Moscow Signals Concern For Russians In Estonia -- Reuters
(Reuters) - 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.
Russia has defended its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula by arguing it has the right to protect Russian-speakers outside its borders, so the reference to linguistic tensions in another former Soviet republic comes at a highly sensitive moment.
Russia fully supported the protection of the rights of linguistic minorities, a Moscow diplomat told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, according to a summary of the session issued by the U.N.'s information department.
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More News On Reports That Estonia May Be Next To Feel Moscow's Wrath
Russia talks tough with Estonia as ‘protecting Russian speakers’ excuse wheeled out again after justifying Crimean takeover -- News.com.au
Russia Protests Estonia's Treatment Of Russian Minority, Echoing Pretext For Crimea Takeover -- IBTimes
Ethnic Russians in the Baltics Are Actually Persecuted. So Why Isn't Putin Stepping In? -- Julia Ioffe, New Republic
Putin issues veiled threat against NATO-member Estonia -- America Blog
My Comment: Estonia and Latvia are member states in NATO .... any Russian military/militia intervention will result in war. Having said that .... it is also true that Estonia's laws are incredibly abusive and discriminatory against Russians .... even against those who have lived there for generations. Julia Ioffe at the New Republic sums up what is happening perfectly.
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Latvia has a higher portion of Russians than Estonia, and both are higher than in Ukraine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_Russians_in_post-Soviet_states
Putin is GREAT
Acquiring without WAR
There will be no war when Russia annexes Estonia. Nor Latvia. Nor Lithuania. Nor whoever else is next after that.
And Russia knows it. There is no strength left in Europe to fight them, no willingness to put it on the line for others. They simply hope the bear eats them last.
The United States will do nothing beyond sending a sternly worded letter, suspending individual's assets, or banning them from going to Disneyworld.
At this point, Russia could help a terrorist cell detonate a nuke in New York, brag about it afterward, and nothing would be done beyond the above.
China will take the Senkaku Islands, and then Taiwan and we will do nothing.
We are in a day when the courage of men has failed. When we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. It *IS* this day.
Orion
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