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Russia, Estonia: German View on the Bronze Soldier

Friday, March 23rd, 2007 @ 13:23 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Estonia, Russia, Germany
Topics:: History, Protest, War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics

Rossijskaja Federazija looks at the Russian-Estonian dispute over the WWII monument from a German perspective.

2 comments

HATE rUSSINAS

Russians “protesting” against the bronze soldier.”Real heroes”
http://marxa.pri.ee/riot.html

# 2007-04-28 at 15:41 pm

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Metsik mees

Save the bus ticket to estonia – protest in KHIMKI – heros dug up to widen a road?!
The truth is more absurd than the propaganda.

See Mr. Gobles post below:

http://windowoneurasia.blogspot.com/2007/04/window-on-eurasia-botched-reburial-of.html

# 2007-05-3 at 5:08 am

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