Estonian prosecutors have accused the Russian government of financing the riots that rocked the capital in April when authorities removed a Soviet war memorial from a city square.

The finger-pointing at Moscow came as the state prosecutor's office filed charges against four activists accused of organising the street violence in which one person was killed, dozens of businesses looted and vandalised, and nearly 1,000 people arrested.

State Prosecutor Laura Vaik said those accused - Dmitry Klensky, 61, Dmitry Linter, 33, Maxim Reva, 32, and Mark Sirok, 18 - began planning the riots in mid-2006 with backing from Moscow.

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