Original sentence: Large segment of the Russian-speaking population views Estonia's annexation into USSR as a legitimate process; the official view of the Russian Federation.These people tend to see the monument as a symbol of their purported right to live in Estonia as descendants of the "people that liberated the country from fascism"
Edited sentence: Despite the fact that in 1940 those who had failed to have their passports stamped for voting Estonia into the USSR were allowed to be shot in the back of the head by Soviet tribunals, a segment of the Russian-speaking population largely views Estonia's annexation into USSR as a legitimate process; the official view of the Russian Federation.This segment tends to see the monument as a symbol of their purported right to live in Estonia as descendants of the "people that liberated the country from fascism"