Professor Douglas K Peterson writes that Estonia has so many more opportunities to be successful in quick-developing sectors like tourism, shipping and IT.

Ethnic Russian activists will stage rallies Tuesday and Thursday in Estonia's capital calling for the release of two group members arrested in April for protesting against the removal of a Soviet war memorial.

A senior Estonian official has called for clear international rules to prevent cyber attacks against government websites. Madis Mikko, head of the Estonian Defense Ministry's Department of Public Relations, said Estonian government websites were attacked by hackers allegedly operating from computers inside Russia.

Birdsong and the intermittent crunch of footsteps on gravel were the only sounds greeting visitors to the military cemetery in Tallinn. That, and the small talk of the many journalists present, eager to cover what has become Estonia's biggest news story since the country regained independence in 1991.

The scene outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow was calm today following the suspension of angry protests. Members of Pro-Kremlin youth groups had surrounded the embassy since April 27 to protest the removal of a Soviet war memorial from the center of Estonia's capital.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Estonia's relocation of a Soviet war memorial has had "serious negative consequences" on bilateral ties. Lavrov in a statement called on Estonia to immediately launch an investigation into its police's response to riots sparked by the monument's removal last week from central Tallinn.

NATO tried to urge Russia on Thursday to prevent threats against Estonian embassy in Moscow and to resolve disputes over removal of the Soviet War Memorial from Tallinn's downtown.

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has urged Russia to "remain civilized" in the spiraling dispute surrounding the removal last week of a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn. Prime Minister Andrus Ansip called on the European Union to help protect his country against "Russia's coordinated attacks."

The EU pressed Russia to reinforce protection of the Estonian embassy in Moscow for it has been besieged by activists protesting the decision to remove the World War II memorial from center of Tallinn.

A visit by a Russian parliamentary delegation to Tallinn appears to have increased tensions in an Estonian-Russian row over the Estonian government's removal of a Soviet World War II monument.

Lawmakers from Russia's lower house of parliament arrived in Estonia today in the wake of the Estonian government's removal of a Soviet World War II memorial in Tallinn. The removal of the Bronze Soldier statue from a central square last week sparked riots that left one Russian national dead and more than 150 people injured.

The Estonian government has speeded up plans to reerect a Soviet-era war memorial in a bid to defuse deadly tensions over its removal from central Tallinn. The Foreign Ministry said that preparatory work will start today at the Tallinn military cemetery to relocate the Bronze Soldier.