Thank you,
simon and
haku for explaining Estonia's history. There are so many facts and opinions in which
la aurora is wrong, that I can't answer to all of them separately. But I think that the most important fact is that Estonia was not 'occupied' by USSR, Estonia
was occupied and in even twice, in 1940 and in 1944. In 1940 the Soviet troops invaded Estonia and a marionette government was organised here by Moscow.
In 1944 when the Soviet troops invaded Estonia the second time, Estonia had actually declared independance. German troops had left Tallinn, we had our own government and our own blue-black-white flag in the tower of Toompea, Pikk Hermann. The Soviet army teared it down and replaced it with red flag. And the terror that had started in 1940 continued during all these years.
No one in Estonia lived happily in "a big Soviet family". Estonian children were not brainwashed by Soviet propaganda, because they had their memories from their parents and grandparents, who had suffered from deportations and imprisonments. Estonians remained Estonians and were proud of it during all these 50 years.
As for the riots in Tallinn last week ( I was away and I could not see it myself), the police did not attack innocent and peaceful demonstrators, as Russian media tries to depict it. Police attacked when the vandalizm and robbing started.
You can see yourself what happened in Tallinn: drunken youngsters are beating windows, burning shops, stealing and robbing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBeKUgFI13s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQR-IqdmIRo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV7FfUzj0Dw
I believe you know that the youth organisation Nashi terrorised Estonian embassy in Moscow and tried to attack our ambassador.
Also attacks to Estonian government servers are executed from Russian government and Kremlin IP-numbers.
So, please don't be naive and think that Russia was not behind it all. It all was a well-organised intelligence operation, directed from Moscow, paid by Moscow, organised by local activists and provocators.
Estonia behaved as a state that is ready to protect itself. I am proud of it.