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tion in Estonia that ‘‘the government of Estonia must 
step down’’; 
Whereas on May 2, 2007, the Ambassador of Estonia to the 
Russian Federation was physically attacked by protesters 
and members of youth groups during an official press 
conference; 
Whereas on May 2, 2007, the Swedish Ambassador to the 
Russian Federation was attacked as he left the Embassy 
of Estonia in Moscow, and his car was damaged by a 
crowd, resulting in a formal protest to the Russian Fed-
eration by the Swedish Foreign Ministry; 
Whereas the Government of Estonia has reported other co-
ordinated attacks against Estonian embassies in Helsinki, 
Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Riga, Prague, Kiev, and 
Minsk, and the Estonian Consulate in St. Petersburg; 
Whereas on May 2, 2007, Prime Minister of Estonia Andrus 
Ansip stated that a ‘‘sovereign state is under a heavy at-
tack’’ and that the events constitute ‘‘a well-coordinated 
and flagrant intervention with the internal affairs of Es-
tonia’’; 
Whereas on May 2, 2007, the public prosecutor’s office of 
Estonia initiated an investigation into the cyber-attacks 
against Internet servers in Estonia and requested co-
operation from the Russian Federation to identify the 
source of the attacks; 
Whereas on May 2, 2007, the European Commission ex-
pressed its solidarity with Estonia and urged Russia to 
respect its obligations to the Vienna Convention on Diplo-
matic Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961, and end 
the blockade of the Embassy of Estonia in Moscow; and
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Whereas the Embassy of Estonia in Russia has been closed 
since April 27, 2007, and Estonia has suspended con-
sular services to Moscow because conditions remain un-
safe for Embassy officials: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its strong support for Estonia as a 
sovereign state and a member of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Organization of 
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as it deals 
with matters internal to its country; 
(2) condemns recent acts of violence, vandalism, 
and looting that have taken place in Estonia; 
(3) condemns the attacks and threats against Esto-
nia’s embassies and officials in Russia and other coun-
tries; 
(4) urges all activists involved to express their views 
peacefully and reject violence; 
(5) honors the sacrifice of all those, including sol-
diers of the Red Army, that gave their lives in the fight 
to defeat Nazism; 
(6) condemns any and all efforts to callously exploit 
the memory of the victims of the Second World War for 
political gain; 
(7) supports the efforts of the Government of Esto-
nia to initiate a dialogue with appropriate levels of the 
Government of the Russian Federation to resolve the cri-
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sis peacefully and to sustain cooperation between their 
two sovereign, independent states; and 
(8) urges the governments of all countries— 
(A) to condemn the violence that has occurred 
in Estonia, Moscow, and elsewhere in 2007 and to 
urge all parties to express their views peacefully; 
(B) to assist the Government of Estonia in its 
investigation into the source of cyber-attacks; and 
©) to fulfill their obligations under the Vienna 
Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at Vienna 
April 18, 1961. 
Attest: 
Clerk.