Svaka rasprava o tome da li bi se spomenik trebao ostaviti onakav kakav je ili povratiti na prethodno stanje zastala je kad su aktivisti iz asocijacije Bugarsko-ruskog foruma doveli mašine i radnu snagu da počiste boju.
Any debate about whether the monument should be left as it was or restored to its previous look stopped when activists from the Bulgaria-Russia Forum association brought machines and a workforce to clean off the paint.