Moscow signals concern for Russians in Estonia

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124. The German forcibly drafted Estonians in WW2.

I hardly think there were many volunteers. Estonians and the rest of the Baltics would have loved to remain neutral like Switzerland, but unfortunately Hitler and Stalin had other ideas. My own father had to flee from the Nazis because he was a socialist and had a politically connected job when they invaded.

Russia being "happy" that Estonia is independent is an absolute fiction. Russia has been bitching about anything the Estonians do, such as asking the Russian population in its borders to learn a little basic Estonian in order to vote -- after all, the Russians forced their language on the Estonians during the decades they lorded it over the Estonians. The Russians bitched when Estonia set up a museum to honor the victims of Stalinism. They bitched when Estonia wanted to move a Russian soldier statue to the Russian cemetery in Tallinn, where the statue belongs. Any little thing, any excuse to piss and moan. They're always accusing the Estonians of "abusing" the poor suffering Russians living in Estonia.

But if Estonia's Russian population is so miserable and oppressed, why don't they move back to Russia? Why? Because they know they're far better off in Estonia.