Amid war in Ukraine, are Estonia’s Russian speakers ready to embrace the West?
By DW
13 March 2022 |
2:54 pm
Russia's attack on Ukraine is putting Russian speakers in Estonia under pressure to decide which side of history they are on. The Estonian government is under pressure to help them feel more at home in the Baltic state.
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