready to take away a statue of a Soviet World Conflict II commander Ivan Konev from its website, a transfer that may probably anger Russia.

Marshall Konev led the Crimson Military forces that liberated giant elements of Czechoslovakia from the Nazi occupation in 1945. His monument, unveiled within the Prague 6 district in 1980, has been a supply of controversy.

Russia vehemently protested when an explanatory textual content about Konev’s position in crushing the 1956 anti-Soviet rebellion in Hungary and making ready the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia was connected to his monument final yr.

After it was focused by vandals, Prague 6 representatives agreed Thursday to take away it, a transfer that has been criticized by Russia and pro-Russian Czech president Milos Zeman.

Konev must be changed by a brand new monument.