IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 397 
Condemning violence in Estonia and attacks on Estonia’s embassies in 2007, 
and expressing solidarity with the Government and the people of Estonia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2007 
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mrs. BONO, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, Mr. NEAL of 
Massachusetts, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. HOLDEN, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mrs. MILLER of Michi-
gan, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. PITTS, Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. UPTON, Mr. SHUSTER, and Mr. 
COSTELLO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning violence in Estonia and attacks on Estonia’s 
embassies in 2007, and expressing solidarity with the 
Government and the people of Estonia. 
Whereas, on April 27, 2007, the Bronze Soldier Soviet monu-
ment in central Tallinn was moved to a prominent loca-
tion in the Garrison Military Cemetery as a result of a 
decision by the Government of Estonia; 
Whereas the Government of Estonia communicated its rea-
sons for this decision to the Government of the Russian 
Federation and offered to work with Russian officials 
during the process, which the Russian officials declined 
to do; 
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Whereas, on April 27, 2007, a crowd of more than 1,000 
demonstrators gathered at the site of the memorial and 
riots broke out across Tallinn; 
Whereas more than 153 people were injured as a result of 
the riots, and one died as a result of stabbing by another 
rioter; 
Whereas several stores in Tallinn and surrounding villages 
were looted as a result of the riots, and a statue of an 
Estonian general was set on fire; 
Whereas, since April 27, 2007, the Government of Estonia 
has reported several cyber-attacks on its official lines of 
communication, including those of the Office of the Presi-
dent; 
Whereas, on April 28, 2007, and in days following, the Em-
bassy of Estonia in Moscow was surrounded by angry 
protesters who demanded the resignation of the Govern-
ment of Estonia, tore down the flag of Estonia from the 
Embassy building, and subjected Embassy officials inside 
the building to violence and vandalism; 
Whereas, on April 30, 2007, a delegation of the State Duma 
of the Russian Federation visited Estonia and issued an 
official statement at the Embassy of the Russian Federa-
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 
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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 
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— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that the Soviet Union’s brutal, decades-long oc-
cupation of Estonia was illegal, illegitimate, and a 
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patent violation of Estonia’s sovereignty and right to 
self-determination; and 
(2) the House of Representatives— 
(A) expresses its strong support for Esto-
nia as a sovereign state and a member of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
and the Organization of Security and Coopera-
tion in Europe (OSCE) as it deals with matters 
internal to its country; 
(B) condemns recent acts of violence, van-
dalism, and looting that have taken place in Es-
tonia; 
(C) condemns the attacks and threats 
against Estonia’s embassies and officials in 
Russia and other countries; 
(D) urges all activists involved to express 
their views peacefully and reject violence; 
(E) honors the sacrifice of all those, in-
cluding soldiers of the Red Army, that gave 
their lives in the fight to defeat Nazism; 
(F) condemns any and all efforts to cal-
lously exploit the memory of the victims of the 
Second World War for political gain; 
(G) supports the efforts of the Government 
of Estonia to initiate a dialogue with appro-
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priate levels of the Government of the Russian 
Federation to resolve the crisis peacefully and 
to sustain cooperation between their two sov-
ereign, independent states; and 
(H) urges the governments of all coun-
tries— 
(i) to condemn the violence that has 
occurred in Estonia, Moscow, and else-
where in 2007 and to urge all parties to 
express their views peacefully; 
(ii) to assist the Government of Esto-
nia in its investigation into the source of 
cyber-attacks; and 
(iii) to fulfill their obligations under 
the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Rela-
tions, done at Vienna April 18, 1961. 
Æ 
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