Activists of Mestnye (the Locals) and Youth Guard movements hold rally near Estonian embassy in Moscow May 3, 2007 to protest against removing the Bronze Soldier from downtown Tallinn. The poster reads: "Estonia is the state of fascism!"
Photo: Gennadiy Gulyaev
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Estonia Advised Russia to Mind Own Business
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet has rebuffed Russia’s accusations of promoting the Nazi ideology in the country, Interfax reported.
Like the better part of the states worldwide, Mr Paet said, Estonia had condemned fascism. This ideology is too criminal to use it in the day-to-day politics, as it is done in Russia, the minister counterattacked when commenting on the RF Foreign Ministry’s statement about the meeting of Waffen SS veterans in Estonia.
At the same time, Paet advised Russia to focus on its own material interstate problems, including deepening hatred to the aliens, xenophobia and attacks on the foreigners.
The RF Foreign Ministry lashed out at Estonia Monday, expressing indignation because of another meeting of Estonian Waffen SS veterans. Russia’s diplomats blamed on Estonian leadership the clear support and eulogy of “the Nazi Sabbath” and pointed to the growing spirit of neo-Nazi there.
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