Mass riots began in Tallinn on April 26, once the authorities set to excavating graves of Soviet soldiers. The slogan reads: "Say Ilves, is ESStonia with EU or with SS?"
Photo: Alexander Miridonov
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Public Gatherings Banned in Tallinn on Victory Day and Ahead
All public gatherings have been banned in Estonia’s capital Tallinn till May 11, 2007, Interfax reported.
The ban is also in force for the previously sanctioned rallies, representatives of Estonia’s police said, specifying that the ban could be prolonged depending on the situation. The target to attain is to prevent public gatherings aimed at exasperating enmity and violating public order, the police explained.
Mass riots began on April 26, once the authorities set to excavating graves of Soviet soldiers slain when pushing the Nazis from Estonia. A statue of the Red Army Bronze Solider was dismantled early Friday to be re-erected at Siselinna military capital on April 30.
The Bronze Soldier removal provoked rioting in Tallinn and over 1,000 were detained there during the rallies that lasted for three days. On Monday, Estonian media reported that radical ethnic Russians intend to stage large-scale riots on May 9 that is the WW2 Victory Day in Russia and will attempt to develop them into uprising.
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