Unrest in Tallinn in 2007
The riots in Tallinn ( Pronksiööd ) were violent demonstrations in the Estonian capital, Tallinn , which began on the evening of April 26, 2007 and lasted for two nights.
The acts of violence were the escalation of a conflict over the relocation of a monument, the bronze soldier of Tallinn , and the exhumation of war dead at this point. The statue was removed from its previous location on Tõnismägi on April 27 and was later placed in the Filtri Street War Cemetery in Tallinn.
Around 1,500 people, mostly Russian-speaking young people, fought street battles with the police. Some of them then rioted in the city center. The police were unprepared for this and were passive for about three to four hours between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. During this time , 800 demonstrators looted and destroyed numerous shops in the city center. The riots left one dead and 70 injured. Around 900 people were arrested.
From April 27, 2007, there were hacker attacks on Estonia that lasted several weeks and were directed against state organs, including the Estonian Parliament , the President as well as various ministries, banks and the media, and which were therefore linked to the demonstrations.
In 2008, an Estonian citizen of Russian descent was charged and convicted of the hacking attacks. In March 2009, Konstantin Goloskokow, a functionary of the government-affiliated Russian youth organization Naschi , claimed responsibility for the attacks. However, the Russian government subsequently rejected all allegations.
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- ↑ Internet sabotage: Kremlin youth confess to attack on Estonia. In: The world . March 11, 2009, accessed February 21, 2014 .