Anti-estonian Sentiment

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Anti-Estonian sentiment generally describes dislike or hate of the Estonian people or the Republic of Estonia. In 2007, as a response to the possibility of removal of WWII graves (in the context of the Bronze Soldier controversy) Russian State Duma issued a statement accusing "the Estonian government's intention to continue its course of representing Nazism in a heroic light and justifying its ideology." In Russia, the youth movement Nashi has been noted for anti-Estonian sentiments among its members; often, it is framed as anti-fascism activities. An anti-Estonian pejorative neologism, eSStonia, appeared in the Russian media, on Runet, and at the street protests in the midst of the Bronze Soldier controversy in 2007. The term, a portmanteau of Estonia and SS, is intended to portray Estonia as a neo-Nazi state.