Estonia Next? Russia “Signals Concern” For Its Citizens In The Baltic Republic
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
03/20/2014
Amid the growing Crimea crisis, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – which like Ukraine were all parts of the old Soviet Union and have very significant concentrations of ethnic Russian-speaking citizens – have expressed growing apprehension over Moscow’s intentions. As Reuters reports, Russia signaled concern on Wednesday at Estonia’s treatment of its large ethnic Russian minority, comparing language policy in the Baltic state with what it said was a call in Ukraine to prevent the use of Russian. “Language should not be used to segregate and isolate groups,” the envoy noted, referencing the same ‘linguistic tensions’ that supported its annexation of Crimea.
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