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Riots in Tallinn: Briefly

2007
04.27

Where we are now…

* In a phone interview to Postimees, Estonia’s Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said violence is inexcusable (link in Russian). At the same time, he said he didn’t anticipate such turn of events.

* Postimees newspaper also has a photo gallery.

* Tallinn’s jails are full. More than -300- 600 people have been detained.

* Some rioting also took place in Eastern Estonia in Jõhvi and Kohtla-Järve, both are predominantly Russian towns.

* Russian-language and Estonian-language versions of the site Delfi suspended commentson their sites to “preserve civil peace“.

* Topix.net’s forum has a few interesting posts.

photo taken from postimees.ee

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