Bronze Soldier Rioters fully acquitted

TALLINN-The four accused masterminds of the events of April 26,2007 have been fully acquittedof charges.

 The four men, Dmitry Linter, Maxim Reva, Dimitry Klensky andMark Siryk claimed they organized the riot as a reaction to the Estonian government'sdecision to move the Bronze soldier monument.

 Klensky, belonging to an activist group called Night Watch, haddistributed materials to incite the events of April 26-27. Several of his phonecalls had been decoded to show that he had spoken to his compatriots andRussian journalists of the events beforehand.

The four men were accused of masterminding the riots in Tallinn in April 2007 andwere to face five years in prison.    

After a year of trials, the activities are now at a close. Prosecutors ran intodifficulties gathering sufficient evidence based on emails and telephone calls.

At the time of the riots, 1,000 people were detained bypolice and about 200 arrested.