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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
Ah if only things were that simple.
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This conflict is simple. Estonia is a sovereign nation that can do anything it wants with its monuments, period. The fact is that Estonia was occupied by Soviet Union but Russia doesnt admit to this fact. It pisses me of to see Russians in Estonia rioting and yelling "Rossia"! Are they maybe living in the wrong country if they feel like that? Russia is also wageing a huge disinformation campaign through the media, A la FSB.
I am a frequent visitor to Estonia, i have an Estonian gf and the town i live in has a large Estonian minority. My experience with Estonias ethnic Russians is that most of them live in the past, they are bitter that they are not in power anymore. Some even refuse to learn Estonian, hence not having citizenship.. I believe big reason is the state controlled Russian media, that they mainly follow, that manipulates them a lot.
The attacks on Estonias internet connections and ambassadors of Estonia and Sweden happened with Putins blessing, we all know it.
The thing that pissed the Finns on a big scale in this conflict was when Russia said Finland should give special status guranteed by law to the 50.000 Russians living in Finland. They have lived here for something like 10-15 years!! And the next day they said Finland should stay of NATO. Emotions and hatred are building up in the Baltic region, people talk about violent acts towards the Russians. Most think the Russians have gone too far and want to hear apologies but we know that will never happen. Maybe other EU and NATO countries should start to wake up on this situation by now, before it goes any futher.