TALLINN -- The court resumed against the defenders of ‘the Bronze Soldier’ Memorial Dmitry Linter, Maxim Reva, Mark Siryk and Dimitry Klensky in Estonia on Monday. They are accused of massive disorders on April 26-27, 2007. The disorders were prompted by the decision taken by the government of the Baltic republic to dismantle the Memorial to the Soviet Soldier-Liberator in downtown Tallinn.

The first court session was held in late November 2007. The indictment against the Bronze Soldier defenders is mainly based on the press releases distributed by Klensky, statements and addresses of the movement Nigh Watch, and on the deciphered eavesdropped phone conversations between Linter and activists of the movement and media people, including Russian journalists accredited in Tallinn.