It has probably passed most of us by that Russia and Estonia have been locked in their worst dispute since the former Soviet Union's occupation of the Baltic State. The dispute has been over the removal of a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn, which a senior Kremlin official yesterday described as "barbaric".
Since the dispute began last month, Estonia has been subject to a series of prolonged attacks on national websites. Merit Kopli, editor of Postimees has been quoted as saying that "the cyber-attacks are from Russia. There is no question. It's political." Of course, Russia has tried to ridicule the assertion with Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, in Brussels, saying that any such claims were a "serious allegation that has to be substantiated". This, of course, falls well short of a denial.
Concerns are now being expressed by Nato, who have recently sent internet experts to Estonia to investigate the attacks. Russian actions are seen as an "operational security issue" that goes "to the heart of the alliance's modus operandi."
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