TALLINN, Estonia — The scene outside Alexander Nevsky Cathedral one evening earlier this month had all the hallmarks of a Russian plot: dark-clothed heavies chanting and dragging metal bats along the cobblestone streets as camouflaged Estonian troops with heavy weaponry guarded the nearby Parliament.
In reality, it was a training exercise by Estonia’s paramilitary defense force and the police — the kind of drill that has become a regular part of life in a tiny country that has grown increasingly unsettled about the bellicose behavior of its giant neighbor to the east.
Centuries of invasions by czars, Bolsheviks, Nazis and Soviets have …read more
Source: European Voice
