In 1997 it was unsuccessfully bombed by members of the Latvian ultra-nationalist group Pērkonkrusts, two of whom died during the bombing. Nowadays the momument remains a controversial subject, as many ethnic Latvians regard it not only as the symbol of Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War, but also Soviet re-occupation of Latvia.
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