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Russia accuses Estonia of encouraging Nazism · 2007-04-23 18:37
The Russian Foreign Ministry is firmly against Estonia’s plans to exhume and rebury the remains of Soviet soldiers resting near the Bronze Soldier statue in Tallinn.
The Defence Minister of Estonia said on Wednesday that the reburial process would begin at the end of April.
Russian Ministry has given a note to the Estonian Ambassador in Russia. It calls on the Estonian authorities “to refuse plans to move the monument and remains of soldiers, aimed at reviewing the role of the anti-Hitler coalition countries in the victory over fascism during World War II and that contradict not only norms of international law, but elemental basics of human morals and humanism.”
Last Thursday the government of Estonia decided to transfer control of all the country’s military cemeteries to the Defense Ministry.
The ministry now has independent authority to decide without any input from municipal authorities where to locate cemeteries and how to maintain them.
Estonia’s commission on wartime burials recommended March 13 removing the World War II Bronze Soldier statue, which is part of a Soviet-era memorial, from central Tallinn to a “quieter” military cemetery, in accordance with a new law passed in January.
Russia has accused Estonia of encouraging Nazism and discrimination against ethnic Russians, and even prompted a debate on possible energy sanctions against Estonia. Moscow has also called for international organizations to step in.
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