Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov called sacrilege and blasphemy the decision by the Estonian authorities to relocate the graves and monument to the Soviet soldiers in Tallinn, Interfax reports.
In an interview with journalists on Thursday he said adequate measures, primarily, economic ones, should be taken against Estonia.
"In particular, Russia must speed up the construction of modern ports on Russian territory on the Baltic Sea, in the towns of Ust-Luga, Primorsk and Vysotsk. Thereby, we will handle our own cargo flow and not allow other countries, including Estonia, to benefit from its transit. I have already ordered and instructed the Minister of Transport accordingly," Ivanov said.