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Article: Estonia Removes Monument, Riots Ensue
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- April 27, 2007
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TALLINN, Estonia - Russian lawmakers called for sanctions Friday against Estonia after authorities removed a Soviet World War II memorial, carrying out a plan that provoked street riots and left one man stabbed to death.
The unrest followed a decision by the Estonian government to speed up the removal of the 6-foot-tall statue known as the "Bronze Soldier" and exhume the remains of Soviet soldiers buried nearby.
The statue, erected in 1947, was being held at an undisclosed location, said Andreas Kaju, a Defense Ministry adviser. The remains have not yet been exhumed.
Estonia's Russian-speakers - roughly a third of the country's 1.3 million people - regard the monument as a tribute to ...