Ilves said the bill -- which calls for the removal of all Soviet and Nazi war monuments -- violates Estonia's constitution.
MORE: RFE/RL spoke with Ilves in October 2006.
Ilves had vowed to reject the bill shortly after parliament approved it on February 15.
The bill sparked angry responses from Moscow and from Estonia's Russian minority.
(AP, AFP)
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