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St. Petersburg human rights activist demands that IA "Spiritual Heritage" be held accountable
In early May 2007, Ruslan Linkov, head of the public organization "Democratic Russia", filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office against the news agency "Spiritual Heritage" for inciting ethnic hatred.
IA "Spiritual Heritage" circulated a statement through the media: "IA "Spiritual Heritage" announces the start of a competition for a monument to the "Stupid Estonian" to be installed on the Tallinn highway, as well as a transnational PR campaign to discredit the mental abilities of Estonians in the world. All ideas are accepted for the competition monument, which will demonstrate the low mental abilities of Estonians and their high slowness, characteristic of Estonians as a nation" .
In addition to the monument to an Estonian on the Tallinn Highway, IA is implementing several transnational PR campaigns that demonstrate the stupidity of Estonians. In particular, jokes about Estonians will be composed and distributed in several languages in the EU countries. The PR campaign should contribute to "the perception of Estonians as a stupid nation of vandals and farm laborers, suitable only for menial work and incapable of creativity" .
for whom St. "This crime, committed by an unidentified group of persons using the media, is socially dangerous and degrades the national dignity of thousands of Estonians , a criminal case under part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in relation to the Spiritual Heritage news agency, to identify criminals and bring them to justice "due to the presence in their activities of signs of a crime in accordance with the Law on Extremism , and also consider the issue of prohibiting activities of this organization.
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