🔥"Putler is a war criminal." This is how Putin was congratulated on May 9 by his neighbors from Estonia.
The banner appeared on the wall of a museum in Narva, facing the Russian Ivangorod, where a stage for a patriotic concert was built. Narva is separated from Russia only by a river, which can be crossed via the Friendship Bridge.
YES!
And they are only replying in kind: Russia organized this concert to deliberately troll Estonia. Worse actually - there’s lots of ethnic Russians in the east of Estonia, most of which speak Russian not Estonian. So, to deliberately strengthen dissent.
https://news.err.ee/1608972320/crowds-gather-in-narva-to-watch-victory-day-concert-on-russia-s-border
Boohoo! Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Also, Victory Day tastes hollow when you are being the genocidal nazis today.
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Trolls.
Some 10 years ago I wondered if Estonia’s policies wrt Russians in their own country isn’t a bit strict. Boy have the tables turned in my head. The Baltics had it right since the the beginning.
Russia threatened to somehow (with military force if “necessary”) protect Russians in neighbouring countries in the early 90s already. Back then I’m sure it was waved off by Western countries almost unanimously. Again: boy, have the tables turned.
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I was told that one could not become a citizen unless one learned Estonian. Isn’t that a good reason?
There are a lot of russian speaking estonians in general, not just in the east. Tallinn has quite a big population for example (Tallinn has basically 30% of the population of the whole country).
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I think you have a point here, but you are assuming way too much from your readers. I personally would appreciate a fuller explanation of what you’re trying to say.