Protesters in Moscow Harass Estonian Envoy Over Statue

MOSCOW, May 2 -- Youth activists who enjoy the backing of the Kremlin hounded the Estonian ambassador in Moscow on Wednesday, leading her bodyguards to use a mace-like spray to protect her, as a dispute over Estonia's relocation of a Soviet war memorial and graves turned ugly.
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