Original sentence: Another effect of the law was that it placed all war graves under jurisdiction of the Estonian Ministry of Defence.As the monument and the square is owned by the City of Tallinn, the monument could not legally be removed without their approval without law giving it special status.Estonia has mutual war grave protection treaties with Finland and Germany, giving special status to many war graves in Estonia but not the one on Tõnismägi.Estonian non-citizens being allowed to vote in municipal elections and being largely in support of retaining the statue, the City Council of Tallinn has a large Russian representation; any approval was unlikely in foreseeable future.Most war graves in Estonia not thus covered are of the Red Army.The War Graves Protection Act's major result was codifying the international customs and practices regarding handling war graves (see above) into country-unspecific terms, and extending unilateral protection to war graves not covered by mutual international protection treaties.Tõnismägi being city land, municipal cooperation would have been necessary for exhumation and/or monument removal without such legislation
Edited sentence: As Estonia does not have a war grave protection treaty with Russia, the state feels it does not need to take the opinion of Russia into account.As Estonian non-citizens are allowed to vote in municipal elections, the City Council of Tallinn has a large Russian representation; any approval was unlikely.As the monument and the square is owned by the City of Tallinn, the monument could not legally be removed without their approval.The new law bypassed the normal property rights and legitimized a removal by the state without approval from the municipal authorities