The dispute over Soviet monuments

According to Tobias Lindberg, Estonia has the situation surprisingly well under control after the riots in Tallinn. The same is not true of Moscow, where for days now the Estonian embassy has been under siege from pro-Kremlin youth organisations and the mayor of Moscow has called for a boycott of 'fascist' Estonia. "Russia appears to be intent on further escalating the stormy situation in Estonia, instead of trying to defuse it. Double standards are behind its stance: Russia is frequently and rightly criticised by the rest of the world for things like its democratic deficits and the war in Chechnya. The Kremlin constantly rejects these accusations as attempts to interfere in Russia's internal affairs. But Moscow obviously has no reservations about interfering in something that is clearly an internal affair for Estonia."

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