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{{about||a mid-19th century national movement in Estonia|Estonian Age of Awakening|a late 20th -century national movement in Estonia|Singing Revolution}}

'''The Estonian Patriotic Movement''' (''Eesti Rahvuslik Liikumine'';, '''ERL''') iswas a political [[pressure group]] in [[Estonia]]. The group was set up in the summermiddle of 2006 to promote the removal of the monument to the [[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn]] from the heart of the [[Estonia]]nEstonian capital, [[Tallinn]]. As ofIn MayFebruary 20072012, it claimsclaimed a membership of 220268.

{{As of|2007}}, the primary political positions of the ERL arewere opposition to building the planned [[Nord Stream 1]] pipeline through the [[Baltic Sea]], dislike for Estonia being a member state of the [[European Union]], support for a [[NATO]] military base being installed in [[Estonia]] and disdain for the [[KeskerakondEstonian Centre Party]]'s perceived improper acts.<ref name=ehala>{{cite web | url = https://www.eurozine.com/the-birth-of-the-russian-speaking-minority-in-estonia/ | title = The birth of the Russian-speaking minority in Estonia | last = Ehala | first = Martin | date = 2008-09-11 | publisher = Eurozine | access-date = 2019-03-17}}</ref>

The movement has also repeatedly expressed displeasure for the [[Russian Federation]]'s covert influence in Estonia's internal affairs. On June 20, 2007, the movement issued a press release demanding declaring the Russian Ambassador to Estonia, [[Nikolai Uspenski]], a ''[[persona non grata]]'' based on his repeated attempts to exert such influence. This was triggered by the ambassador's presence onat an establishment meeting of [[Russki Mir]] in [[Tallinn]].

*{{Official website|http://rahvuslikliikumine.ee}}

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