EuroNews - Agora - Estonia

Tallin the capital of Estonia, a country where 32 percent of the 1.5 population are Russian speaking, many feel discriminated against both politically and socially. The Estonian government has introduced a number of schemes to bring the the different linguistic communities together following an outbreak of violence last April.

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[Prunella34]

I think you should be able to speak your language in your own country. If you go to the store and the salesperson doesn't have a clue what you're saying and you have to start speaking in russian to make yourself understandable, then there's someting wrong.

[jaanoun]

cant u understand russians want the world.. its not just estonia or baltics. they want it all

[bigdaddyevil666]

To become a citizen of russia, you must also take a language exam. The 2 tests Estonia asks one to take are the same that most countries make you take if one wants citizenship. I dont see the problems here.

I have met many Russians who have lived their whole lives inside Eastonia and cannot speak the language. Then they wonder why some show discrimination to them.

[MCrue2]

Yeah integration is absolutely not working. I'm 25 and I have no Russian friend nor I don't even know any Russians in my community. Never knew. But it's not like I dislike them. It's just Russians stick to their own.

[Pwn4dByMe]

I think that if you live in one country, then you should also be able to speak in that language.

It's the same like I would go to USA for example and start speaking with other people in estonian. Now, that wouldn't be nice, would it?

[DanishAAA]

Learning is not a punishment.. I think both languages, Estonian and Russian sound beautiful... We ought to have many languages, but not tie them to identity. I speak French, but I'm not French, I speak Turkish, but I'm not Turkish..I'm Danish... no one is better than the other by nation and things could have been reversed. Another thing is that if you learn a language you get to understand more people. Anyway, don't they have two languages in Finland? But, don't look to my country for a solution

[despub]

Well, Well, Well. Let an American express his opinion.

The nationalism is the colective expression of the stupidity. Conditioning the citizenship to a languaje test for people born in Estonia is something that only the nazis could do. I just can't imagine that in a democracy.

There is a mistake when the Estonians identify the comunist-stalinists with the Russian people. This is the source of all the hate against the Russian people.

There is no integration if you deny your Russian identity.

[serjio747]

Man, you are definitely sick. There is no doubt.

You hate the Russians. Thats fine. But I guess you also hate other nations. I would like to see how you would consider a situation if Chinese or Indian comunities existed in your country. Believe me you would be more aggressive. The world becomes multicultural and cosmopolitan. You just gotta accept it, man.

[eestipoiss92]

Only a bit, I think it's 30 percent.

[Computenator]

Russians *****, can't understand what da f**k are they doing in Estonia, they already have the biggest country in the world so what da f**k are they looking from one of the smallest countrys of the world (i'm estonian, and i hate russia and russians)