Estonia, Trial on the events of April 2007 in Tallinn

The Bronze Soldier

Foto: all: Ruth Firmenich

On January 30, 2008 Sahra Wagenknecht went to Tallinn, Estonia, in order to visit the trial against Dmitri Klensky, Dmitri Linter, Maksim Reva, and Mark Siryk. The four defendants are charged by the Estonian prosecution with having organized unrest in April 2007 in the course of the events surrounding the removal of the Bronze soldier, a monument commemorating the liberation of Tallinn from fascism, by the Estonian authorities from the city center to the outskirts of town.

Court Building in Tallinn

At the Tallinn Courthouse
In the Courtroom: Judge, defendants and their attorneys

State Prosecutor (left) and Court Secretary

Sahra speaking with Dmitri Linter (left) and Maksim Reva

Sahra speaking with defendant Dmitry Klensky (right) and Igor Ivanov, Youth Union SIIN

Sahra speaking with Maksim Reva
Sahra speaking with defendant Mark Siryk (in the back Dmitri Linter and Maksim Reva)

Sahra speaking with representatives of the veterans´organisation, "Night Watch" and other trial observers

Sahra speaking with journalists

Sahra speaking with Klaus Dornemann, a German living in Tallinn who was arbitrarily arrested and beaten up by Estonian security organs in the course of the April events