NICE! Stalin bust beheaded with sledgehammer in Russian park
(www.themoscowtimes.com)https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/21/stalin-bust-beheaded-with-sledgehammer-in-russian-park-a85779An unknown man wielding a sledgehammer has decapitated a statue honoring Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in a city near Moscow, Russian state media reported.
The man also damaged a bust of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin before immediately fleeing the scene of the crime, local media reported.
Most monuments to him in the former Soviet Union have been removed, but there has been a growing chorus of officials who have taken a positive view of the leader since President Vladimir Putin took power