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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by banach on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:38PM (#19676132)
Could you provide some references?
Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by ericcholis on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:53PM (#19676245)
Anecdotally, I can say that there is a strong distrust of Russians stemming from the various occupation of Baltic states as recently as 1991. [1]

[1] Source: My wife's estonian grandparents

Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by passing_through on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @03:08PM (#19676374)
I wouldn't say this is necessarily true in younger generations. I grew up with kids from Russian families in school & kindergarten and the distrust of Russians instilled in you by your parents quickly fades.

Older generations are a bit more problematic in this regard. I would say there's a general hate towards older Russians that still can't speak Estonian, even from younger generations.

However, I would say Russians are generally disadvantaged in Estonia and that's a big source of issues. In my childhood, younger Russians tended to be poorer and therefore were more involved in various criminal activities. Most of my friends and I were afraid of Russians in our area, as they liked to pick fights and generally mess with you.

Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by amigoMigo on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:46PM (#19676186)
The comment above you added a bunch.