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Estonian TV Predicts Uprising on May 9
Estonian Channel 2 has reported that Russian-speaking youth in Estonia to revolt on May 9, Victory Day in Russia. According to the television channel, the youth intend to launch a protest on May 1 and begin a general strike the next day that will turn into a revolt on May 9.
The channel predicted that Estonian authorities could use the army to put down the revolt, which would lead to a sharp react from Russia.
Rioting began in Estonia on the evening of April 27 when the monument to the Soviet Soldier was removed from downtown Tallinn and the exhumation of the Soviet soldiers buried beneath it began. Estonian Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo has stated that the monument would be re-erected in Military Cemetery in Tallinn on May 8.
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