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Tallinn on Edge after Russian-Estonian Riots
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by Jordan Yerman | April 28, 2007 at 01:03 pm
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A monument to heroism or to occupation, depends on whom you ask.
A tense calm is reported in Estonia's capital, Tallinn, after two nights of clashes between ethnic Russians and police over a Soviet war monument.One man was killed, 153 people were injured and some 800 arrests were made as the Russians resisted the removal of the bronze statue of a soldier.
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and protesters trashed shops.
Estonians say the memorial symbolised Soviet occupation. Supporters say it celebrated heroes who fought the Nazis.
The dead man has been named by the Russian embassy in Tallinn as Dmitriy Ganin, 20, an ethnic Russian who was permanently resident in Estonia and held Russian citizenship.
The Soviets spent a lot more time occupying Estonia than the Nazis did, instrumental though they were in chasing Hitler's army off.
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Jordan Yerman
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at 02:21 on April 29th, 2007
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 22:47 on April 29th, 2007
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff. I heard it's losing tension, but nothing yet decided.
at 02:43 on May 1st, 2007
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Look also photos about "liberators": http://riotsintallinn.blogspot.com/