On Apr 25, 7:21=A0am, "Henry Alminas" <halmi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> ..... annual russkie "lootathon"
> in Estonia?
>
> The event will =A0even, it seems, have
> its own patron saint - =A0Dmitry Ganin!
> (Heroic defender of his looted
> vodka bottle).
>
> In the immortal words of Evaldas:
>
> "Enjoy".
>
> Best - - Henry
>
> For educational purposes only:
>
> From: Kommersant
> By: Maxim Lensky, Nikolai Filchenko
>
> Tallinn: A Year without the Bronze Soldier
> The anniversary of the fall of the Soviet liberator
>
> In Tallinn, they are marking the year's anniversary of the
> events after the authorities' decision to remove the monument
> =A0to the Soviet liberating soldier in the center of the city led
> to rioting in the Estonian capital. This weekend, Russian
> nongovernmental organizations plan to hold meetings to
> protest violations of the rights of the Russian-speaking
> population of Estonia. Law enforcement is also planning
> for a wild weekend. Forces are being beefed up in Tallinn,
> Narva, Parnu and Tartu. The authorities say they will not
> allow the disorder of a year ago to be repeated. It was one
> =A0of the reasons for the crisis that still has a grip on
> the country.
>
>
> On April 26, 2007, events took place in Tallinn that were
> later dubbed the ""bronze night."" After Estonian authorities
> decided to disassemble the Bronze Soldier and move it to
> the Estonian capital's military cemetery, protests began in
> the city that culminated on the night of April 27 in rioting
> =A0and looting in downtown Tallinn that continued for several
> days.
That was a huge mistake.. the statue of the unknown inading russkie
rapist should have been re-located to the city's sewage plant.
> A Difficult Year
>
> Estonian authorities are trying to be cold-blooded as the
> anniversary approaches. ""Estonia din[t lose anything from
> "bronze night."" On the contrary, the air is cleaner and the
> feelings of government are greater than a year ago,"" stated
> Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, chief initiator of the
> moving of the Bronze Soldier, recently.
> A god number of Russian-speaking citizens have been the
> victims of the battle for historical justice.
Me too.. I am still waiting for the invading russian criminals to
explain their crimes and be senteneced in front of a judicial panel.
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