| April 2007 |
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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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
Russia should not distance itself from its commitments under the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE), the president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly said Saturday. 
A Belgrade-sponsored plan to make Kosovo an internationally controlled autonomy as an alternative to internationally supervised sovereignty is the most feasible proposal in resolving the status of the breakaway region, a prime minister advisor said Saturday. 
Ukraine's prime minister signaled Saturday he might agree to early elections after a fresh presidential order to disband parliament and call early elections for June 24 threatened to prolong the political crisis in the country. 
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. 
Russia supports Saudi Arabian efforts in maintaining security and stability and praises the recent antiterrorism operation in the Middle East country, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday. 
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. 
Ukraine's prime minister signaled Saturday he might agree to early elections after a fresh presidential order to disband parliament and call polls for June 24 threatened to prolong the political crisis in the country. 
Presidential candidate Segolene Royal and her rival Francois Bayrou, who came third in the first round of a presidential election in France, said Saturday they would not form an alliance. 
The benefit of playing at home seemed to light a fire under the Russian team as they blazed with a stunning 9-1 victory over Denmark in the first preliminary match of the 2007 Ice Hockey World Championship in Moscow. 



