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Re:Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad by octaveguin on Saturday April 04, 2015 @09:41AM (#9320792)
I'm not too worried about identity theft due to simply having an e-residency. That seems like quite a stretch. Russians in Estonia have an interesting recent history but as far as I understand it, a lot can't even vote in national or EU elections. If anything Russian residents hold too little power over the country they call home.

Also according to Estonia's own population estimates, Tallinn is made up predominantly of Estonians (53%) but there is a large Russian minority (38%). Of course you could argue that they aren't registered as residents but from personal experience the stats seem quite accurate.

Source: http://www.tallinn.ee/est/ettevotjale/g2606s61115

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Re:Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad by coretx on Saturday April 04, 2015 @09:45AM (#9320809)
There is basically two political parties in Estonia. A russian one, and a Estonian one. The capital, where most people live is politically dominated by Russians. I just invited some Estonian friends that campaign against the ID-Card and E-voting system to respond in this thread :)
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Re:Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad by emerongi on Saturday April 04, 2015 @10:02AM (#9320857)
That's not true at all. Keskerakond does hold a lot of power (in Tallinn), but you're overdramatizing it way too much.

The reason why you're saying that there's "two political parties" is because Estonians' votes are spread out between 3-5 parties, whereas Russians only vote for 1 (Keskerakond). So yes, in the end, there's two main big parties (which is the same for a lot of countries), but saying that there's "basically 2 parties" is completely ignorant. Estonians' views are spread out, whereas Russians feel like they have to vote for Keskerakond to have at least some political power. Also to note, a lot of elderly Estonians also vote for Keskerakond (my grandparents for example), so Keskerakond is not just a Russian party.

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