Russian youths demonstrate outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow
1. Protesters with flags outside Estonian embassy, protester in foreground using chalk to write on pavement
2. Protesters writing slogans on pavement
3. Estonian flag outside embassy
4. Group of police
5. Mid of blown-up toy tank, protesters
6. Pull-out of protesters chanting Russia, Russia
7. Pan of protesters chanting shame, shame
8. Wide of photograph of the Russian soldiers' monument, pan to wide of protesters
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Lev Venetsky, Young Russia activist:
We are keeping those from the embassy (inside). It is our boycott so that they can't move around Russia. We think there is nothing for fascists to do in Russia, in the territory of Russia. We won't let them come to the territory of Russia.
10. Youth activists walking with Wanted posters carrying picture of Estonian ambassador to Moscow, Marina Kaljurand
11. Youth activist putting Wanted poster of Marina Kaljurand on wall
12. Wide shot of youth activists putting anti-Estonian ambassador posters on wall
STORYLINE:
About 60 people waving flags of pro-Kremlin youth groups demonstrated outside the Estonian embassy in Moscow on Monday.
Chanting shame, shame, youth activists called on the Estonian government to return a Soviet war memorial which was removed from the capital Tallinn.
Riots broke out in Tallinn last Thursday when police clashed with ethnic minority Russian-speakers protesting against the removal of the World War II grave site of Russian soldiers and a statue commemorating the Red Army.
One man was stabbed to death, more than 150 injured and some one-thousand people detained in three nights of rioting - the worst violence since Estonia won independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
On Monday, demonstrators blocked access to the embassy and placed Wanted posters carrying a picture of the Estonian ambassador to Moscow, Marina Kaljurand, on nearby buildings.
We are keeping those from the embassy (inside). It is our boycott so that they can't move around Russia. We think there is nothing for fascists to do in Russia, in the territory of Russia, said Lev Venetsky, one of the protesters.
A statement on the embassy's website said its consular section would be closed so long as the security of its staffers and clients is not guaranteed.
Estonia's Russians - less than one-third of the country's 1.3 (m) million people - regard the Bronze Soldier monument as a shrine to Red Army soldiers who fought Nazi Germany, but ethnic Estonians consider it a painful reminder of hardships during the half-century of Soviet rule.
The government justified the move by saying the memorial's location near a busy intersection in central Tallinn was not a proper place for a war grave.
Critics, however, said the government was pandering to Estonian nationalists who wanted the monument removed from the city centre.
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Protests continue outside Estonian embassy over Soviet statue
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot youth activists walking towards the Estonian embassy in Moscow
2. Mid shot Estonian and European Union flags
3. Wide shot of young man near embassy with a photo of the Bronze Soldier statue in the background
4. Close up of youth activist
5. Wide shot of protesters waving flags near the embassy
6. Close up of a Soviet war-time poster
7. Wide shot of a Swedish embassy car approaching a line of protesters
8. Close up of protesters
9. Mid shot police pushing protesters to give way to the car
10. Close up of police
11. Wide shot of Swedish car entering Estonian embassy compound
12. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Karen Ogagyan, Young Guard Movement:
The Bronze Solder will be their nightmare. We will continue our action until they return the statue to its original place. We began it on April 24 and will stand here as long as necessary.
13. Wide shot of three young men chanting NATO lackeys, hands off the Russian soldier
14. Wide shot of protesters chanting NATO lackeys, hands off the Russian soldier
15. Mid shot of police taking action against protesters
16. Wide shot of police pushing protesters
17. Mid shot of police pushing protesters
STORYLINE:
Dozens of activists representing various Russian youth groups continued their vigil near the Estonian embassy in Moscow on Tuesday.
The vigil was prompted by the Estonian government's decision to relocate the Bronze Soldier, a war-time memorial in the Estonian capital Tallinn.
Tallinn was rocked by violent clashes last week between riot police and ethnic Russian protesters, angered by the government's decision to move the statue honouring Soviet troops killed during World War II.
Many ethnic Estonians consider the monument a bitter reminder of five decades of Soviet occupation.
One man was stabbed to death, more than 150 people were hurt and 1,100 detained in the worst riots since Estonia regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
In Moscow, protesters built a wooden fence along Estonia's embassy which they adorned with Soviet war-time posters.
The protesters tried to prevent a Swedish diplomatic car from entering and then leaving the compound, but were held back by police.
Organisers say they will continue their protests until the statue is returned to its original location in downtown Tallinn.
Moscow's mayor Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has called for a boycott on Estonia and its products.
The dispute has strained already tense relations between the Kremlin and Estonia, and highlighted long-standing Russian complaints about the treatment of Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and neighbouring Latvia.
While Russian speakers in the Baltic states enjoyed advantages under Soviet rule, many now struggle to get education, deal with government offices and get jobs amid a resurgence in native languages and inroads by English.
The Estonian government was to officially inaugurate the statue at its new location on May 8, a day before Russians celebrate the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.
In the next step of its contentious plan, the government wants to move the remains of Soviet soldiers believed to be buried next to the statue's original site.
Archaeologists excavating the grave said they had found 12 coffins by Monday, and opened six of them to examine the remains.
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Lavrov on memorial incident in Estonia; protest outside Estonian embassy in Moscow
SHOTLIST
Moscow
1. Wide shot of pan demonstration at Embassy
2. Cutaway to flags
3. Wide of Duma deputies arrive at Embassy
4. Mid shot of same
5. Cutaway people watch from balcony
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Zhirinovsky, deputy speaker of the State Duma
We will demand that the Estonian Ambassador is recalled from Moscow so he can sit and think in Tallinn and our Ambassador should return to Moscow and we should think about what kind of economic ties we should have with countries that make such amoral and criminal acts against historical memory.
7. Wide of demonstrators surround Estonian Ambassador's car
8. Mid shot of same
9. Cutaway of car surrounded by protesters shouting Leave
10. Cutaway protesters shouting disgrace
11. Mid shot of car reversing
12. Mid shot of scuffles breaking out by car
13. Mid shot of car driving into garage
14. Cutaway to protesters shouting Russia after car
15. Mid shot of Zhirinovsky waving to protesters from car
Oslo
16. Exterior of building where Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign minister is speaking
17. Lavrov arriving in car
18. Lavrov and Norwegian foreign minister Store enter news conference
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister:
I have already had the chance to speak on this subject. This situation is at the centre of attention of all Russian politicians, we are all shocked by this sacrilegious and perfidious act and those methods used to disperse demonstrators who were attempting to defend a sacred monument built in remembrance of the liberation of the whole of Europe. Of course this is an important subject for the public opinion of both countries but it's no less of an important subject for the whole of Europe and I would say for the destiny of the whole of Europe keeping in mind those values on which Europe was built
20. Cutaway of Norwegian foreign minister
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister:
The Estonian government has decided to spit on those same values.
22. Cutaway to audience
23. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister:
As far as our bilateral relations are concerned the Estonian government has made its own choice that those relations are not normal
24. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE
About 40 young activists from pro-Kremlin organisations demonstrated outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow on Friday in protest at the removal of a Russian war memorial in Tallinn.
Protesters were carrying signs with slogans such as Hands off the Russian soldier and Down with Fascism.
Russian media reported the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, unanimously adopted a resolution Friday that the government consider breaking diplomatic relations with Estonia.
A group of politicians led by deputy speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky later came to the Estonian Embassy where they repeated their call for Ambassadors from both countries to be recalled and for Russia to review economic ties with the former Soviet republic.
Protesters later surrounded the Estonian Ambassador's car as he attempted to drive into the Embassy.
In Oslo, Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov who was meeting with Norwegian foreign minister Store said he was shocked at how demonstrators were treated.
This situation is at the centre of attention of all Russian politicians, we are all shocked by this sacrilegious and perfidious act and those methods used to disperse demonstrators who were attempting to defend a sacred monument built in remembrance of the liberation of the whole of Europe, Lavrov said.
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End of day anti-Estonia protest outside Estonian Embassy
1. Various, protesters folding up tents
2. Young protesters waving flags
3. Girls waving flags of Young Guard youth organisation, picture of Bronze Soldier in the background
4. Wide shot Embassy wall covered with posters, zoom in to Estonian national seal on the wall
5. Inflatable tank
6. Red tents in the street and protesters
7. Various, protesters warming hands at fire
8. Wide shot cars with protesters coming from the airport where they had seen off the Estonian Ambassador who had left Russia
9. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vasili Yakimenko, leader of Nashi movement:
The cowardly flight of the Estonian Ambassador is the victory for the Nashi movement, for the Locals movement, for Young Russia, Young Guard, New People movements. But it is not a complete victory and we should understand this. Today we lift the blockade of the Estonian Embassy. We won't stay here any longer, but it doesn't mean that actions will stop.
10. Mid shot of picture of the Bronze Soldier, camera tilt down to two men and candles on the ground
11. Mid shot carnations and candles
12. Close up EU flag on the ground, with white swastikas instead of white stars, deliberately trumpeted by feet
13. Wide shot group of protesters holding flags and flying paper planes in the direction of the Embassy building
14. Protesters outside embassy
STORYLINE:
A pro-Kremlin youth group said on Thursday it would end a blockade of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow, where activists have been protesting for days over the relocation of a statue of a Soviet soldier in the Estonian capital.
The leader of Nashi (Ours), Vasily Yakemenko, said his group and others would end their demonstration outside the Estonian embassy
because the Estonian ambassador, Marina Kaljurand, had left Russia.
The Estonian ambassador's cowardly flight is a victory for Nashi and the other youth groups that protested, Yakemenko told activists outside the embassy. But it is not a complete victory.
Today we lift the blockade of the Estonian Embassy, he went on; We won't stay here any longer, but it doesn't mean that actions will stop.
The move could ease tensions building between Moscow and the West over the protests, which have been the most visible Russian response to Estonia's action and have drawn sharp criticism from the European Union and NATO.
But Russia's dispute with Estonia over the relocation of the Bronze Soldier memorial is likely to persist, particularly with Russian celebrations of the anniversary of the World War II victory over Nazi Germany approaching next week.
Russians regard the Bronze Soldier monument statue in Tallinn as a tribute to the millions of Soviet soldiers who died fighting the Nazis and, in Russia's view, liberating nations such as Estonia .
But for many Estonians it is a bitter reminder of five decades of often oppressive postwar Soviet rule.
The statue's removal from a Tallinn square to a military cemetery triggered violent protests last week from Estonia's ethnic Russian minority and prompted Nashi and other youth groups loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin a round-the-clock demonstration at the Estonian Embassy in Moscow.
Estonian-Russian relations plunged to a new low, with Russian officials describing the moving the statue as 'blasphemy'.
The persistent protest has disrupted the embassy's operation and prompted Estonia to send spouses and children of diplomats home.
The conduct of the protesters has highlighted tension in Russia-EU relations, already strained by concerns over resource-rich Russia's intentions in the energy industry and over what critics say is the trampling of democracy and civil rights under Putin.
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RUSSIA: ESTONIA: BORIS YELTSIN VISIT
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Relations between Russia and Estonia have worsened over a border dispute.
On a tour of the disputed region, Russian President Boris Yeltsin said Monday his country would not give in to Estonian border claims.
The high profile tour appears aimed at showing Estonia just how seriously Russia regards the territory as its own.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin flew to the Russian border to send a clear message to the Estonian government- this land is Russian and it will stay Russian.
He was welcomed with the traditional Russian offering of bread and salt before leaving to inspect the new border post. Relations between Russia and Estonia, cool at the best of times, have been further soured by this latest border dispute.
Estonia claims that Yeltsin is in Petseri, Estonian territory, which was given to them in 1920 by Soviet Russia.
The Russians claim that Yeltsin is in Pechora, a land rich with Russian history.
The Russian President had some strong words for the Estonians.
SOUNDBITE RUSSIAN:
(Translation)
This land on the border was, is and will remain Russian. We will not give up one centimeter of land to anyone. It's pointless for them to even think about it.
SUPER CAPTION:
Boris Yeltsin, Russian President
And as if to labour the point, Yeltsin then went to visit the Russian Orthodox Monastery nearby.
And the crowds who had come to see the President echoed his words.
SOUNDBITE RUSSIAN:
Estonia should study the history books. History tells us that this land belonged to Russia hundreds of years ago. Estonia only had it for 20 years.
SUPER CAPTION:
Russian Voxpop
For their part, the Estonians have strengthened the Estonian side of the border, claiming the illegal immigrants from third world countries are being smuggled across the border into Estonia with the help of Russians.
But this is of little comfort to the people who have found themselves caught in the middle of this political argument. Until a few months ago, Markus Kask and his family lived in Estonia. Now after redrawing the borders, he lives in Estonia and they live in Russia.
He is worried that under the new rules, he will have to make a round trip of 400 kilometers to get a visa from the Russian Embassy in Tallinn to visit his family...just down the road.
And people like Markus will take little heart from the sight of Boris Yeltsin rattling the Russian sabre across the border today (Wednesday).
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Protests continue at Estonian embassy over Soviet-era statue
1. Wide of tents on the street leading to the Estonian embassy in Moscow, with young protesters sheltering from the rain
2. Wide of street with a protester warming herself next to a barrel with burning wood
3. Close-up of poster with a likeness of the Estonian ambassador, reading: (English) Wanted - the ambassador of the fascist state of Estonia
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Yulia Orlova, activist:
The point at issue is not just disrespect towards our country, not just towards the history of our country, but also towards world history. It is vandalism in the broad sense of the word. It is simply a fascist action, it is awful.
5. Wide of street with tents, two men pulling tents to a new position as rain is pouring down
6. Person's legs sticking out from inside a ten
7. Wide pan from tents to passers-by and policeman
8. Pull out from Estonian and European Union flags to young protesters waving flags UPSOUND: Music
9. Mid of protester standing in front of rubber tank waving flags
10. Wide of protesters holding hands and walking around in circle
11. Mid of protesters shouting and laughing
12. Wide pan from policemen guarding the embassy to protesters waving flags
13. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Alexei Shaposhnikov, head of Moscow Unit of Young Guards Movement:
We are requesting, demanding that the Estonian government, president and parliament officially apologise to veterans of the Great Patriotic War, all Russian citizens and Russia itself. We are also demanding the release of all people detained (by Estonian police) during peaceful demonstrations.
14. Wide of protesters waving flags outside the Estonian embassy
STORYLINE:
Pro-Kremlin youth-activists continued to protest outside the Estonian embassy in Moscow on Thursday over the removal of a Soviet war memorial from the centre of the Estonian capital Tallinn.
Russians regard the Bronze Soldier war memorial in Tallinn as a tribute to the (m) millions of Soviet soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany, but for many Estonians it is a bitter reminder of five decades of post-war Soviet occupation.
Dozens of young activists spent the night in tents on the street leading to the diplomatic compound in downtown Moscow.
The protesters are demanding an apology from Estonia over the the removal of the statue and the removal of the remains of World War II victims to a military cemetery.
One activist called the removal of the statue a fascist action.
The point at issue is not just disrespect towards our country, not just towards the history of our country, but also towards world history, Yulia Orlova said.
It is vandalism in the broad sense of the word. It is simply a fascist action, it is awful, she added.
We are requesting, demanding that the Estonian government, president and parliament officially apologise to veterans of the Great Patriotic War, all Russian citizens and Russia itself, said Alexei Shaposhnikov, the head of the Moscow unit of the Young Guards Movement.
The Estonian government justified moving the statue, saying its location near a busy intersection in downtown Tallinn was not a proper place for a war grave.
But critics have accused the government of pandering to Estonian nationalists who wanted the monument removed from the city centre.
The dispute, rooted in starkly divergent interpretations of 20th century history, has deepened into a serious diplomatic problem.
On Thursday the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) alliance called on Russia to stop threats against Estonian embassy staff in Moscow and to resolve its dispute with the Baltic state.
The alliance called on Moscow to diplomatically defuse tension over the Soviet war memorial and graves in Estonia.
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CHVENEBUREBI in Tallinn, at the Russian embassy
CHVENEBUREBI in Tallinn, at the Russian embassy
Youths protest against Estonia's plans to remove Red Army monuments
1. Tilt down from flags to protesters at Estonian Embassy
2. Man shouting, protesters chanting, UPSOUND (Russian) Hitler - hero of Estonia.
3. Portrait of Adolf Hitler displayed by protesters
4. Russian police officers outside embassy fence
5. Protesters chanting, UPSOUND (Russian) Hitler - hero of Estonia.
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Kyril Shitov, head of staff of The Young Guard of the United Russia movement:
One cannot rehabilitate Estonians, who fought on the side of Fascists and one can call Soviet soldiers liberators who escaped the world from Nazi invaders. We are standing against all of it and against all attempts to re-write history.
7. Pan over protesters shouting slogans
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Aleksandra, The Young Guard of the United Russia activist:
We want our monuments not to be ruined in Estonia. If they want to release them please tell us about it. That's all I want to say.
9. Pan over protesters holding holding anti-Estonian banners
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Andrei Pavlov, The Young Guard of the United Russia activist:
Neither we nor our ancestors can forget that Soviet soldiers freed the Estonian people and the whole Europe from the fascist evil spirits. We have to treasure our soldiers who died in the name of peace fighting against fascism.
11. Wide of protesters
12. Tilt up from protesters holding banners to flags
STORYLINE:
Members of a pro-Kremlin youth movement rallied near the Estonian Embassy in Moscow on Friday to protest against legislation allowing the removal of a monument marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany from the Estonian capital Tallinn.
More then a hundred members of the Young Guard of the United Russia youth movement chanted No to Fascism! and Hitler is the Hero of Estonia slogans while holding posters with portraits of the Fascist leader Adolf Hitler.
Head of staff of The Young Guard of the United Russia movement Kyril Shitov said they are on the side of those Estonians who fought against the Nazis.
One cannot rehabilitate Estonians, who fought on the side of Fascists and one can call Soviet soldiers liberators who escaped the world from Nazi invaders. We are standing against all of it and against all attempts to re-write history, he said.
The movement was created by the United Russia majority party in the Russian Parliament.
Aleksandra also from The Young Guard of the United Russia movement said she wants to make sure the monument is preserved.
While Andrei Pavlov from the same group said he thought it was important to remember history.
Russia bitterly criticised Estonia earlier this week over the law approved by Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves permitting the relocation of statues and monuments from sites deemed unsuitable and allowing the removal from Tallinn of a 1947 statue of a Soviet soldier.
The bodies of several Soviet soldiers soldiers are buried underneath the monument.
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Estonia's ambassador on Thursday to hear a strongly worded complaint about the law, which has further frayed already strained ties.
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Estonian embassy besieged by protesters; Estonian ambass.
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of protesters waving flags outside Estonian embassy in Moscow
2. Low shot of protester
3. Wide shot of a Swedish embassy car approaching a line of protesters, zoom into three protesters blocking its way
4. Close up of protester
5. Mid shot police pushing protesters to give way to the car
6. Wide shot of Swedish car entering Estonian embassy compound
7. Close-up of police
8. Various of police taking action against protesters
9. Demonstrators inside building shouting in Russian Fascism will not pass
10. Demonstrators disrupting news conference and shouting in Russian Fascism will not pass
11. Some demonstrators fleeing down stairs
12. Demonstrators link arms outside building
13. Estonian Ambassador Marina Kaljurand's car
14. Top shot of demonstrators on street
15. Policeman arresting demonstrator with flag
16. Police pulling demonstrator through window
17. Close up of demonstrator lying on ground
18. Policeman struggle with protester holding Russian flag
19. Protesters disperse outside
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20. Wide of Estonian Ambassador as she enters news conference
21. Wide of cameras
22. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Marina Kaljurand, Estonian Ambassador:
There was an attack by the organisation Nashi. Apparently the attack was aimed against me, but nobody got through to me. Nobody touched me, everything is fine. But there was a fight between my bodyguards and Nashi activists, and the guards had to use a gas spray.
23. Cutaway
26. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Marina Kaljurand, Estonian Ambassador:
Over the past week we've seen an increase of attacks on the web server of Estonian establishments, including the web server of the Estonian president, the government of Estonia and its ministries. Facts confirm that the attacks come from Russia and also from Kremlin addresses. They come from Russian government IP addresses.
27. Wide shot Estonian ambassador leaves building
28. Wide shot car without Estonian flag leaves
STORYLINE
Pro-Kremlin demonstrators tried to attack the Estonian ambassador to Russia as she arrived at a news conference in Moscow, the diplomat said Wednesday, during raucous protests by groups angry at Estonia's removal of a Soviet war memorial from downtown Tallinn.
Marina Kaljurand summoned the media to the offices of a Moscow newspaper to demand that authorities increase security at the Estonian Embassy here, which has been blockaded by activists since late last week.
But she was met by a crowd of protesters, and she said her bodyguards had to use a pepper-style gas to protect her.
The meeting was delayed for an hour while police cleared the building.
The protests were the most disorderly in Russia since the
crisis last week.
Dozens of activists from the youth group Nashi and others, however, barged into the building, chanting Fascism Will Not Pass! and were confronted by Kaljurand's bodyguards, who sprayed pepper spray.
As she arrived at the offices of the Argumenti I Fakti newspaper, dozens of activists with Nashi and other youth groups mobbed her and stormed into the building.
An official with Argumenti I Fakti said several young people broke into an editor's office, ransacked it and shouted:Let's get her.
There was an attack by the organisation Nashi. Apparently the attack was aimed against me, but nobody got through to me. Nobody touched me, Kaljurand told reporters after nearly an hour's delay.
She also said some cyber attacks against Estonian government Web sites were launched from Kremlin Internet addresses.
A crowd of protesters earlier tried to block Kaljurand as her car left the embassy compound, not far from the Kremlin, chanting NATO lackeys, hands off the Russian soldier!
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WRAP Remains of Soviet soldiers reburied, Russian ceremony
1. Wide of monument to Red Army soldiers, coffins with the remains of the soldiers nearby
2. Guard standing next to monument
3. Wide of gathered media
4. Wide of coffins being put into graves
5. Wide of Estonian officials at the ceremony
6. Close-up of coffins
7. Wide of guards next to monument
8. Wide of people shovelling soil onto the coffins
9. Close-up of coffins in grave
10. Wide of gathered media
11. Wide of guards laying wreath at monument
12. Guards putting plaque next to grave
13. Wide of Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian Defence Minister,
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian Defence Minister:
I hope that one day they (soldiers buried in unknown graves) find their place of last peace on cemeteries. And maybe this day, when we bury these eight fallen soldiers here on the military cemetery of the Republic of Estonia, we can look forward to continuing negotiations with the Russian Federation concerning war graves.
15. Wide of people laying flowers on the grave
16. Wide of Russians living in Estonia attending religious ceremony by orthodox priests
17. Mid of orthodox priests holding religious ceremony
18. Wide of people standing near graves
19. Mid pan of Nikolai Uspensky, Russian ambassador to Estonia and other officials walking to lay flowers to graves
20. Wide of religious ceremony
21. Wide of Uspensky laying flowers on grave
22. Wide of religious ceremony
23. Mid of Uspensky laying flowers on grave
24. Wide of people standing next to statue
25. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Nikolai, Russian resident in Tallinn:
These soldiers should be buried at Tynismaegi hill (original location of the monument and war grave). No one should disturb the ashes of the dead soldiers. And what they (Estonians) did is blasphemy, it is lawlessness. All Russians don't like this.
26. Wide of people laying flowers on grave
27. Mid of woman laying flowers
28. Wide of statue
STORYLINE:
Estonia on Tuesday reburied the remains of eight Soviet soldiers which had been exhumed from a war grave in a move that sparked riots and infuriated neighbouring Russia.
The eight white caskets were lowered into the ground at the Defence Forces cemetery in a ceremony attended by Defence Minister Jaak Aaviksoo, foreign diplomats and World War II veterans.
Russian Ambassador to Estonia, Nikolai Uspensky declined an invitation to take part in the ceremony.
He attended a separate ceremony at the cemetery later on Tuesday along with Russian war veterans.
Already tense relations between Russia and Estonia plummeted to a new low after the Estonian government removed the war grave and an adjacent Soviet monument from downtown Tallinn in April.
Moscow condemned the move, and members of the Baltic country's Russian-speaking minority staged protests that degenerated into street riots that left one dead and over a hundred injured.
For Russians, the so-called Bronze Soldier monument and the war grave signified the enormous human sacrifice the Soviet Union made in defeating Nazi Germany.
Ethnic Estonians, however, regard the monument as a symbol of five decades of Soviet occupation and totalitarian rule that ended with Estonian independence in 1991.
The Russian side has made statements on the highest level about the unacceptable dismantling of the monument, conducting excavations and attempts to rewrite history for the sake of domestic political gains, a Russian Embassy statement said.
The remains of 12 Red Army soldiers were exhumed from the war grave after authorities removed the statue.
The statue was then re-erected at the Defence Forces cemetery, about three kilometres (two miles) from the previous location.
The remaining eight were buried near the Bronze Soldier in Tuesday's ceremony.
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