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Article: Estonia notifies Russia of progress in Red Army monument removal
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 8, 2007
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Estonia notifies Russia of progress in Red Army monument removal
TALLIN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Estonian Foreign Ministry notified
Russia on Monday of the latest development of the Red Army monument
removal.
In a note to the Russian embassy in Tallin, the foreign ministry
said that the Estonian side has uncovered the remains of 12 Red Army
soldiers buried at the Soviet-time war memorial and will conduct DNA
testing to determine the identity of each of the coffins.
The coffins will be reburied in a military cemetery in Tallin, the
foreign ministry said, hoping that the Russian side ...