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On 11 August 2011 at around 15:00 hours local time
Drambjan entered the
737:"Vasakpartei juht: Drambjani parteilise kuuluvuse rõhutamine on kohatu"
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808:"Tuttavad: äkilise loomuga Drambjan kaitses oma seisukohti vihaga"
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828:"RIIGIKOHUS LOPETTI LARISSA NEŠTŠADIMOVA OSALTA VÄÄRTEOMENETLUSE"
1036:"Драмбян: эстонское правительство уже выбрало гражданскую войну"
870:"Drambjani lähedalt tundnud inimene: ta lasi end teistel tappa"
264:. In 2007 he defended Larissa Neštšadimova, the spokeswoman of
666:"Kaitseminister Mart Laar ei viibinud intsidendi ajal hoones"
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782:"Washington Times: Drambjani võis ajendada Vene propaganda"
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Post-communist EU member states: parties and party systems
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on charges stemming from a standoff with police near the
1132:"Drambjan: Eesti valitsus on juba valinud kodusõja tee"
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390:"Ansip ja Laar: tulistajal olid suured kavatsused"
1097:"Who was the shooter in the Ministry of Defence?"
648:"Gunman killed after Estonian ministry shooting"
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371:"На Министерство обороны напал Карэн Драмбян"
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717:"Klenski: Drambjan oli äkiline mees"
321:political intelligence manipulations
317:Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
715:Teelemari Loonet (11 August 2011).
909:. Ashgate Publishing. p. 41.
646:Lannin, Patrick (11 August 2011).
27:2011 terrorism incident in Tallinn
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413:"Karen Drambjan 26 July 1954"
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1171:Military history of Tallinn
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930:"Counterintelligence".
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311:. According to the
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