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Re: Protesters, police clash in Russia
This weekend was grim in Estonia.
Russian protestors destroyed Tallinns central as much as they could and robbed and looted wildly before police was finally able to calm things down using force.
These Russians living in Estonia were crossed because Estonians moved the "Bronze warrior" from central to nearby cemetary. The statue is a Soviet soldier, a monument for the "liberation" of Europe. It also is a reminder of 50 years of occupation.
Russia under Putin has had a goal to uphoald and improve living conditions of so-called "outer-Russians", meaning Russians living in other nations. People without connections to nation of Russia itself.
In other words, Russia seems to care little of the fact that nations having Russian minorities are independent.
In the wake of this night of commotion, Russians(Putin youngsters) protested against Estonia wearing Soviet uniforms and calling Estonians `Facists´.
Also, Russian parliament has called to serve "severe consequences" towards Estonia for their use of force against Russian demonstrators. (They pay no heed to the fact that these demonstrators broke everything they could)
There was a casualty. Young Russian. Estonians news stated that this young man was stabbed by other Russian, yet Russian news found that he was brutalized, beaten, by police and left to bleed to death while handcuffed.
Russian news ignore stabbing wounds, but it matters little, brother-Ryssä is not intrested in truth.
What to make of all this?
My view is that Russians conveniently leave out certain historical facts while trying to threat smaller nations near their borders, just like Soviets of old.
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En uneksi. I do not dream.
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