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PM Ansip dismisses accusations of Nazism revival in Estonia
17/05/2007 16:35 The Estonian prime minister dismissed Thursday accusations that Nazism was being revived in the country, calling them groundless.
Estonian PM backs Bronze Soldier removal
16/05/2007 13:57 Estonia's Prime Minister defended the decision to move the Bronze Soldier statue from central Tallinn to the outskirts, but admitted he had underestimated the significance of the monument for Russians.
Estonia issue to be raised at Russia-EU summit - Kremlin source
13/05/2007 13:14 The issue of a Soviet WWII memorial in Estonia will be raised at a Russia-EU summit but closer cooperation between Russia and the European Union will top the summit's agenda, a Kremlin source said Sunday.
MEPs stand up for Estonia in spat with Russia ahead of summit
11/05/2007 15:42 The European Parliament defended Estonia in a diplomatic spat with Russia over a World War II monument and urged Moscow to respect democratic values ahead of a Russia-EU summit next week.
Russian MPs to take up Estonian "police brutality" at PACE
10/05/2007 18:14 Russia's lower house of parliament has evidence of police brutality during riots provoked by the removal of a Soviet war memorial in Estonia's capital in late April, the house speaker said Thursday.
Russian delegation lays wreath at WWII memorial in Tallinn
09/05/2007 13:37 A delegation from the Russian Embassy in Estonia has laid a wreath at the Bronze Soldier Soviet-era monument and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Tallinn.
Russian ministry has no plans to limit trade with Estonia
08/05/2007 17:45 Russia's economics ministry is not drafting any proposals to limit trade with Estonia, a deputy minister said Tuesday.
Russia regrets NATO, EU connivance at attempts to rewrite history
07/05/2007 12:08 Russia rejects some countries' attempts to rewrite history, Russia's foreign minister said Monday.
Estonia police chief vows calm and order after recent riots
06/05/2007 18:12 The riots that erupted in the Estonian capital after the removal of a Soviet-era WWII memorial from central Tallinn will not be repeated and calm is returning to society, Estonia's police chief said Sunday.
Estonian foreign minister says Moscow owes apology to Tallinn
05/05/2007 15:14 Estonia's foreign minister said Saturday it is Russia that owes his country an apology in the dispute over the removal of a Red Army monument and a war grave in the capital Talllinn.
U.S. Senate backs Estonia, rebukes Russia over war memorial protests
04/05/2007 19:12 The U.S. Senate adopted a resolution Friday by a simple majority supporting Estonia and denouncing attacks against its embassies in Russia and elsewhere.
Pro-Kremlin youth disrupt panel discussion with Estonian consul
04/05/2007 17:22 A pro-Kremlin youth group disrupted a panel discussion with the Estonian consul general in Russia's second-largest city Friday.
Moscow court fines activists $19 in Estonian Embassy siege
04/05/2007 15:44
Estonian consulate says work resumes in Moscow-1
04/05/2007 13:51 The Estonian embassy's consular service in Moscow resumed work Friday following an end to a siege of the building by protestors, an embassy officer said.
Youth activists say Estonian Embassy siege in Moscow over
04/05/2007 10:01 The leaders of a youth movement announced late Thursday that they were ending demonstrations outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow.
Slovak MP says Estonian actions smack of "fascism"
03/05/2007 21:46 Estonia's removal of a WWII monument was a sign of "fascism, racism and Nazism," the Slovak news agency TASR quoted Slovakia's deputy parliament speaker as saying Thursday.
Wrap: Kremlin irked by EU, US stance on war memorial flap with Estonia
03/05/2007 19:58 Russia has been angered by the reaction of some EU countries, as well as the U.S., in an escalating dispute with Estonia over the removal of a Soviet-era war memorial from central Tallinn.
Moscow concerned over Germany, Portugal, EU stance on Estonia
03/05/2007 16:31 Russia's Foreign Ministry expressed concern to the ambassadors of Germany, Portugal and the European Commission over "the lack of a principled position on Estonian actions" regarding a Soviet monument.
Moscow ensures protests near Estonian Embassy lawful -Lavrov
03/05/2007 15:39 Russian authorities are making sure that demonstrations in front of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow remain within the law, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Estonian counterpart.
U.S. backs Estonia amid ongoing war memorial dispute with Russia
03/05/2007 13:28 The United States backed Estonia Thursday in its escalating dispute with Russia over the removal of a Soviet war memorial, saying it was the Baltic state's internal affair and urging dialogue.
Wrap: War memorial dispute continues, Estonia, Russia trade barbs
02/05/2007 20:04 A dispute between Russia and Estonia over the removal of a Soviet war memorial from central Tallinn continues, with Moscow referring the case to the UN and the Baltic state seeking protection from the European Commission.
Estonian ambassador says Russia rejects dialogue with Estonia
02/05/2007 15:20 Estonia is not responsible for the lack of constructive dialogue with Russia over the removal of the Bronze Soldier monument from the center of Tallinn, the Estonian ambassador to Russia said Wednesday.
Russia raises WWII memorial issue at UN
02/05/2007 10:42 Russia has raised the issue of the removal of Soviet WWII memorials in countries freed from Nazi occupation with the UN, Russia's envoy to the UN said Wednesday.
Estonia invites Russian MPs to celebrate VE Day-1
01/05/2007 16:59 Estonia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday it had invited the visiting Russian lawmakers to attend the celebrations of the Allied Coalition's victory over Nazi Germany in the Baltic state May 8.
Russian MPs barred from WWII excavation site in Tallinn
01/05/2007 13:36 Estonian authorities have barred Russian lawmakers from visiting the WWII memorial complex in central Tallinn, where the exhumation of Soviet soldiers' remains is under way, a member of the visiting delegation said Tuesday.
Bronze Soldier installed at Tallinn military cemetery
30/04/2007 19:21 The Bronze Soldier has been installed at a Tallinn military cemetery, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Monday.
Estonian Foreign Ministry files protest note with Russia
30/04/2007 14:27 Estonia's Foreign Ministry filed a note of protest with Russia over the situation around the Baltic state's embassy in Moscow, the ministry press service said Monday.
Claims of Russia's part in clashes in Estonia unfounded - MP
29/04/2007 17:26 A senior Russian lawmaker dismissed Sunday as unfounded Estonia's claims that Russia was to blame for escalating tension in Estonia and sparking clashes in the Estonian capital after the removal of the Soviet WWII monument.
Estonia to relocate Soviet-era WWII memorial
29/04/2007 15:08 Estonia will relocate a Soviet-era WWII memorial to a military cemetery after its removal in the center of Tallinn sparked clashes between protesters and police, the Estonian defense minister said Sunday.
Tallinn court sanctions arrest of protest leaders in statue row
28/04/2007 21:23 An Estonian court has sanctioned the arrests of Russian speaking activists detained during mass protests in Tallinn against the removal of a Soviet monument, the Harju court press service said Saturday.
Europe "no right to ignore" Tallinn row - Russian PACE official
28/04/2007 20:45 A senior Russian lawmaker has urged the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to include the dispute over the Soviet WWII memorial in Tallinn in its June session.
State Duma delegation to visit Estonia April 30
28/04/2007 20:29
Estonia cordons off parliament, starts exhumation by statue
28/04/2007 19:57 The Estonian parliament and presidential palace have been surrounded by concrete blocks and barbed wire to stave off protests, as the exhumation of the soldiers remains starts under the Soviet-era memorial in Tallinn.
Supermarkets, lawmakers in Russia boycott Estonian goods
28/04/2007 19:24 Moscow-centered supermarket chains will stop selling Estonian goods from the weekend as part of a civil protest against the removal of the Soviet-era WWII memorial in Estonia this week.
Estonia closes Moscow consulate, citing security
28/04/2007 17:36 The Estonian Consulate in Moscow has closed for security reasons on the second day of protests in the two capitals against the removal of the Soviet monument in Tallinn, the embassy said Saturday.
Russian-Estonian relations: stuck between a rock and a hard place
28/04/2007 17:01
EU's Solana concerned by police action in Tallinn
28/04/2007 15:26 The EU's leading foreign policy and security official said Saturday he was concerned by the use of force against protesters following the removal of a WWII statue in Tallinn Friday.
Estonian government cuts up WWII memorial
27/04/2007 16:45 The controversial Soviet-era WWII monument in central Tallinn has been cut up and taken out of the city center, the Estonian government press service said Friday.
Russian upper house proposes Putin sever ties with Estonia
27/04/2007 14:11 Russia's upper house has submitted to the president a resolution to break off diplomatic ties with Estonia following the removal of a Soviet World War II monument in Tallinn.
Russia's upper house calls for cutting ties with Estonia
27/04/2007 11:47 Russia's upper house of parliament will adopt a statement calling for breaking diplomatic ties with Estonia over the removal of a monument to Soviet soldiers in Tallinn, the speaker said Friday.
Russia blasts Estonia over monument removal, promises action
27/04/2007 09:45 Russia sees no justification for the removal of the WWII Bronze Soldier statue in Tallinn and plans to review its relations with Estonia, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Police use tear gas against Soviet monument defenders in Tallinn
26/04/2007 21:39 Police in Tallinn, Estonia, had to use tear gas to disperse protesters against Estonian authorities' decision to remove a World War II monument to Soviet soldiers.
Russia blasts exhumation of Soviet soldiers in Tallinn
26/04/2007 15:27 Russia's parliamentary speaker condemned Thursday the start of the exhumation and reburial of 13 fallen WWII Soviet soldiers in the Estonian capital as obscurantism.
Estonia promises not to move Bronze Soldier before May 9
25/04/2007 16:30 Exhumation of Soviet soldiers' remains near the Bronze Soldier statue in Tallinn will start soon, but the statue will not be moved before VE Day May 9, Estonia's prime minister said Wednesday.
Moscow opposes Estonian plan to rebury Soviet soldiers - ministry
23/04/2007 14:53 The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday it is firmly against Estonia's plans to exhume and rebury the remains of Soviet soldiers resting near the Bronze Soldier statue in central Tallinn.
Estonia, Russia should strike deal on military cemeteries - min.
23/04/2007 12:47 Estonia's defense minister said Monday his country should cooperate closely with Russia within the Russia-NATO Council and sign an agreement on the protection of military cemeteries.
War memorial removal to affect Russia-Estonia ties - minister
03/04/2007 14:48 The possible removal of a Soviet war memorial in central Tallinn will affect bilateral relations between Estonia and Russia, a Russian first deputy prime minister said Tuesday.

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