Dokument #1190365
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Reports and/or documentation specific to
the current treatment of the Russian minority in Estonia are not
currently available to the IRBDC.
However, for your information, please note
the following.
An article in Soviet Press Digest from 2 March 1992 states
that according to the draft Estonian Constitution and the legal
acts already endorsed, the "aliens" [those not eligible for
Estonian nationality] do not have the right to elect candidates...,
set up political parties, buy land, and enjoy the 50-percent
discount offered by Estonian Airlines company. Their employment
rights are also significantly restricted.
Further, an article from Moscow News indicates that the city
of Narva, in the northeastern part of Estonia, whose population is
largely Russian, is facing an economic crisis (22 Apr. 1992).
Unemployment in April 1992 was expected to affect ten percent of
the population and a greater percentage by summer
(Ibid.).
Moscow News. 22 April 1992.
Vladimir Konstantinov. "Estonia: Some People Are More Equal Than
Others." (NEXIS) Soviet Press Digest [Moscow]. 2 March 1992.
Mikail Lipov. "Russians In Estonia: A Legion of Foreigners."
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