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Between 1995 and 2021 Estonian exports to Russia rose an average of 5.75% p.a. with Russian exports rising by an average of 9.31% p.a. in the same period. [123] Decisions taken by Estonia and EU sanctions, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, have reduced the level of trade by 2023, especially imports by Estonia of Russian energy goods.
The first ambassador of the Russian Federation to Estonia, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, was appointed on 24 January 1992. [4] [5] Amid a breakdown of diplomatic relations, in 2023, following the expulsion of the Estonian ambassador to Russia, Russia recalled its ambassador to Estonia. The post has been vacant ever since.
As proposed by the Russian Government on 13 August 2005, [3] on 31 August 2005 Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a written order to the Russian Foreign Ministry to notify the Estonian side of “Russia’s intention not to participate in the border treaties between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Estonia”. On 6 September 2005 ...
After that, it became the headquarters of the Permanent Representative of the Estonian SSR to the Council of Ministers of the USSR. [3] In February 2014, Russia and Estonia signed an agreement on diplomatic real estate, according to which the building of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow was leased to Estonia for 99 years for 1 ruble per year. [4]
The Republic of Estonia gained its independence from the Russian Empire on 24 February 1918 and established diplomatic relations with many countries via membership of the League of Nations. The forcible incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union in 1940 was not generally recognised by the international community and the Estonian diplomatic ...
Estonia's parliament has approved a proposal allowing the use of frozen Russian assets to pay compensation for war damage in Ukraine. Last week European Union ambassadors agreed to use windfall ...
In January 2023, Estonian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mihkel Tamm announced Estonia's intention to seize $21.4 million in Russian assets in Estonia and deliver it to Ukraine. Estonia worked with European Commission on plans to seize Russian assets frozen in the European Union which are estimated to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Diplomatic relations between the two nations soured in the prelude to and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Estonia joined Latvia and Lithuania in expelling Russian diplomats in March 2022. [3] [4] In retaliation, the Russian Embassy posted on its Facebook page that Estonian diplomats would be expelled from Russia. [5]