Friday, January 26, 2007

Estonia in the News

The New York Times published an article this week examining the Bronze Soldier debate in Estonia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/world/europe/25tallinn.html

I find Ilves's quote (“We don’t want to be weighed down by the past”) ironic because it is these memory politics on both sides that have a paralyzing and dividing effect on Estonian society and Estonian-Russian relations.

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