In an interview to RT, Rene van der Linden, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, gave his comments concerning the Middle East peace process and Russia's role in the region.
The monument may have been relocated and the soldiers reburied, but the dispute over the Bronze Soldier in the Estonian capital of Tallinn has not yet been laid to rest. At least one of the demonstrators protesting against the monument's removal in April remains in jail.
Rene van der Linden, the President of the PACE and the Head of the Russian Duma International Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev joined RT to discuss the U.S. plans of the missile defense in Europe.
Germany's participation in the recent "Erna" games in Estonia has raised eyebrows about the country's relationship to its Nazi past. The games pay homage to Estonian soldiers who were on a saboteur mission for German intelligence in 1941.
Recently Estonia has been subject to massive cyber attacks on Web sites of the government, banks, telecommunications companies, Internet service providers and news organizations. Computer security specialists called it an unprecedented and well organized assault on the electronic infrastructure. There are speculations it is originating in Russia. The alleged reason revenge for Estonia's relocation of a Soviet war memorial. Russian officials firmly deny any government involvement.
Estonia is holding controversial military games which commemorate a saboteur mission carried out by Nazi Germany. The group named Erna consisted of native Estonians that collaborated with the Nazis during WW2.
Seven suspects have been detained in Estonia for their alleged involvement in the murder of a Russian citizen, Dmitry Ganin, who was killed in Tallinn on April 27 during mass protests against relocation of a Soviet War memorial.
