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Bronze Soldier removal turned into $US 700 MLN losses for Estonia
Published: 28 April, 2008, 18:33
German’s Die Deutsche Zeitung writes that the Estonian government has announced the total sum of its financial losses as a result of the removal of a Soviet war memorial from central Tallinn last April at $US 700 MLN.
The losses occurred not only as a result of the large scale riots that followed the relocation.
Estonia also reported a 13 per cent loss in transit profits through its main seaport, as a result of the fact that Russian exports began to seek alternative routes.
But Russia never introduced any official economic embargoes after the memorial's relocation, and a year on, officials say political relations between the two countries are moving forward.
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Worth every penny to remove this statute from the middle of a busy intersection to a dignified site in the Tallinn military cemetery.
Let the Russians and their anti-fascists sidekicks whine to the moon.
Good move Estonia. I am proud to be a native son of Narva.