No matter how barbaric the russians are, some of them still feel ashamed and try to hide evidence of their unpunished crimes. For example, they tore down a monument commemorating the deportation of the Baltic peoples during the communist russian dictatorship in Tomsk, Siberia.

But we won't forget!

https://news.err.ee/1610004949/baltic-states-poland-protest-russian-removal-of-deportations-memorial