Estonian Law On Monuments Passes Second Reading

Protest against Soviet monument removal in Tallinn (ITAR-TASS)

February 13, 2007 -- Estonia's parliament today approved the second reading of a bill on the relocation of monuments to regimes that have occupied the country.

Both Moscow and Estonia's ethnic-Russian minority oppose the legislation.

They say it is aimed mainly at one monument to Soviet soldiers in central Tallinn. Lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the bill's final reading on February 15.

(dpa)