Moscow signals concern for Russians in Estonia [View all]

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Source: 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.
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But amid the growing Crimea crisis, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - which like Ukraine were all parts of the old Soviet Union - have expressed growing apprehension over Moscow's intentions.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-russia-estonia-idUSBREA2I1J620140319?irpc=932

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One has to wonder if this is some kind of sophisticated provocation, or if Putin and his people are actually insane.