TALLINN – Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kolvart has urged residents of the city to stay at home on May 9, the day celebrated as World War II victory day in Russia, and to instead make a donation to charity to express their respect for the older generation.
"It is clear already now that the epidemic offers no possibility for public gatherings," Kolvart said according to spokespeople for the city government on Monday. "We cannot allow for people's wish to gather at the monument to the fallen in World War II on May 9 to cause a new outbreak of the d...
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